Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-08-25
UsEFUL IMPORTATION TO ALL.

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TREATING THE APPARENTLY DROWNED. -
Lose no time! Avoid rough usage. Do
not hold up the body by the feet. Do
not roll it. Do not inject tobacco smoke
into the nostrils, as some ignorant persons
have done. Send quickly for medical as
sistance; but do not delay the following
means 81. Convey the body carefully
with the head and shoulders supported in
a raised position, to the nearest house.
2. Strip the body and rub it dry then
wrap it in hot blankets, and place it in
warm bed in a chamber. s.. Wipe and
cleanse the mouth and nostrils. In order
to restore the natural warmth of the body
II. Move aheated covered warming pan
over the back and spine. 2. Put blad-
ders or bottles of hot water, or heated
bricks, to the pit of the stomach, the arms
pits, between the thighs and to the soles
OF the feet. 3. Foment the body with
hot tannels; but, ifpossible immense the
bodyin warm bath, as hot as the hand
can bear it without pain, and this is prefe-
rablc to the other means for restoring
warmth. d. Rub the body briskly with
tho hand do not however suspend the
use OF the other means at the same time.
In order to restore breathing, introduce
the pipe of common bellows into one
nostril. carefully closing the other and the
mouth; at the same time drawing down
wards and pushing gently backwards, the
upper part ofthe windpipe, to allow more
free admission Of air blow the bellows
gently, in order to initiate the lungs, till
the breast be little raised the mouth
and nostrils should then be set free, and
q moderate pressure made with the hand
upon the chest Repeat this process till
life appears. Electricity to be employed
early by medical assistant. Inject into
the stomach, by means of an elastic tube
and syringe, half pint of warm brandy
and water, or wine and water Apply
salvolatile or hartshorn to the nostrils.
In APPARENTLY DEAD FROM NoxIoUs
VAPoRs, &o.-1. Remove the body into a
cool fresh air. 2, Dash cold water on
the neck, face and breast frequently. 8.
If the body be cold, warm as recon-
mended for drowned. 4. Use the means
recommended for initiating the lungs, as in
drowning, 8. Let electricity (Particular-
ly in accidents from lightcning) be early
employed by medical assistant.
If APPARENTLY DEAD FROM APorLExY.
line paGlenG Snoulu De placed In COOL
air, and the clothes loosened, particularly
about the neck and breast. Bleeding must
be early employed by medical assistant
the quantity regulated by the state of the
pulse. Cloths soaked in cold water, spi-
rits, or vinegar, and water should be kept
applied to the head, which should be in
stantly shaved. All stimulents should be
avoided. In cases of coup de Soliel, or
strokes of the sun, the same means to be
used as in apoplexy.
ERUPTION ON THE FAcE.-Dissolve an
ounce of borax in quart of water, and
apply this with fine sponge every eve
ming before going to bed. This will
smooth the skin when the eruptions do not
proceed from an insect working under the
cuticle. Many persons faces are dis6gu-
red by red eruptions, caused by small
creature working under the skin. A very
excellentremedy is to take -four of sulphur
and rub it on to the face dry after washing
in the morning, Rub it we'll in with the
fingers, and then wipe off with dry tow
ell. There are many who are not little
ashamed of their faces who can be COM
pletely cured if they follow these direc-
tions.