American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1872-05-18

else the cinders of her clothes will burn
her. Then give her drink of something
warm and stimulating and send for the
doctor. In the meantime, if the doctor
lives at distance and it is necessary to
do something before he comes, remove
the clothes very carefully, cutting and
ripping wherever necessary, and cover
the burns with soft linen cloths, wet with
mixture of lInseed oil and lime-water,
or, if this is not convenient, with milk
and water, with a teasponful of carbon
ate of soda added to a pint of the mix
ture. Or, if this is not at hand, use
warm water with plenty of soap in it.
At all events, keep the parts, in case of
either burn or scald, thoroughly wet until
the doctor comes. If the burn be small,
you can dress it with some simple oint-
ment-such as common whiting mixed
with lard without any salt, or chalk and
linseed or olive oil mixed with vinegar so
as to form thin syrup. This last is a
very soothing application. If burnt by
lime, use vinegar and water; if burnt by
acids, use lime-water, or chalk, or soda
In Case Of a Bad Cut.-The first thing
to be done is to notice the blood that
flows from the wound. If this is of a
bright scarlet color and spurts out irregu-
larly, an artery has been cut. Tie a liga-
ture, if possible, above the wound (be-
tween it and the heart, and send some
one for the doctor as fast as he can 60
If the blood is dark and flows regularly,
a vein has been severed and the case is
not SO serious. You may be able to at
tend to the whole matter yourself with
some lint and sticking plaster and a band
age. But if there is much bleeding, the
doctor should be called in. Pipe-clay or
whiting, with some dry lint over it, the
whole confined by bandage, is an excel
lent remedy for a bleeding wound, and
many man has saved his life on the bat
tle-field by clapping handful of dry
earth to his wound.
In Case Of a lSpruin.-Wet the injured
part with flannel dipped in hot water,
or, if the sprain be very painful, wet the
flannel with laudanum and cover the
whole with dry cloth. Then, with the
arm in sling if it be the wrist hat is
sprained, or the leg in horizontal posi-
ton if it be the ankle, wait and see if it
will be necessary to send for the doctor.
In Case Of P0isons make your patient
vOmit by giving tumbler of warm water
with teaspOonful of mustard in it, and
send for the doctor. If it be necessary
to act without the doctor, and the poison
is arsenic, give large quantities of milk
and raw eggs, or flour and water. If the
poison is an acid, give magnesia and water,
or chalk and water, or soap and water and
alkali, like potash, give vinegar and water,
lemon.juice, or some other safe acid. AL
ways remember the emetic first. If it be
laudanum, strong coffee is good thing to
give until the doctor comes. Keep the
patient awake.
In Case of apparent Dronning Send
for the doctor, blankets, and dry clothes,
then turn the patient face downward,
open his mouth and keep his tongue out.
will <Ia nd It'll
of water, and will allow air to enter the
windpipe. Then put him on his back,
raise his head and shoulders, and re-
move all tight clothing from his head and
chest. Now take hold of his arms above
the elbows and draw them up until they
meet above the head. Keep them there for
second or two, and bring them down
and press them against the side of his
chest, pressing lightly at the same time on
his breast bone. Repeat this movement
with deliberation and perseverance until
the patient makes an effort to breathe of
himself, and then endeavor to restore the
circulation. Wrap him in dry blankets
and rub your very best, under the blan-
kets, if possible. Rub upwards. Put
warm bricks, bottles of hot water, ETC., to
the pit of the stomach, the arm-pits, the
thighs and to the soles of the feet. When
he begins to revive, give him something
anu ICt min ~ W slCCP-
In Case Of Sutocation by foul air, treat
the patient in the same way as above, ex-
cepting that the clothes need not be re-
moved, and, in addition, apply plenty of
cold water to the head.
OF course these hints are very meager,
but, suggestions as they are, they may be
found useful in time of need. There is
no more valuable member of society than
the man or the woman who knows just
accident
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