Mind you, this box is to treat emergencies. It is to serve you when you cannot obtain medical aid. Do not imagine that when you possess this box you can consider yourself independent of medical science. This box is for emergencies, and for emergencies only. These are the preparations the box should contain:— 1. _Sal Volatile._—For fainting. Half a teaspoonful in a small wineglassful of water. 2. _Brandy._—A teaspoonful—_not more_—for collapse from poisoning after an emetic has been given and has acted. Also for fainting and colic. People always give too much brandy. A teaspoonful at a time is ample. If necessary, this dose may be repeated. 3. _Ipecacuanha Wine._—For the early stages of cough. Ten to twenty drops on a lump of sugar or in water. For children two to eight drops. This is one of the very few drugs which may be given to children for cough. 4. _Oxymel of Squills._—A very useful preparation for cough with profuse expectoration. Especially useful for elderly persons, the subjects of chronic winter cough. The dose is half a teaspoonful. 5. _Solution of Carbonate of Ammonia_ (1 in 10).—A very useful adjunct to the two former for coughs. The dose is ten to thirty minims in water, either with or without ipecacuanha or squills. 6. _Spirit of Ginger._—Half a teaspoonful of this in a wineglassful of water will relieve flatulency, colic, and diarrhœa. All these liquids must be measured. A glass minim measure must therefore be kept in the box. These are all the liquids. Not a very formidable list, is it? Now for the solids. The best way to keep these is in the form of pills or tabloids. Some, however, are best as powders. 7. _Liquorice Powder._—Dose, one teaspoonful. Mild aperient. Best kept as a powder. 8. _Bicarbonate of Soda._—One of the most valuable of all medicines. Dose, ten to thirty grains or more. For indigestion with acidity. May be kept in powder or in tabloids. 9. _Bicarbonate of Soda and Sub-nitrate of Bismuth._—For indigestion with vomiting. Best kept in the form of tabloids containing two and a half grains of each. One to four tabloids is the dose. 10. _Calomel._—Infinitely and beyond all comparison the most valuable of all drugs that act on the stomach, the liver, or the bowels. Used chiefly for dyspepsia, especially “liver attacks.” It is best kept in tabloids containing one grain each. Dose, one to two tabloids. 11. _Phenacetin and Caffeine._—Best kept in the form of tabloids containing four grains of phenacetin to one of caffeine, or three grains of each. Dose, one tabloid for headaches. 12. _Pill of Aloes and Nux Vomica._—Of the following formula: aloin, one and a half grains, extract of nux vomica, quarter of a grain. An excellent aperient for chronic cases. Besides these always have in the house the following drugs:— _Mustard._—As an emetic, one tablespoonful in a tumbler of tepid water. It is also useful for making mustard plasters.