The practical housewife

About this eBook

Author

Philp, Robert Kemp, 1819-1882

Title

The practical housewife : A complete encyclopædia of domestic economy and family medical guide

Original Publication

London: Houlston & Wright, 1860.

Credits

Julia Miller and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

TX: Technology: Home economics

Subject

Formulas, recipes, etc.

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 78164

Release Date

March 10, 2026

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.PREFACE.
5. 5.INDEX.
6. 6.THE PRACTICAL HOUSEWIFE. — THOUGHTS AND MAXIMS ON HOUSEKEEPING. — Chapter I.
7. 7.Chapter II.
8. 8.Chapter III.
9. 9.Chapter IV.
10. 10.Chapter V.
11. 11.Chapter VI.
12. 12.Chapter VII.
13. 13.THE FAMILY MEDICAL GUIDE. — HOOPING-COUGH. — TEETHING. — SCARLET FEVER, OR SCARLATINA. — THRUSH, OR APHTHÆ. — ITCH. — ERYSIPELAS. — SMALL-POX. — MEASLES. — CHICKEN-POX. — CROUP. — NETTLE RASH. — CONSUMPTION. — SCROFULA. — COUGH. — ASTHMA. — BRONCHITIS. — INFLUENZA. — BILIOUS COMPLAINTS. — JAUNDICE. — BOWEL COMPLAINTS. — FLATULENCE. — DYSPEPSIA, — DYSENTERY. — DIARRHŒA. — CHOLERA. — FEVER. — BRAIN FEVER. — DELIRIUM. — DELIRIUM TREMENS. — MADNESS. — INSANITY. — HYDROPHOBIA. — INTERMITTENT FEVER, OR AGUE. — APOPLEXY. — EPILEPSY, OR FALLING SICKNESS. — FAINTING, OR SYNCOPE. — AFFECTIONS OF THE FACE. — AFFECTIONS OF THE EYE. — AFFECTIONS OF THE EARS. — AFFECTIONS OF THE LIPS. — PRESERVATION OF THE TEETH. — PRESERVATION OF THE HAIR. — AFFECTIONS OF THE NOSE. — AFFECTIONS OF THE THROAT. — CARE OF THE HANDS. — CARE OF THE FEET. — DISEASES OF THE HEART. — GOUT. — RHEUMATISM. — TIC-DOULOUREUX. — NEURALGIA. — LUMBAGO. — RING-WORM. — SPRAINS — CHILBLAINS. — LEECHES. — BREAD-AND-WATER, OR EVAPORATING POULTICE. — BANDAGES. — BLISTER. — CARBUNCLE — EXCORIATION. — GOITRE. — HARE-LIP. — INFLAMMATION. — CHOKING. — POISONS. — Irritant Poisons — Narcotic Poisons — Narcotic-Acrid Poisons.
14. 14.MEDICAL AND HOUSEHOLD RECEIPTS. — TOILETTE RECEIPTS. — FOOD FOR INVALIDS.
15. 15.DOMESTIC MANIPULATION. — I. CLEANING, DRYING, CORKING, TYING DOWN, STOPPERING, AND UNSTOPPERING. — II. CUTTING, GRINDING, AND WRITING ON GLASS. — III. DECANTING, STRAINING, AND FILTERING OF LIQUIDS. — IV. THE MANUFACTURE AND USE OF CEMENTS. — V. DIVIDING, POWDERING, GRINDING, ETC. — VI. KNOTS, PACKAGES, PARCELS, ETC. — VII. ON THE OPERATIONS AFFECTING WATER. — VIII. BOILING, STEWING, ETC. — IX. ECONOMY OF HEAT. — X. CLEANING AND DISINFECTING. — XI. FERMENTING AND DISTILLING. — HOUSEHOLD RECEIPTS.—CLEANING, DYEING, RENOVATING, MENDING, PRESERVING, ETC. — INJURIES AND DEATHS FROM THE INFLAMMABILITY OF FEMALE CLOTHING.
16. 16.SUMMER AND WINTER BEVERAGES. — SUMMER BEVERAGES. — WINTER BEVERAGES.
17. 17.THE RUDIMENTS OF COOKERY. — HOW TO TOAST WELL. — SUGGESTIONS TO HOUSEKEEPERS. — HOW TO COOK POTATOES. — DIRECTIONS FOR MAKING PASTRY. — TO MAKE BARLEY WATER PROPERLY. — SCOTCH PORRIDGE. — ECONOMY IN THE USE OF BUTCHER’S MEAT. — HINTS ABOUT SALADS.
18. 18.FOOD AND COOKERY FOR THE MONTHS. — FOOD FOR JANUARY. — COOKERY FOR JANUARY. — SOUPS. — FISH. — POULTRY, GAME, ETC. — MEAT. — VEGETABLES. — PASTRY. — FOOD FOR FEBRUARY. — COOKERY FOR FEBRUARY. — SOUP. — FISH. — POULTRY, GAME, ETC. — MEAT. — PASTRY, ETC. — FOOD FOR MARCH. — COOKERY FOR MARCH. — SOUPS. — FISH. — POULTRY, GAME, ETC. — MEAT. — VEGETABLES. — PASTRY, ETC. — FOOD FOR APRIL. — COOKERY FOR APRIL. — SOUPS. — FISH. — POULTRY. — MEAT. — PASTRY, ETC. — MISCELLANEOUS. — FOOD FOR MAY. — COOKERY FOR MAY. — SOUPS. — FISH. — POULTRY, ETC. — VEGETABLES. — MEAT. — PASTRY. — SEA COOKERY. — FOOD FOR JUNE. — COOKERY FOR JUNE. — SOUPS. — FISH. — POULTRY, ETC. — VEGETABLES. — MEAT. — PASTRY. — FOOD FOR JULY. — COOKERY FOR JULY. — SOUPS. — FISH. — POULTRY, ETC. — VEGETABLES. — MEAT. — PASTRY. — FOOD FOR AUGUST. — COOKERY FOR AUGUST. — SOUPS. — FISH. — POULTRY, ETC. — VEGETABLES. — MEAT. — PASTRY. — FOOD FOR SEPTEMBER. — COOKERY FOR SEPTEMBER. — SOUPS. — FISH. — POULTRY, ETC. — VEGETABLES. — MEAT. — PASTRY. — FOOD FOR OCTOBER. — COOKERY FOR OCTOBER. — SOUPS. — FISH. — POULTRY, ETC. — VEGETABLES. — MEAT. — PASTRY. — FOOD FOR NOVEMBER. — COOKERY FOR NOVEMBER. — SOUPS. — FISH. — POULTRY, GAME, ETC. — VEGETABLES. — MEAT. — PASTRY. — FOOD FOR DECEMBER. — COOKERY FOR DECEMBER. — SOUPS. — FISH. — POULTRY. — VEGETABLES. — MEAT. — PASTRY.
19. 19.COOKERY FOR CHILDREN.
20. 20.LAYING OUT TABLES. — I. BREAKFASTS, LUNCHEONS, AND FOLDING NAPKINS. — II. DINNERS. — III. DESSERTS, TEAS, AND SUPPERS.
21. 21.TRUSSING AND CARVING. — POULTRY AND GAME. — A GOOSE. — GREEN GOOSE — TURKEY. — TURKEY-POULTS. — FOWLS. — CHICKEN. — PHEASANT. — PARTRIDGE. — DUCK. — WILD-FOWL. — PIGEON. — WOODCOCK, PLOVER, AND SNIPE. — LARKS, WHEAT-EARS, AND ALL SMALL BIRDS. — HARE. — RABBITS. — DIRECTIONS FOR CARVING FISH. — NAMES OF THE VARIOUS JOINTS IN ANIMALS. — DIRECTIONS FOR CARVING JOINTS.

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