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Calvetti's Manna Lemonade

Dissolve 1 ounce pure mannite in 10 ounces boiling water, and add sufficient lemon juice to flavor. To be drunk cold or iced. Mannite is a peculiar saccharine principle obtained a crystalline form from manna.

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