Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 January 1911 — THE BOUDOIR [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

THE BOUDOIR

GOOD HOME REMEDIES

TREATMENT FOR CHAPPED LIPS, NOSE AND MOUTH. . ......... -' T - • , rr—T-rrfr.fr Thin Condition of Blood lo Often responsible for Such Sores—Lotion Must Be Both Healing and Soothing. It is a curious fact that cracks, or what is more frequently called chapping, about the lips, nose and mouth may all be given different applications, although the treatment remains the same for cure. In most instances such sores are due probably to a thin condition of the. bipod, for which phosphates are beneficial If taken Internally, hut this is a matter for a physician to decide. In any event, whatsoever is used to cure must be not only healing, hut soothing, and few preparations' em-• body these two elements. If the sore is kept soft constantly it cannot heal, for the skin at the edges will not dry. For this reason if a person has no astringent materials talcum powder is better than nothing, for it 'will cause the edges to dry. Except as a last resort, however, it has no virtue. Such cracks should be protected from effects of the air before going out of doors, and if grease is applied a little powder should be rubbed over it to make a dry surface. Certainly bomething must be put on or the sore will grow deeper. When a crack appears in the mouth there may be used on such a spot a cream made from one-fourth of a, dram of hyposulphite of soda, with one dram each of ointment of rose water and oxide of zinc. The spot is to be anointed with this lotion constantly. ; . . Only persons who have suffered with a crack about the nose know how painful this is. For such a sore an ointment made from one dram of cerate of subacetate of lead, one and one-half grains of cocaine hydrochlorate and one dram of lanoline will be efficacious. This cure must be applied locally. Powder may be put on

immediately to hide the greasy effect. When the interior of the nose is affected a different application must be used. For this purpose make a lotion from one-half ounce each of glycerin* and rose water and seven and onehalf grains of tannic acid. This may be applied to the sore several times* a day with a bit of absorbent cotton. For cracks of the skin, such as sometimes come on 'the finger ends' and body, the ingredients are the same, but the proportions differ. For the latter cracks a lotion is made from one and one-half ounces of glycerin, two and one-half drams of, tannic acid and one ounce of tobo water. Most scrupulous care must always* he given to drying any skin crack after washing. As far as possible; grease must be substituted for water for cleansing purposes.

MARGARET MIXTER.