The Family Medicine Chest

Every farnily slioulil be suplied witb a sinall medicine chest, especially u the country where the drug store cannot be promptly reached or a doctor vislted. These chests can be bought at rices ringing from $3 to $25 according to size, kind of material used and beauty of tinish. They contain square, velvet lined comptrtmentl into each of which a square, bottle with a ground glass stopper is fitted. Beneath Is n drawer for salves, piasters and medicines in a dry state You can make your own chest, ir' handy with tools and dlsposed to be cconomical. I have had such a chest in use for over 20 years. It has paid me over and over, and luis often spared me great anxiety of n j ï nd . It contains mx four ounce bottles in which I keepJamacUginger, camphor, aweet spirits of nitre, a mixture of sweet oil and lime water, etc; it also contains six two ouncc vials which I keep fllled witli laudanum, paregoric, hive syrup, árnica, etc. In the drawer I keep clilo rate of potash, sugar of lead, court piaster, ready spread uuistard piaster, lint, a wad of cotton, etc. Every article is plainly labeled, and thus I have at hand inaiiy f the remedies most ueedcd in or piimry emersreuc'es. It does not require a grent knowledge of medicine to know what to use for the ordinary ailments of the human faniily, espeeially for the younger membcrs. In cases of fever a teaspoonTul of tweet spirits ot nitre in a glass of water taken in smal] sips at small intervals is most excellent. A relief for scalds, burns, poison Ivy, etc, wlll be found in an external application of sweet oil and lime water. Jamaeia ginger is used for cranis in the stouiacb. öugar of lead used esternally will reduce swellings of the limbs. Hive syrup Is glven tor croup. Árnica is rubbed on sprains, bruises, insect biteo, etc. Chlorate of potash is nsed for sore throat. Of course, if the case is a serious one, a physician should be promptly consulted; but during the interval these simple remedies can be intelligent[y used, and such prompt and intelligent use Is often of great service previous to the arrlval of the physi( ian. More than one physician ha8 said to me, in subslance, "you have checked the disease in its early stape ; I have little to recommend beyond what you have iilready done.1' JIv wife and myself have been alarmed scorei of times by symptoms of fevcr or croup on a mid-winter midnight, the ncarest physician tive miles away. In alinost every instance by giving the titile patiënt sweet spirits of nitre for the fever, or hive syrup for the croup, we found the child much better in the morninjr, our fears allayed. and the visil of a physician unneeded. These Ptatemeuts borne out by a long experience, should be sufflclent to extend the introduction of the tamily medicine. I have found it of great use to me, in a practical, beneficial and cconomical way, tliat I am urged to cali the