PEDIATRICS Vol. 45 No. 4 April 1970, pp. 627
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WHAT THE DILIGENT MOTHER OF THE 1820'S SHOULD HAVE IN THE HOME MEDICINE CHEST FOR THE PROPER CARE OF HER CHILDREN

T. E. C. Jr. M.D.

A comparison of the contents of today's medicine cabinets with those of a century and a half ago will interest contemporary pediatricians because almost all the items formerly recommended for the treatment of the sick child have not been mentioned in any textbook of pediatrics for many years. Have we lost something by discarding some of these drugs? The following items were considered necessary in 1820 if there were children in the home:

Alum

Aether

Blister Plaister [sic]

Borax

Castor Oil

Calomel

Cream of Tartar

Diluted Vitriolic Acid

Epsom Salts

Gum Arabic Powder

Jalap Powder

Ipecacuanha Powder

Laudanum

Magnesia

Nitre

Prepared Kali

Rhubarb

Spirit of Hartshorn

Spermaceti Cerate

Sweet Spirit of Nitre

Tincture of Myrrh

Turner's Cerate

Antimonial Powder

Aromatic Confection

Yellow Basilicon