Milk of Magnesia

Another remedy for cuts is a teaspoon of Phillips Milk of Magnesia (in the blue bottle) and a teaspoon of white sugar made into a paste and spread on the wound. Some nurses I knew used to mix up this concoction to cover decubitus ulcers (bedsores); some of them pretty nasty. They explained that the mixture provided a framework for the protein comprising the scab to grow on.

Offered by Laura.