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BORAX (Sodium Borate)

Categories: Medical Uses of Some Common Household Articles

This drug as it appears in commerce of America is
derived entirely from natural deposits found on the shores of lakes of

California and Nevada. This is purified.



Action. It is antiseptic in its action. It renders the urine alkaline.



Gargle. It is used as a gargle in sore mouth and throat in dose of a dram

to a pint of water. It is very good used as a wash for fetid sweating,

especially of the feet. It is often used in combination in catarrh of the

nose. It can be combined with soda for this purpose in dose of one dram of

each to two pints of pure water and used in an atomizer.



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