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38. Currant Shrub for the Sick. —A lady writer says: ''Make the same as jelly, but boil only ten minutes; then bottle, and cork tightly. Put 2 table-spoonfuls of the shrub (jelly) to % glass of ice-cold water, and have some bits of ice in it, "
Remarks. —This would be pleasant and grateful to the taste, but it is not shrub—that always contains spirits of some kind, to prevent souring; or, for its stimulating effects; see the following:
39. English Shrub, for the Sick. —"One sour" (lemon juice
"two sweet" (sugar), "three strong" (rum, or other spirit), "four weak" (water)
Remarks. —The measure might be a tea cup, or a pint measure, as desired, but each article was to be measured in the same dish. For those patients needing any stimulants, I would add ]4 as much good whiskey, or Bordeaux, preferably, as is used for the jelly. Any common acid jelly, properly diluted with ice-cold water, makes a pleasant drink for fever patients, or those sick from other diseases Or, any of the following may be used, as needed
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