The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-11-20
1t iron. or cut adjoining parts with

hot iron. or cut ADJOINING parts with
knife.
Poultices, common soap and sugar
mixed, stale or fresh bread, mustard
and -four equal parts mixed with
water or vinegar.
Insect dope, there are many prep
arations on the market. Following
recipes have been tried out and are
recommended. Get them mixed at
your druggists. Take your choice:
l ounce cltrinella, ounces. castor Oil
For bites ana stings, baking soda, am
monia, New Skin. Nessmuk's recipe,
messy but good, 3 ounces pine tar, 2
ounces castor oil, ounce pennyroyal,
or, ounce pine tar, ounce penny
royal. 3 ounces vasoline, ounces
phenol; or use Life Buoy Soap, leave
lather on: or ounce citrenella,
ounce spirits camphor, 1-2 ounce oil
of cedar. Frank Winch's favorite.
ounces pine tar, 2 ounces olive oil.
ounce penny royal, l ounce citron-
nella, l ounce cresote, j ounce camph-
or. Heat tar, oil and other ingre-
dents, then mix.
Care of the feet-important-Sw
! feet, bathe in cool water. dry, then
paint with the following: l part COM
merclal formalin and nine parts water.
/ If feet are too tender use strong tea
infusion or tonic acid solution. Re
peat every other day for six days,
then dust off with the following foot
powder made up of parts salicylic
acid, IL parts powdered starch, ST
parts taleum powder.
Blisters, sterilize a needle point by
getting it red hot over match. Wipe
it off when it cools. Pass it oblique-
ly through the sound skin at the edge
of the blister let the water escape.
Cover with a soft clean CLOTH then
apply adhesive plaster.
Corns, wash at bed time. Soak in
hot soapy water. Wipe dry. Apply
the following mixture, IL parts salic-
lie acid, 2 parts extract coninbis indi-
ca. 10 parts alcohol. II parts fiexi-
Bile collodion. Apply with cotton on
tooth pick and repeat for several
nights. When corn is dead and whit
ish wash and pare around the edge
with knife blade and life the core
out in one piece, including all the
thick tissue down to the quick.
Soft corns, use ointment made of
! the following 40 parts saliclic acid,
! 30 parts each of yasolinc and lanolin.
Smear over corns and keep them apart
with cotton.
Contents of first aid kit to carry in
the auto: Antiseptic gauze in wax pa
per, envelope. absorbant cotton com
pressed, 3 roofs. ! inch gauze bandage,
packages adhesive tape, one-half
inch wide, yard long, 6 packages Al
lens foot ease, vial toothacke medi-
cine ampule aromatic spirits of am
monia box IA grain calomel, box in
testinai antiseptic. box grain cas-
cara, box vasoline, box tablets to
quiet nerves. Red Cross antiseptc
gauze, Red Cross triangular bandage.
surgical tweezers. surgical scissors.
new safety razor blade. tube men
! tholated ointment. l vial compound
carthartic. l vial bromo quinine,
vial New Skim l vial 5 grain quinine,
l ampule aromatic spirits of ammonia.
9 large safety pins, box small safe
ty pins, l vial rhinitis tablets, l vial
aspirin l vial soda mints, l tube burn
ointment, l vial Jamaica Ginger, l
vial camphorated oil, vial arnica. l
vial carbolic acid, vial iodine.
Or this. 10 small Walls each filled
with cascara Sagrada 2 grains
tpurge). aromatic chalk powder opium
(astringentl, cathartic compound
(purge). potassium permanganate
(antiseptic), alum, 10 grains, eye
wash, quinine bisulphate, grains,
salol, or. intestinal antiseptic),
phonacetin compound theadachel
lead and opium solution (bruisesl },
Benetol. IL ounce package compress
ed cotton, IA ounces compressed
cotton, tourniquet, / package. 6
yards. 1 inch bandage, 2 packages,
yards i inch bandage. 2 packages.
yards, IL inch bandage, 3 pack
ages. absorbant gauze, 2 surgical
needles. small spool surgical silk. 10
yard roll adhesive plaster liz inch,
small package adhesive plaster l inch,
safety pins assorted sizes, paper pins,
court plaster. tube borofax of boric
acid ointment, tube solicited carron
oil, l small box aromatic ammonia
vaporoles. clinical thermometer, l
artery foreeps. l pair surgical scis-
sors, 1 lancet. l splinter forceps.