Liniment for Recent Burns and Scalds.
Take equal parts of lime-water, linseed-oil, and laudanum. Mix and apply on a soft linen rag. Some add about one-quarter quantity commercial sol. carbolic acid.—Dr. E. A. C.
Compound Chalk Mixture for Infants and Young Children.
Prepared chalk, powdered white sugar, gum arabic, two drachms each. Tincture kino, paregoric, each six drachms. Lime-water, one ounce; peppermint water, sufficient for four ounces.
Mix thoroughly and shake well before administering. Dose, from half to a teaspoonful, according to age and urgency of the case.—Dr. E. A. C.
A Simple Remedy for Dysentery.
Black or green tea steeped in boiling water and sweetened with loaf sugar.—Mrs. R. C. M. W.
For Diarrhœa.
Take equal parts of laudanum, tincture capsicum, tincture camphor, and aromatic syrup rhubarb. Mix. Dose, from half to a teaspoonful, in water, when needed.—Dr. E. A. C.
Chill Pills.