It is essential that every household should possess a First-Aid box, containing: (1) Roll cotton wool; (2) bandages; (3) packet of sterile gauze, or soft old linen which has been sterilized; (4) bottle of iodine; (5) bottle of methylated spirits; (6) pair of scissors; (7) safety pins; (8) a small enamel basin; (9) boracic acid powder; (10) bottle of carron oil; (11) castor oil; (12) milk of magnesia.