East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-07-07
Accidents and Emergencies.
HOW TO BE PREPARED FOR THEM.

Accidents and Emergencies,
HOW TO be PREPARED FOR THEM.
One ought to consider every possibl,
accident that may occur SO as to be pre-
pared for any emergency. The suFest
way to have presence of mind, is to hav,
planned everything beforehand,
You may fail from height-practicc
jumping from slight elevations, relaxing
your joints and muscles So as to alight
with the greatest ease.
You may fall into a rivcr-learn tc
swim or at least to float, which you can
do by merely holding your head back
and keeping your arms under water.
The house may catch fre-have what
you would prefer to save where you can
lay your hand on it. If the room is filled
with smoke get on your hands and knees
the purest air being near the floor II
your room is high, and there is no other
escape, get upon the root, or let your.
self down from tho window by bed.
cord, or rope made of the sheets anil
pillows. One can rush through fire and
smoke 10y having wet handkerchief
over the face.
When house frst catches fire, you
can put it out with mop and pail Of
water, or smother ii in woolens. sl
If your clothes catch fire, lie down on
the floor and smother it out If you sec
the clothes Of others on fire, throw them
down, and wrap them up in a carpet, or
any other wooen article, or in any way
to smother the fire.
n. b. Probably hundred children
are killed every year by their clothing
taking fire Every such case might
have been prevented had they worn
woolen cloths.
If the boiler of steamboat cxplodcs
throw yourself flat on your face to avoid
inhaling steam.
Ii you are run away with in car,
rage, stick to the seat as long as it holds
together. People are almost always
killed or sevcrelyinjured byjumping out.
lfa person near you Is struck with
lightning, dash paliuls of water over
him standing at the head, so that it may
receive the principle shock, and preserve
in this for half an hour.
% Persons who faint away, come to, if
placed in "a horizontal position
If you have swallowed poison, take
as quickly as possible some rapid cmetic
"a tablespoonful of ground mustard in
a tumbler of warm water is as good and
handy as any.
The hydropcroxide ofiron is a perfect
antidote to arsenic or ratsbane. Iron
rust in water will answer. 1t may be
taken freely.
Sharp vinegar or lemon juice corrects
The effects of opium, but it should be
out OF tho stomach if possible.
In case of a wound, if vein is injured
he llgature must be below, but if an
artery above the wound. In the artery,
he blood is of a lighter red, and flows
by jerks. The great artery of tho leg
nay be compressed by the thumb at the
groin, where it passes over the hip bone.
In this way life may be saved, where
otherwise person would bleed to death
n few minutes. lIcmorrages or com.
non bleeding may be stopped by lint
lnd cold water, or little pearlash or
'ow,dere'i alum or burnt sponge, or
week solution of creosote, or 10y any
powerful alkali or acid, or by merely
mechanical means. Bleeding at the
ungS may be checked by inhaling the
'apor OF creosote, made 10y drop ing the
olutlon on hot shovel.
If bitten 10y mad dog, cut out the
wound as quickly as possible, and wash
he wound thoroughly in aqua ammonia,
II for want Of that in n solution Of pot
sh or common salt. The bite of the
attlesnake, and most common bites and
tDgs may be cured in this way.
When men are overpowered by choke
r damp in descending a well, dash down
ONE pals of water upon them, before
GU descend. Cold water should also
e dashed over persons supposed to be
llled in this way, or by the fumes of
harcoal.