Aspirin, gr. 5, 100 at $1.25 per C. One or two every four hours for rheumatism, headache, or general pains and aches.
Compound cathartic pills, 100 at 21 cents per C. Two at night for constipation.
Epsom Salts, four ounces, 5 cents. Two to four teaspoonfuls in hot water before breakfast.
Compound tincture of opium (Squibb), 4 ounces, 50 cents. Teaspoonful after meals for summer diarrhea.
Baking soda. Teaspoonful after meals for "distress."
Morphine Sulphate, gr, 1/4;
Strychnine Sulphate, gr. 1-30; for hypodermics, used by physicians only.
In addition to the above everyone has a stock of "old-fashioned" home remedies. Some of these are described under "Simple Remedies."
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Backwoods Surgery and Medicine"—Charles Stuart Moody, M. D. Outing Publishing Co., New York, 75 cents net. A commonsense book written from experience. It is invaluable to campers.