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.

First-Aid Hints.

Burns and Scalds.—Apply oil immediately, and exclude the air. Carron oil should be used, and failing that, olive oil. Bi-carbonate of soda is also efficacious, if the oil is not available.

Cuts and Abrasions.—Clean the injured part thoroughly at the earliest opportunity. Use cold boiled water or a lotion made of one teaspoonful of

page 61 boracic powder dissolved in one pint of boiling water. Wash with sterile cotton wool.

Common salt makes a useful antiseptic used in the proportion of one tea-spoonful of salt to one pint of boiling water.

Bites and Stings.—Application of ammonia. A solution of bi-carbonate of soda. Methylated spirit or eau-decologne usually give immediate relief.

Sprains and Strains.—A sprained ankle, knee-joint or wrist must be attended to immediately to save trouble later. Apply a cold compress and renew frequently. Alternate cold and hot compresses are also beneficial. Bandage firmly.