Here is a list of useful medicines and dressings with a description of their
uses. All are quite cheap and worth stocking at home in readiness for minor
illnesses. Keep them in a box or cupboard with a lock - or store them well out
of the reach of children.
SOLUBLE ASPIRIN TABLETS: For adults and older children. Good for
headaches, colds, sore throats and painful bruises.
PARACETAMOL MIXTURE: For relief of pain or fever in young children.
SEDATIVE COUGH LINCTUS: For dry or painful coughs - but not coughs
caused by common colds.
MENTHOL CRYSTALS: Add to hot water to make steam inhalations for
treating catarrh and dry or painful coughs.
VAPOUR RUB: Again, for steam Inhalations. Also useful for children with
stuffy noses or dry coughs. Rub on the chest and nose.
EPHEDRINE NOSE DROPS: For runny noses in children over one year old. Use
before meals and at night but not for more than four days.
ANTISEPTIC SOLUTION: One teaspoon diluted in warm water for cleaning
cuts and grazes.
ANTISEPTIC CREAM: For treating septic spots, sores in the nose and
grazes.
CALAMINE LOTION: For dabbing (not rubbing) on insect bites and stings
and sunburn.
DRESSING STRIPS: For minor cuts.
3" WIDE CREPE BANDAGE: To keep dressings in place. To support
sprained or bruised joints.
COTTON WOOL: For cleaning cuts and grazes.
THERMOMETER: For fevers.
TWEEZERS: For removing splinters.
Remember that your local chemist can give you advice about medicines. |
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