Gardner's household medicine and sick-room guide : a description of the means of preserving health and the treatment of diseases, injuries, and emergencies.

  • Gardner, John, 1804-1880
Date:
1898
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Gardner's household medicine and sick-room guide : a description of the means of preserving health and the treatment of diseases, injuries, and emergencies. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    For Travellers Travellers are strongly advised to carry their medicines in the form of ‘ tabloids,’ and disinfectants in pellets or ‘ soloids.’ The quantities must necessarily depend on the number of persons composing the expedi- tion and the country they intend to visit. Quinine should be taken in large quantities if the country is malarious. The douche-can may be used as a receptacle for instruments, &c. Laudanum Chlorodyne Quinine Ipecacuanha powder Calomel Compound rhubarb pills Sulphate of magnesia Boracic acid Permanganate of potash Sulphate of zinc Vaseline Mustard plasters Boracic lint ‘ Gamgee ’ tissue Boiler bandages Adhesive plaster Oiled silk Clinical thermometer Metal douche-can Pasteur filter Instruments mentioned p. 158 i