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It ui.n i lion pf urine ; and an instance lately occurred, in whic li .1 : ••' lc- ' I . 1 '. 1 1 1 ' : ' . 1.1 [li I i in . Mill of ii i taken fresh :. ra I At first, it occas use pain, but in a few minutes after the pa- tieot had retired to bed, his com-; plaint was all viatedj and, in the course of twelve hours, he was pert, i - a power- ful remedy, however, should here- sorted to only under medical su- perintt nuance. lc e-Koat. See vol. i. p. 2Q(). Ice-ckeam, is prepared by nois- ing three parts of cream with one part of the juice or jam of raspber- ries, currants, xc. The mixture is then well beaten 5 and, alter I strained through a cloth, is poured into a pewter mould or vessel, add- ing a small quantity of lemon-juice. The mould is now covered, and plunged in a pail about two-thirds full of ice, into which two handfuls of salt should be previously scatter- ed. The vessel containing the cream is then briskly agitated for eight or ten minutes, after which it is suf- fered to stand for a similar space of time 5 the agitation is then re- peated, and the cream allowed to subside for half an hour, when it is taken out of the mould, and sent to table. Ice-house, a repository for the preservation of ice during the sum- mer months. The situation of an ice-house ought to be towards the south-east, on account of the advantage of the morning sun in expelling the damp air, which is far more prejudicial to it than warmth. The best soil on which such a house can be erected, is a chalk-hill, or de< ii i ' ■ it will cccducl: tire waste water ICE fjii the aid i il drain ; but wl. re such J : be pro- cured, a lo arth, or gia- oilon a d i preferable lo any oilier. r th- cons' | : an ice- house, a spot shi iuld be sel ai a convenient distance from the dwelling-house. A cavity is then i th( form of an invert- ed coue, the bottom being concave, so as to form a reservoir for the reception of waste, water. Should the soil render it necessary to con- struct a drain, it will be advisa- ble lo extend it to a considerable . - i far as to open at the side of fjhe hill or declivity, or into a well. An air-trap should likew rned >fl the drain, by sinking the latter so much lower in that opening as it is high, and by fixing a partition from the top, for the depth of an inch or two into the water of the drain, by which means the air will be completely excluded from the well. A suffi- cient number of brick-piers must now be formed in the sides of the ice-house, for the support of a cart-wheel, which should be laid with its convex side upwards, for the purpose of receiving the ice ; and which ought to be covered with hurdles and straw, to afford a drain for the melted ice. The sides and dome of the cone should be about nine inches thick, the former being construdted of steeved I rick-work, that is, with- out mortar, and with the bricks placed at right angles to the face of the work.- The vacant space be- hind ought to be filled up with gravel, or loose stones, in order that the water/cozing through the sides may the more easily be con- ducted into the well. The doors of the ice-house s-houki likewise b~ so