The Archive · 1896

Red Cross Work

have dispensed medicine to hundreds of and hae had 900 cases of diptheris, and We have attended to over 1,000 wounded,

others of various complaints. Our medicine chest is almost empty, we have to turn the ople away almost daily because we cannot supply them. Just now we use an old-fashioned remedy for the wounded: beeswax, resin and lard. Tt answers wonderfully well. In cases where the wound is Il clean we use borax andJard. We use borax for diphtheria; we prefer sulphur. Ibis a mystery to many how we quack doctors could supply medicine for so many; the reason is, we use native drugs. We have used my

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