Period Toddies and Medicine

From the illustrious Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management. Seems an odd mixture, but its in her invalid recipe section, so I assume this would be for a cold perhaps?

NOURISHING LEMONADE.
INGREDIENTS – 1–1/2 pint of boiling water, the juice of 4 lemons, the rinds of 2, 1/2 pint of sherry, 4 eggs, 6 oz. of loaf sugar.

Mode.—Pare off the lemon-rind thinly, put it into a jug with the sugar, and pour over the boiling water. Let it cool, then strain it; add the wine, lemon-juice, and eggs, previously well beaten, and also strained, and the beverage will be ready for use. If thought desirable, the quantity of sherry and water could be lessened, and milk substituted for them. To obtain the flavor of the lemon-rind properly, a few lumps of the sugar should be rubbed over it, until some of the yellow is absorbed.
 
From the illustrious Mrs. Beeton's Book of Household Management. Seems an odd mixture, but its in her invalid recipe section, so I assume this would be for a cold perhaps?

NOURISHING LEMONADE.
INGREDIENTS – 1–1/2 pint of boiling water, the juice of 4 lemons, the rinds of 2, 1/2 pint of sherry, 4 eggs, 6 oz. of loaf sugar.

Mode.—Pare off the lemon-rind thinly, put it into a jug with the sugar, and pour over the boiling water. Let it cool, then strain it; add the wine, lemon-juice, and eggs, previously well beaten, and also strained, and the beverage will be ready for use. If thought desirable, the quantity of sherry and water could be lessened, and milk substituted for them. To obtain the flavor of the lemon-rind properly, a few lumps of the sugar should be rubbed over it, until some of the yellow is absorbed.
Not all that odd,except maybe for the eggs.
 
Whether real or imagined, I don't know, but folks are touting elderberry as a sure cure for this new resistant flu bug.
 
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