The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-04-08
VOLUME 13.
EMPORIA NEWS.
Friday, April 8, 1870.
ACCIDENTS AND EMERGENCIES In
AND HOW TO MANAGE
THEM.

told you in my last how an ordinary
cut should be treated. And it matters
not whether It is a clean cut, made with
sharp instrument or n lacerated one
made with saw, splinter of wood, or
the part torn rudely or foreibly asnnder
by machinery, the treatment is to be
conducted upon the same general prin-
ciples, after the following manner: 1st.
Stop the bleeding. I'd. Cleanse the
wound of all extraneous matter, should
there be any. A single hair left in the
wound will act as an irritant and i'm
pede the cure. Sd. Bring the edges to-
gether, rs before stated. 4th. Attend TO
rest and position of the parts. If the
Gu. is below the knee, the patient should
lie down for few hours, or few days,
according to circumstances. If below
the elbow, the arm should be placed in
a sling, made by tying handkerchief
around the neck. In cases where the
wound has been made several hours, and
the blood has dried in or abOutits edges,
it should be carefully washed off with
tepid or cold water before the dressings
are put on. Sometimes there will be
considerable oozing of blood after the
wound is bound up, buff you have sat
isfied yourself there is no arterial
spirting, you need not be uneasy.
When a wound has been done up and
appears to be doing well, it should
not be disturbed for a day or two. SO
much can be done by simple water in
the management and cure of wounds of
every kind, that too much can hardly be
said in its favor, and confident / am that
if its great value was only known in this
connection by the masses of the people,
many of the irritating, deleterious and
expensive liniments and ointments now
in the market would have to remain
there. Hot water, warm water, tepid
water, cool water, cold water, and ice
water, one or the other, often succeeds
in accidents and diseases when device
and drugs fail. Locally applied, it will
allay pain, arrest bleeding, soothe irri-
tation, prevent and control inflamma-
ton, impart tone and promote healthy
action in feeble and unhealthy tissues,
and do good in many ways too numer-
Gus to mention. l shall indicate its
uses more fully as proceed.
Many of my readers have doubtless
noticed that while on some persons cuts
or other wounds heal very readily. on
others the mere scratch of a pin causes
much trouble. When this is the case
there is some constitutional difficulty,
and the diet should be improved or
and the following articles, if
taken, should be entirely omitted, viz
Fat pork, tobacco, spurious liquors, vim
egar, and breads made with soda and
cream of tartar. The following medi-
cines also will frequently do good by
the ichorous condition of the
system and creating a disposition of the
parts to heal:
Homeopathic-calcaI carbonica, Sd
trit., phosphorus, Sd trit., silicea, Sd trit.
A dose of either of the above medicines
should be taken every night and morn |
Ing.
Allopathic-extract of nuX vomica
prepared with alcohol, ten grains, dried |
sulphate of iron powdered, ten grains,
sulphate of quinine, ten grains, extract
of gentium, one dram, made into forty
pills, one of which should be taken
three times day. may here state that
either of the above medicines may be
found highly suitable and beneficial to
many persons of feeble health who are
not suffering from wounds or other in
juries.
The readers of THE News who desire
to keep these instructions for future
reference would do we'll to paste them
in book, SO that they could be made
useful. They may save money, health
and time. N.