THE MEDICINE CHEST
ESSENTIAL IN THE HOME Arc you one of those wise householders who are always prepared for the hundred and one little maladies and accidents that are constantly happening in even the best regulated home? Or do you just take no precautions and hope for the best? It takes next.to no effort, and very little cost, to equip yourself with a suitable medicine chest and first-aid case, and it is an unwise policy to be without one. You should procure a fairly strong wooden box, not too large, but large enough to hold all the essentials you require. Something about 18 inches square and nine inches deep is the ideal size. Put in a shelf and have a properly fitting lid mounted on stout hinges. Also (it a lock and key. Give the ease two coats of good stain, fasten it on the kitchen wall at a heighL where the children cannot tamper with it, and your medicine chest is ready. What should it contain? lodine is, oP-course, the first essential, though of'recent 3'ears acriflavine has very much replaced iodine. A two-ounce bottle is quite large enough, and you should have a liny camel hair .brush to go with it.
Sal volatile is essential. Tn cases of fainting it is very necessary, and a small bottle of smelling salts is
worthy of space. Bandages, cotton woo], boracic lint and sterilised gauze should come next on your list, together with a small pair of
tweezers and surgical scissors
Tinot 11 re- of nrni"a is useful 'o 1 nlii* tlie pain out of a bruise. Castor oil should be handy in case of 'linage to the eyes.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 3, Issue 289, 31 March 1941, Page 3
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277THE MEDICINE CHEST Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 3, Issue 289, 31 March 1941, Page 3
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