Stings
March 23rd, 2018
Extract sting if it remains imbedded in flesh. Apply household ammonia, diluted with a little water, or solution of bicarbonate of soda (1 tsp. soda to 1 cup water).
Mud, wet salt, slice of onion, arnica, witch hazel, camphor are soothing. If there is much swelling, apply cracked ice. Apply spirit of camphor or alcohol to mosquito bites.
Source: The Mary Frances First Aid Book, Jane Eayre Fryer
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July 15th, 2016
Bind on common baking soda, dampened with water. Or mix common earth with water to about the consistency of mud.
Source: The White House Cookbook, F.L. Gillette