Roasted Rice
boiled and mashed is a good infant diet in case of summer complaint.
Corn-meal Gruel
is undoubtedly the best relaxing diet for infants, and may be used instead of medicine.
FOOD FOR INFANTS WITH WEAK DIGESTIVE ORGANS.
Oatmeal Gruel (Dr. Rice, of Colorado), No. 1.
Add one tea-cupful of oatmeal to two quarts of boiling water, slightly salted; let this cook for two hours and a half, then strain it through a sieve. When cold, add to one gill of the gruel one gill of thin cream and one tea-spoonful of sugar. To this quantity add one pint of boiling water, and it is ready for use.
Beef (Dr. Rice), No. 2.
Scrape one-half pound of beef, and remove all the shreds; add one-half pint of water, and three drops of muriatic acid. Let it stand one hour; then strain it through a sieve, and add a small portion of salt.