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Beef Tea

I wish to caution you against a common diet for the
sick, Calves foot jelly as it is used is adapted to few
cases, & is in many instances used improperly.
These things may seen unimportant and illsuited
to the serious occupation of a public lecturer, but you
will find them of useful practical application
and seldom do you find a nurse who can make
soup nightly. Another thing you will observe
that is not to suffer flatulent vegatables to be put
into your soups and do not suffer them to be
thickened with flour. You want a preperation
of beef only & tell your cook so, I speak now of
cares of the stomach being disordered, or the bowels
out of order. These soups are very important for the
sick and convalescents, for old people et&c.

Beef tea you will all know how to make,
cut your beef into small pieces, (choose the lean) wash the blood
out of it and then boil it taking care to skald
it first. boil it in covered vessel Van Sweeten