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                                          FORMULÆ.                                          135

Excellent anti-fly dressing :—

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Resin.........

8 ozs.

Beeswax.........

6 ozs.

Olive oil.........

3 ozs.

Lard.........

3 ozs.

Melt with gentle heat, strain the mixture while hot through a cloth and stir
constantly while cooling.

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Creosote ... ... ...

1 part.

Vaseline or lard ... ... ...

8 parts.

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Common tar ... ... ...

} Equal parts.

Resin ... ... ...

Lard ... ... ...

Melt together by gentle heat and stir till cold : a dressing for the feet.

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Sulphate of copper......

1 part.

Alum.........

1 part.

Tar.........

4 parts.

Mix, stir and heat together until the mass assumes a reddish-brown colour.

A dressing especially useful for cracks and fissures about the
feet:—

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Iodine ... ... ...

½ oz.

Iodide of polash ... ... ...

1 oz.

Vaseline or lard ... ... ...

8 ozs.

A good application for the dispersion of swellings, enlarged glands, etc.

Paints are fluid applications usually used to promote absorption
of swellings or protection of raw surfaces : —

                                   (a) Protective paint.

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Sheet gelatine is soaked in sufficient 1 per cent. solution of
corrosive sublimate to cover it. When it becomes quite soft,
melt by gentle heat and add glycerine equal to 1/10th the
weight of the dry gelatine added. This gives it an elastic
character. To use it. it is melted on a slow fire and painted
over a wound, and it adheres equally well to moist or dry
surfaces. The surface can be strengthened by laying on it,
while moist, shreds of tow or strips of gauze.—Moller.

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Carbolic acid

... ... ... 1 oz.

Camphor

... ... ... 5 ozs.

Resin or shellac

... ... ... 1 oz.

Spirits of wine

... ... ... 15 ozs.

Hayes.

Dissolve the camphor and resin in the spirit, then add the carbolic acid and
shake well. A protective dressing for wounds and useful to keep away flies.
Repeat as occasion requires.

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