Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-01-24
what Ii TO be Done!
Rural New Yorker.

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i7, Rural New Yorker.
/. Child two years old has an attack
Of Group Mt night, Doctor at y distance
What il to be done?
The child should be Immediately un.
dressed and put IN u warm bath. Then
give an emetic composed Of one part oi
antlmony wine to two Of epecac. The
dose is q teaspoonfu. II tho antimony
il not nj hand, give warm water, mus
tn Il and water, o. any other simple en-,
etic; dry the child and wrap it carefully
in u warm blanket.
.. Hired girl sprains her ankle VIC
lenlly.
First bathe in cold water, then put
the white Of egg in n saucer, stir with O
piece OF alum the size OF Il walnut until
IL is u thick jelly: place portion Of it
on Il piece Of lint or tow large enough to
cover the sprain, changing il ny often as
ii feels warm or dry; the limb il to be
kept in u horizontal position by placing
ii on u chair.
3. Bees swarm and tho man who
hives them gets severely stung in the
face
The sting Of Il bee il hollow and barb
ed, and, M it contains the poison, the
first thing to be done is to remove it,.
The parts stung should then be bathcd
in warm water, and a little ammonia be
rubbed on them.
1. Some ones nose bleeds and cannot
be stopped.
Take u plug Of lint, nloi5tcn, dip in
equal parts Of powdered alum and gum
arabic, and insert in the nose. Battle
the forehead in cold water.
D. Child eats II piece Of bread on
which arsenic has been placed for kill
ing rats.
Give plenty Of warm water, now milk
III large quantities, cruel, llnseed tea,
foment the bowels. Scrape iron rust
of anything, mix with warm water and
give il large draughts frequently. Nov.
or give large draughts Of fluid until
those given before havo been yomitcd,
because the stomach will not contract
If filled, and the object is to
get rid of the poison a. quickly as pos
sible.
6. Young lady sits in II draught and
comes home with bad sore throat.
Wrap ganncls around the throat,
keep ont Of raughts and saddcn change
es Of atmosphere, md every half hour
take il pinch Of chloride Of potash, place
il on tho tongue and allow il to dissolve
In tho mouth.
Z. Nurse suffers from u whitlow ON
hor finger.
Place tho whitlow III water rs hot rs
chn bc borne, then poulticc with linseed
meal, taking care 10 mix n little grease
with the poultice rs prevent it from
hard. Batho and poultce
morning and evening.
s. Child falh backward against Il tub
ofhot water, ana ia badly scalled.
Carefully undress the child, lay il on
IL bed on its breast, IA the back il scald-
ed, be sure all drnughts are excluded,
then dust the parts scalded with bi-car-
donate Of soda, lny muslin over it, then
make Il tent ny placing two boxes with
n board over them in the bed to prevent
the covering from pressing On tho scald;
cover up warm IT,
.. Mower cuts the drivers leg ~ he is
thrown from his seat.
Put tight bandagc around the limb
above. the cut, slip u cork under it., IN
the direction of 4 line drawn from the
inner part Of the knee to n little outside
Of the groin. Draw tho edges Of the cut
together with stricling plaster.
IN ltbtl,l itna !, lnJ
Dip u plug Of cotton WOOL in olive oil,
warm il and place il IN :he ear. Wrap
up the head and keep out Of drauGhts.
AyEAR ago IL hard-workrng man, Hem
ny Smith, was arrested near Huncsdale,
Pa., Oh charge Of being concerned III
stealing n horse. He protested his in
nocencc, but was convicted, noycrthc-
less, and sentenced To eighteen months
IN tho pcnitcntiary. He had wife and
three children, and they were left des-
titute. Week before last the children
were MI taken down with the diphthe-
rim. One, Il bright cight.ycar old boy,
died. The iamily's condition was not
known until Mr.. Galpin, the teacher Of
edstrict school, noticed the childrcn's
absence from school. The teacher
found all the children sick and Mrs.
Smith herself sick and unable to pro.
vide for the burial OF her dead child.
lie employed IN undertaken u man
to dig grave. The dread of the dis.
ease was so great that only ono woman
could be persuaded togo to Mrs. Smiths
house To mid her. Doctor banning and
this neighbour carried the coffin from the
house to tho hearse Although Mrs.
Smith was very i'll, she walked 10 the
graveyard, two miles distant, hut the
grave had not been dug. The employ
cr Of the man who was to dig il had ~
fused to let him off to do the work. Il
was growing dark, and Undertaken
Loercher volunteered 70 take charge of
the remains until the next day. Mrs
Smith returned home. The remains
were left in hoarse, which Was drlren
into shed and left all night. The next
day Mrs smith again went 70 the grave
yard. The grave vas tinully dug and
thcremains were buried