200  Formulas  of  the  Military  Hospitals.    {A^Jr°hr'  Iqi™' 
Body- Vermin  Killer. 
Devised  by  Mr.  Langford  Moore,  pharmacist  at  St.  Bartholomew's 
Hospital,  London. 
Hydrarg.   ammon   3j 
Zinci   oxidi   3SS 
Magn.   silicat   3SS 
Ft.  pulvis. 
Apply  to  the  infested  area  on  a  lint  pad  or  by  means  of  a  pepper- 
box. The  powder  may  also  be  used  as  a  prophylactic  dusted  on  the 
underclothing  and  the  body. — Lancet. 
Borsal. 
Boric  acid, 
Salicylic  acid     equal  parts 
As  a  first  dressing  was  found  by  Sir  W.  Watson  Cheyne  "  very 
efficacious  against  infections  by  bacilli  of  tetanus  and  gas  gangrene." 
— Lancet. 
Cresol  Paste. 
(Sir  Wm.  Watson  Cheyne.) 
Cresol  20  per  cent,  in  a  basis  of  lanoline  and  wax. 
As  a  first  dressing  is  placed  on  the  wounds. — Lancet. 
Crude-oil  Ointment. 
Devised  by  Mr.  A.  D.  Peacock,  M.Sc,  for  killing  body  vermin. 
Crude  tar  oil    4  Oz. 
Soft  paraffin    2  Lb. 
Mix. 
Anoint  the  body  from  the  neck  to  the  knees  and  afterwards 
wash  off. 
Crude-oil  Emulsion. 
Professor  Maxwell  Lefroy's  formula. 
Whale-oil  soap    10  Lb. 
Crude  Barbados  petroleum   $y2  pints 
Naphthaline    4  Oz. 
— West  Indian  Bulletin. 
