The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1934-03-29
Child Guidance
by
Frank Howard Richardson
M. D.. F. A. c. P.
Black Mountain. N. c" and
Brooklyn. N. Y.
THE HOME MEDICINE CHEST

I know a family that possesses
a beautifully equipped, snowy-en-
ameled bathroom medicine chest,
with enough paraphernalia for the
performance of a major opera
ton, and the surgical dressings
that follow it. To be sure. the ar
ticles most commonly needed are
sadly apt to be exhausted at the
time they are most wanted. But
the family are intensely proud of
it.
l know another family-several
families - in which there is no
need for the great American lack,
repository for used razor blades;
the "medicine chest" serves this
purpose, as well as a number of
others even less commendable.
Half-emptied bottles of medicines
for various folks illness, mostly
in the past tense, crowd the
shelves. Orderliness, and the hope
of finding the thing needed in a
hurry. have no place in these fam
lily medicine chests.
The medicine chest I like to see
is neither ornate nor pretentious.
But it is clean, orderly, and placed
where baby hands cannot reach it.
1t need not be white; there is no
virtue in the color. though white
is the conventional thing.
What should it contain? A few
gauze bandages of varying widths,
in sterile containers, as they come
from the druggists; a roll of alb
sorbent cotton; roll Of zinc oxide
adhesive tape; small box of
toothpicks; if you like, a box of.
soft old linen.
Medicines? Let's play safe. and
not keep any there at all; any, at
least. for internal consumption.
What; no bottles? Well, let's
admit bottle of butyn, with
dropper for a stopper. to drop in
the eye when a cinder has got in
to 1t; some vaseline for burns: and
bottle of tincture of iodine.
marked POISON, to swab once on
~ over wound.
What; nothing more? That's
plenty. But keep it filled. in or
der, and readily accessible. That's
good medicine chest.
lNOTE-A sheet containing
POlSONS AND THEIR ANTI
DOIES, prepared by Dr.. Richard
son for use with one of his maya
zine articles. will be sent to any
one wishing it, who encloses a
three-cent stamp. This is printed
on gummed paper, to- be pasted
inside door of medicine chest.)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
QUESTION: Dear DR.. Richard
son: Thanks for your help about
the sleep question. Before we>bad
chance to put your advice into
pfactlce: however, 10 and behold.
tnG problem vanished. and the
DaDy began to go to sleep again
WlInout trouble. Thanks f or vour
attempts at parent education"
iicW l wish | had studied some.
Ihlng of the sort in college in
Steaa OF the theoretical things 7
spent my time on! And manT of
tne other young parents | know
49, 49, me same way. A little knowl-
J 'Is OF what is likely to happen
noes noes smooth over the rough SHOTS
lhanks again! ''p''''
A ANSWER: Same to you, an Il
many OF EN-. Strange as it NAV
community.
four services are BEING hold
nacn day at 10 o'clock in the
llorning, neighborhohod pfaver
=, .;g in the different homes
IN the afternoon, young peonIe Ss
service at 1880 and tbSe p rao,1 1 )
preaching hour at 8 o'clock
MI. Stentz was Joined boro
over the weekend by his wife
and Their four children, the talent
ed musical family adding 'I n'rnL
to the various services with tbeir
Guartets, duets and solo seIecI
lions of sacred music.
Friday nights service will 10
especially for young people. and
it is expected that large NM
Der of the younger group of the
town will attend an dtake part
in this service.