| When the hair is very oily a dessertspoonful of ammonia and a pinch of borax should be added to two quarts of warm water. |
| To an exceedingly weak patient you give only a dessertspoonful, and no more for half-an-hour. |
| Rub into it a dessertspoonful of butter, two eggs beaten very light, a wineglassful of cream or milk, and a little salt. |
| Drop a scant dessertspoonful of the mixture on to lightly oiled oven trays, leaving room for spreading. |
| Pour in a dessertspoonful of vinegar, stirring slowly all the time. |
| Add a dessertspoonful of sugar, and fill the glass with cold water. |
