The Butterick Book of Recipes and Household Helps

The pattern people's household book, 1927 — five hundred recipes, then how to lay a table, take out a stain and stock a first-aid cabinet.

For the First Aid Cabinet

6 pages in this part of The Butterick Book of Recipes and Household Helps.

The Top Shelf

Poisons-Not much space is required to keep the poisons needed in a family medicine chest, but during sickness the doctor may order other…

Prescribed Medicines

There are only a few medicines for internal use that should be allowed in the family medicine cabinet. Many and various medicines have been…

Home Remedies and First Aid

On the second shelf of the cabinet there should be space for at least ten bottles of medicine. The ones to be described will meet nearly…

Equipment

The medical and surgical accessories which every one should keep on hand for emergency use may be placed on the lower shelf. These should…

Special Items

Stearate of Zinc powder can be purchased in a tin can with a shaker and is useful for skin irritations, chafing, sunburn, etc. It is a wise…

How to Give Medicine

Following are a few simple rules, which it is well to obey when you give medicine: 1. Never give medicine in the dark. Read the label three…

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