Norwich bulletin., 1915-11-27
TIE HOME MEDlcINE CLOSET.

Dear Sisters of the Corner: Here I am once again. after having a vaca- tion, sending in few hints for the housewife,
 Every home should have a family medicine closet containing simple rem with two or three shelves can be bought, or a good one can be made at home from a hinged cracker box. Select a good one, add shelves and shelves with oilcloth. Be sure to have lock- In the closet have a special place for everything, so at a moments warning the wrong medicine will not be seized.
 There should be a covered jar of jar of carbolated gauge, plasters of all kinds, pair of hop bags, and Q pair of salt bags.
 For earache, use the hop bags. Do not put anything in the ear but little warm water. After it remains a few minutes turn the head so it can run out. Then put in little piece of ab- sorbent cotton and apply a heated hop bag, keeping a. hot one over the ear until the pain is relieved.
 For toothache, put few drops of chloroform mixed with oil Of cloves on ity. Heat a salt bag and apply to the face. Be sure and keep the patient warm.
 For foreign bodies in the eye, grasp the eyelashes of the upper lid and pull the lid down over the lower one, then have the patient look up and then down with the lid held in this position. This working of the eyeball will bring the substance out on the eyelashes, | where it can be seen, and carefully | wiped away. For inflammation of the eye, draw the lids apart and the en- larged veins will be easily seen. Bathe 1 the eyes with mixture Of extract of | witch hazel and water, or eight drops of listerine to half a gill of water, or as strong as can be borne without causing the eyes to smart. Drop some of the mixture into the eye with a dropper, a camePs hair brush or a feather. To do this, lay the patient or his side and have the eye wide open | Dip the article used into the eye wash and let the drop formed fall into the outer corner of the eye.
 How to use some of the contents o1 the medicine closet: | Com. Syrup of Squills, Is drops fol adults, for a loose cough; 1 teaspoon for a tight cough. Syrup Ipecac, also Ipecac with wilt cherry, 1 1-2 teaspoons every IS min lates until vomiting is induced. For croup: large child, 1 teaspoon
 Castor Oil: 1 tablespoon for adults
 Syrup Rhubarb: 1 teaspoon to ol 4, according to age of child. II Epson Salts and Rochelle Salts: to tablespoons, also for adults Com. Licorice Powder: From 1 to or teaspoons
 Valerian: 1 teaspoon upon retiring to quiet the nerves.
 Arc. Spirits Ammonia: A few drop! in a glass of water.
 Mustard: Mix in a paste, spread ol cloth and apply.
 Iodine: Paint the surface with cam els hair brush.
 Spirits Turpentine: Put on cloth ap piled to seat of pain. Chloroform: A few drops on clotl put over the bowels.
 Jamaica Ginger: In hot water Go very severe pain).
 Camphor: A few drops in hot water
 Bicarbonate Soda: For sour stomach 1-2 teaspoon in cold water.
 Soda Mint Tablet: For sour stom ach.
 Lime water, sweet oil and flour sweet oil and lime water.
 For burns, spread on wounds am burns and cover with cotton-wool Collodion: Use as protective ol slight burns.
 . Ointments: Use to soothe. Liniments: Rub into the skin thor Oughly, just over the seat of pain.
 Bromo Seltzer: A heaping teaspoon in half glass of water; repeat in hal an hour if not relieved.
 CRIMSON RAMBLER.