Beef tea. Take one pound of beef, without any fat, cut it in very small
pieces, and put it in a bottle; cork it and put it into a kettle of
water, and boil it until the juice is exhausted; this will do for very
sick people who can only take a teaspoonful of nourishment at one time.
Take a pound of lean beef, cut it up fine in a quart of cold water, let
it boil an hour, then salt it, and put in a pinch of cayenne pepper,
strain it, and it is ready for use. This given to a person troubled
with sleeplessness (from general debility), about a half cup full just
before retiring, will generally enable the patient to sleep.