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==A Compendium of Domestic Medicine, 1865== | ==A Compendium of Domestic Medicine, 1865== | ||
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===Remedies Containing or to be used with Sago === | ===Remedies Containing or to be used with Sago === | ||
| − | * Asses’ Milk | + | * Asses’ Milk Artificial: sago is boiled with eryngo root, pearl barley, and rice. The mixture is then strained and reduced to the consistency of cream. Looks like it is used to feed babies.<ref> Savory, John. ''A Compendium of Domestic Medicine'' (London: John Churchill and Sons, 1865), 23. https://books.google.ca/books?id=VxoDAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref> |
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===Diseases Treated with Sago === | ===Diseases Treated with Sago === | ||
'''General Diseases''' | '''General Diseases''' | ||
| − | * Diarrhoea or Looseness | + | * Diarrhoea or Looseness: if diarrhoea continues after initial treatments the diet should be restricted to sago, gruel, or arrowroot. All solid foods should be avoided.<ref>Savory, 227</ref> |
| − | * Dysentery | + | * Dysentery: sago is one of the foods that can be given to an individual <ref>Savory, 228</ref> |
| − | * Putrid Sore Throat | + | * Putrid Sore Throat: wine with sago can be used to support the strength of the patient<ref>Savory, 249</ref> |
===Cookery for the Sick that includes Sago=== | ===Cookery for the Sick that includes Sago=== | ||
| − | * An excellent Jelly | + | * An excellent Jelly: sago and other grains are boiled and then strained<ref>Savory, 338</ref> |
| − | * Sago | + | * Sago: boiled and flavoured with lemon-peel and spices, combined with wine and sugar in the final stage of preparation<ref>Savory, 342</ref> |
| − | * Sago Milk | + | * Sago Milk: sago boiled in milk<ref>Savory, 342</ref> |
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Revision as of 13:38, 26 August 2016
Sago
Contents
A Compendium of Domestic Medicine, 1865
Remedies Containing or to be used with Sago
- Asses’ Milk Artificial: sago is boiled with eryngo root, pearl barley, and rice. The mixture is then strained and reduced to the consistency of cream. Looks like it is used to feed babies.[1]
Diseases Treated with Sago
General Diseases
- Diarrhoea or Looseness: if diarrhoea continues after initial treatments the diet should be restricted to sago, gruel, or arrowroot. All solid foods should be avoided.[2]
- Dysentery: sago is one of the foods that can be given to an individual [3]
- Putrid Sore Throat: wine with sago can be used to support the strength of the patient[4]
Cookery for the Sick that includes Sago
- An excellent Jelly: sago and other grains are boiled and then strained[5]
- Sago: boiled and flavoured with lemon-peel and spices, combined with wine and sugar in the final stage of preparation[6]
- Sago Milk: sago boiled in milk[7]
References
- ↑ Savory, John. A Compendium of Domestic Medicine (London: John Churchill and Sons, 1865), 23. https://books.google.ca/books?id=VxoDAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
- ↑ Savory, 227
- ↑ Savory, 228
- ↑ Savory, 249
- ↑ Savory, 338
- ↑ Savory, 342
- ↑ Savory, 342
Imported from
- Borneo
- Straits Settlements
- France
- Aden
- Bombay and Scinde
- Java
- British India Bengal
- British Possessions in South Africa
- Sumatra
- India Singapore and Ceylon
- East Indies and China
- Holland and Belgium
- St. Helena
- China
- East India Company Territories and Ceylon
- Russia
- Holland
- British Settlements in Australia
- Mauritius
- British West Indies
- United States of America