Dose—one or two teaspoonsful in a wine-glass of water.
Tincture of Cinnamon, (No. 416*).
This excellent Cordial is made by pouring a bottle of genuine Cogniac (No. 471) on three ounces of bruised Cinnamon (Cassia will not do). This cordial restorative was more in vogue formerly, than it is now;—a teaspoonful of it, and a lump of Sugar, in a glass of good Sherry or Madeira, with the yolk of an Egg beat up in it—was called “Balsamum Vitæ.”
“Cur moriatur homo, qui sumit de Cinnamomo?”—“Cinnamon is verie comfortable to the Stomacke, and the principall partes of the bodie.”
“Ventriculum, Jecur, Lienem Cerebrum, nervosque juvant et roborat.”—“I reckon it a great treasure for a student to have by him, in his closet, to take now and then a spoonfull.”—Cogan’s Haven of Health, 4to. 1584, p. 111.
Obs.—Two teaspoonsful in a wineglass of water—are a present and pleasant remedy in Nervous Languors—and in relaxations of the Bowels—in the latter case five drops of Laudanum may be added to each dose.
Soda Water, (No. 481*.)
The best way of producing agreeable Pneumatic Punch, as a learned Chemist has called this refreshing refrigerant, is to fill two half-pint Tumblers half full of Water,—stir into one 30 grains of Carbonate of Potash,—into the other 25 grains of Citric[111] Acid, (both being previously finely pounded,)—when the powders are perfectly dissolved—pour the contents of one tumbler into the other—and sparkling Soda Water is instantaneously produced.
To make Double Soda Water, use double the quantity of the Powder.