[Margaret Pilkington]

Would that be Kaolin.....? When I worked at QPH we used it to draw infected wounds.....it came in a tin which we had to heat on the gas stove.....many a time the pan would boil dry and the stuff would explode and go everywhere. No health and safety regulations in those days. Now the same poultices come ready packed you just put them in boiling water for 90 seconds and put them on the sore place. They used to use the same stuff for pneumonia too......a poultice either side of the back in line with the base of the lungs....medical patients loved them.