sieve, with a piece of thin muslin laid
smooth in the shallow end, till the next day. Put it in glasses: it will
keep good in a cool place ten days.

SOMERSETSHIRE SYLLABUB. Put into a large china bowl a pint of port, a
pint of sherry, or other white wine, and sugar to taste. Milk the bowl
full. In twenty minutes' time, cover it pretty high with clouted cream.
Grate nutmeg over it, add pounded cinnamon, and nonpareil comfits.

SORE BREASTS. Sore breasts in females, during the time of suckling, are
often occasioned by the improper practice of drawing the breasts, which
is both painful and dangerous. If they get too full and hard before the
infant can be applied, it is better to let them remain a few hours in
that state, than to use any unnatural means, or else to present the
breast to a child that is a few months old. It is the application of too
great force in drawing them, placing a child to suck at improper times,
the use of stimulating liquors and heated rooms, which frequently
occasion milk fevers and abscesses in the breast. The nipple is
sometimes so sore, that the mother is sometimes obliged to refuse the
breast, and a stagnation takes place, which is accompanied with
ulcerations and fever. To prevent these dangerous affections, the young
mother should carefully protrude the nipple between her fingers to make
it more prominent, and cover it with a hollow nutmeg several weeks
previous to her delivery. But if the parts be already in a diseased
state, it will be proper to bathe them with lime water, or diluted port
wine. After this the breast should be dressed with a little spermaceti
ointment, or a composition of white wax and olive oil, which is mild
and gentle. If this do not answer the purpose, take four ounces of
diachylon, two ounces of olive oil, and one ounce of vinegar. Boil them
together over a gentle fire, keep stirring them till reduced to an
ointment, and apply a little of it to the nipple on a fine linen rag. If
accompanied with fever, take the bark in electuary three or four times a
day, the size of a nutmeg, and persevere in it two or three weeks if
necessary.

SORE EYES. Pound together in a mortar, an ounce of bole-ammoniac, and a
quarter of an ounce of white copperas. Shred fine an ounce of camphor,
and mix the ingredients well together. Pour on them a quart of boiling
water, stir the mixture till it is cold, and apply a drop or two to the
eye, to remove humours or inflammation. A cooling