Wholesome fare : a sanitary cook-book, containing the laws of food and the practice of cookery, and embodying the best British and continental receipts ; with hints and useful suggestions for the sedentary, the sick, and the convalescent / by Dr. & Mrs. Delamere.

  • Delamere, Edmund S.
Date:
1878
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Credit: Wholesome fare : a sanitary cook-book, containing the laws of food and the practice of cookery, and embodying the best British and continental receipts ; with hints and useful suggestions for the sedentary, the sick, and the convalescent / by Dr. & Mrs. Delamere. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    it, and to content ourselves with the same ingredients swallowed under a plebeian pilular form. The true way of effecting a tisane-cure of the nume- rous small ailments which few people die of, but which are ailments and annoyances nevertheless, is to do as you would in a case of water-cure, of grape-cure, or any other regimen in vogue, viz. adhere strictly to your orders, and be true to your flag. You must swallow no other drink but Tisane so long as you are seeking restoration through its aid; and certainly some effect—often beneficial—must be produced on the frame by a complete abstinence for a week or ten days from strong tea or coffee, in repeated cupsful; from porter, by the pot; from pale ale and Guinness, in reiterated pints; from bottles of brown sherry, and the same of port; from whets and drams, and sips of liquor innumerable; from double and triple nightcaps of hot brandy-and-water, rum-punch, or whisky - toddy ; not to mention American cooling draughts, such as cobblers and juleps, taken during the course of the day, which count for nothing in the con- sumer’s estimate. From all these incendiaries the stomach is assured, as long as the Tisane policy is taken up. The first effect may be a slight lassitude and a lackadaisical sort of feeling; but afterwards comes activity of the perceptive powers, combined with lightness and freshness of the bodily feelings, till an increased appetite and a longing for the individual’s usual diet shows that Tisane has done its duty, and that the patient may be his usual self again, provided always that his original and every-day self do not