The Nursery Apothecary Chest. A few essentials should be kept at hand in a cabinet, protected from dust.
2-ounce bottle each:
liquid vaseline
liquid albolene
glycerine
carron oil
turpentine
camphor
oil eucalyptus
oil Wintergreen
castor oil
tincture green soap
carbolic 5%
listerine
1-ounce bottle each:
peppermint
olive oil with 3% phenol
syrup ipecac
soda mint tablets
chlorate potash tablets
collodion
Tube or box:
zinc ointment
analgesic balm
vaseline
cocoa butter
½-pound each:
mustard
sodium bicarbonate
boracic acid
½-pint bottle each:
grain alcohol
olive oil
compound tincture benzoin
witch hazel
milk of magnesia
mineral oil
Apparatus:
medicine dropper, sterilized, kept in sterilized jar
clinical thermometer
menthol inhaler
nasal spray; nasal douche
thermophore or hot-water bag
bulb syringe
court plaster; surgeon’s plaster, small size; antiseptic gauze, small size
antiseptic cotton; styptic cotton
sterilized bandages; 18-inch flannel squares; oiled silk, paper napkins
safety pins, needles, tooth picks, handbrush, scissors
In case of infectious disease, lysol, creolin, or fresh chloride of lime will be needed.
Emetics. Mild: lukewarm water with teaspoon salt. Stronger: tablespoon salt or teaspoon mustard in glass lukewarm water. Severe: 10 to 20 drops syrup ipecac (fresh).