Diet: Underdone mutton or veal mixed with Spratt’s charcoal biscuits, or stale bread or toast, broken up small, and mixed with a little soup. Avoid fatty or starchy food, and give no sugar.

Acne:

Symptoms: Small red spots about the body, head, and limbs. There is not much irritation. More often noticed in the spring and autumn.

Treatment: Apply following lotion frequently:

Recipe:

Milk of Sulphur,1 ounce.
Glycerium Boracis,1 ”
Liquor Bismuth,1 ”
Water to8 ounces.

Give following powders twice a day with food:—

Recipe:

Reduced Iron,6 grains to 2 scruples.[1]
Bicarbonate Potash,1 scruple to 2 drachms.
Sulphate Magnesia,½ drachm to 4 ”
Mix.