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ARTICLES FOR THE SICK-ROOM

A rubber bag, holding two quarts, to be one-half or three-quarters filled with hot water, and placed about the patient where needed-under head in neuralgia, around the side in liver-congestion, etc.; or can be filled with very cold water in cases needing such applications -is very flexible and agreeable, and can be used where a soap-stone or bottle would hurt. Price, $2.00.

A pair of very long, loose stockings, knit of Saxony wool, or any soft yarn, without heels, to draw on towards morning in fever cases, or to keep patient warm when she is up; they might come half way between the knee and thigh. Every housekeeper should have a pair to be used in cases of sickness.