The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1915-11-20
Home MEDICINE
CHEST A NECESSITY,
SAYsu, INSTRUCTOR
Miss Bess M. Rowe, Of Home Econ
omics Department, Tells Farmers
That They Should Be Prepared.
SHOULD NOT HAVE ~ T.
PATENT MEDICINES
Reputable Physician Should Be Con
suited Regularly in Regard to
Prescriptions.

EVERY home should have really
useful medicine chest with the right
kind of medicines" according to Miss
Bess M. Rowe, Of the Home Econ
omics department of the state uni
versity, who spoke this afternoon at
the Farmers Institute.
"The money wasted in proprietary
medicines by the average household
would more than equip a really use
full home medicine chest, if spent for
the right kind of medicines" added
Miss, Rowe, and she exhibited the
proper kind of a chest for the home
Miss Rowe said in part: -
Fresh and Reliable.
EVERY home should have a medi.
cine chest which should be kept
stocked with a few essential, home
remedies. This should be for emer.
gency use only, or for very trifling in
juries. These can be had from your
local pharmacist; the remedy he sells
you will be fresh and officially re-
liable. The travelling . medicine
peddler and much advertised propri-
etaries are necessarily expensive;
you have to help pay for all the ad.
vertising and for the high salaried
officials of the corporation that puts
out what is often called fake cure
Contain Dope.
Besides many advertised medicine
mediums contain habit forming
drugs, opiates and alcohol. - It is
best to use only medicine from d re.
;intabIe physician Everyone should
have a family physician; he should
be called upon freely for advice as
to prescriptions. Otherwise, remem.
Der that the local pharmacist car
supply you best from his fresh stock
of u. S. pharmacopia medicine:
Should Call Doctor. 49," :
I'm case of poisoning, no matter
what, induce vomiting by giving
mustard and water, salt and water
or syrup and icepac, give large guam.
titles Of lukewarm water so that by
vomiting, all the poison may be wash.
ed out of the stomach; beaten raw
eggs are soothing. Secure a doctor
as soon as possible"
Gives List.
Miss Rowe made the suggestion Of
the following list to be taken to thu
druggist SO that he can fill it for thu
household medicine chest. The price
will be about the same as one would
pay for two bottles of dope" Thu
list is as follows:
Four ounces of iodine. Paint witt
clean cotton wound about toothpick
on any wound or bruise; three an(
one-half ounces alcohol and one-hal1
ounce chloroform liniment, for ex
ternal use, diluted with water, as {
liniment; one dozen Seidlitz powders
directions on box, for constipation
or sick headache, in place of epson
salt; Petroleum liquidum, tw'
tubes, Carbolated Petrolatum: uset
as salve for burns, bruises, ETC.; tw'
ounces Boric acid powder: solution
used as eyewash, moist gauze dress
ing or poultice; one ounce spirits o
ammonia: one-half teaspoonful II
water for fainting or weakness; tw'
ounces Syrup of Ipecac: one teaspoon
full in glass of water to cause vomft
ing; two ounces Camphorated oil
used externally for colds and bron
chitis; 100 tablets Ak. antiseptic
for gargal or nasal douche. Drug
gist's note-Each drug should be lab
eled with directions as above, civ
ing name, dose and use.)
Iodine Useful.
"Tincture of IODINE" said Mis-
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