Put the barley into a basin and mix to a smooth paste with a little cold
milk or water, then add to it gradually the boiling milk or water,
stirring carefully with a wooden spoon all the time. Boil 10 minutes,
stir continually and avoid lumps. Sweeten, and if made with water serve
with lemon-juice.
Raw Beef Tea (for typhoid fever). Time—1¾ hour.
Scrape a small piece of very lean gravy beef, put it in a tumbler, add a
pinch of salt, and just cover with cold water. Let it stand 1½ hour,
then strain, and add 2 or 3 drops of lemon-juice to turn it brown, if
permitted by the doctor.
Beef Tea (strongest). Time—2 hours.