Family Medical Chest
Here is a list of useful medicines and dressings with a description of their uses. All are inexpensive and worth keeping at home in readiness for minor illness.
Keep Medicines in a box or cupboard with a lock or store them well out of the reach of Children.
Remember that your local chemist can give you advice about medicines.
Soluble Aspirin Tablets
For adults and older children. Good for headaches, colds, sore throats and painful bruises.
- DO NOT GIVE ASPIRIN TO CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 12
- PLEASE DO NOT TAKE ASPIRIN ON A REGULAR BASIS WITHOUT SEEKING MEDICAL ADVICE.
Paracetamol Mixture
For relief of pain or fever in young children.
Sedative Cough Linctus
For dry or painful coughs, but not coughs caused by the common cold.
Menthol Crystals
Add to hot water to make steam inhalations for treating catarrh and dry or painful coughs.
Vapour Rub
For Steam inhalations. Also for children with stuffy noses or dry coughs. Rub on the chest and nose.
Antiseptic Solution
One teaspoon diluted in warm water for cleaning cuts and grazes.
Antiseptic Cream
For treating septic spots, sores in the nose and grazes.
Dressing Strips
For minor cuts.
Crepe Bandage (Three inch wide)
To keep dressings in place and to support sprained or bruised joints.
Cotton Wool
For cleaning cuts and bruises.
Thermometer
For fevers.
Tweezers
For removing splinters.

