The Red Cloud chief., 1880-05-27

his subject. "Wha: Ia po In Ennsrsea-
eics IN the Absence Of q rhyssei2n.
which be treated In o coilo1uasl uss.
thus making his rvmn. 81 the rsprs
a~ppreciablc 10 those Who heard them
The truahle In ~cunaec;son With crsr-
gvnci-s AS thai people ~osit snsis; IN
managing them N al unphilc~ophical
way. The thing which even the do
Tor could do in such case. ~.re very
few. and the necessity oi ~susnmoning
him WAS not 50 great NJ sas may
times imagined m, thing. ,o - A.
compli.hed lsy in the way q; alting The
process a! Nature, while ,hos- which
people werc in the habit Il dong were
frequently dircctly IN the Contrary In
MANY cases Nature supplied abundant
means for 3 remedy. and al that Sas
necessary was for the hysiAnders IA
keep their hands Of from = ~sedicaly
sick person
Taking up such emergencies in the
order II their frequency q occurrence.
he spoke nrst ii the simple acridrni at
fsintiny. As n matter Il fact. \ simple
fsiniing hi Was merely the resul, a! a
temporary cessation 81 the Dos o! blood
,o the brain. and no one ever died Of L.
In a few moments the blood ran back
To the brain again and the III MAS over
And vet people did all kind. II r'diea-
lous things To the patient. lifting him up
aud throwing cold water INTO his face.
the former process really tending Ia re-
lard the cure. while the latter made no
difcr.nc. either way. The patient
L..ll L.. .n,.l 4. Ea An th.- ur>.rnrt
a. he fell. the horizontal position being
most favorable To the return of he
blood Ia the brain. II the recovery did
not q occur the feet might be- raised.
by which means the blood would bc sent
from the exircmitics. and the paileut
would recoyer almost immediately.
Occasionally n person who WAS sick nj
the time Of the fainting would die un-
der the III. but the raising him az n
applications Of cold water would only
have q tendency Ia make him die all
the quicker.
Children in commissions, q form 81
sickness which, by reason Of its dread
full appearance. frightened the friends
II the patients. were subjected Ia all
sorts of foolish treatment; were plunged
Iitp ifpk btkli>. ut>utd WIN ~ saAfAs
shaken. fagellatei. and not ~uufrequent-
" dosed with medicine. la 999 out If
1000 cases the CONFUSION is an cpi-
LEIPZIG hi. which lasts generally about
three minutes. and in which 10 WAS very
unusual for = patient 10 die. Occasion
ally. where there's disease Of the brain,
the iii might last an hour or more. or
he might die; but the recovery Of the
patient in any case would not be- hast
ened by the adoption Of any Of the
treatment alluded To. At the end If
the lit the sufferer usually fell into u
deep slumber. and nothing should be-
done To interfere with this means taken
by Nature Ia all the recovery of the
patient. The same statement applied
10 the hysterical fit. which wasa matter
If no consequence, because IL never
killed anybody; and ever in the apo
plectic fit nothing could be done further
than Ia keep the patients mouth clear.
so that breathing might not BE- imped-
ed. and To prevent him from hurting
himself or other people from doing 50.
In cases where children suffered from
conclusions people were afraid To le,
the sufferers 70 To sleep. The knock
on the head which the child received in
the fall produced certain injuries in the
brain. and Natures process for curing
them was TO let the parts rest, and this
caused the desire To sleep Ia arise after
such an accident. This desire should
always be graiified. the child being
placed in as favorable conditions 10 a
good sound sleep a % o as possible.
On the subject Of hemorrhage the
doctor explained that it was necessary
for people to tell by the pulse whether
the patient was in danger or not. The
rate Of the pulse was from sew
enty to eighty beats a minute; if n pa
tient bled extensively the pulse ran up
as high as from one hundred and twenty
to one hundred and forty beats a min
ute. which indicated that the patient
was in danger. The easiest way 10
check the bleeding WA to apply pres
at the point where the blood was
from the external injury. A
handkerchief or a finger plunged into
the wound could always accomplish this.
II was a good thing. too. To elevate the
where the cut or bruise was. n
brought the attraction Of gravita-
ton to the aid. Applications Of cold
which contracted the blood-ves-
and retarded the flow of blood.
were also beneficial. How to dress a
wound was also a matter which
puzzled people a great deal. The best
thing TO apply Was hot water. which
gave the injured parts the best oppor-
tunity of recovery which they could
have: The water should always be at a
temperature somewhat higher than that
Of the blOod-say from ninety-eight TO
one hundred degrees.
The emergency Of great pain was one
often occurred to children. and
under circumstance which might lead
81 the destruction of some of the senses.
One of the most common pains was that
which occurred in the ear, the best
means Of alternating which was the ap-
plicatiOn Of hot water. A constant
Of hot water should be poured
into the child's ear by means of q
or q teaspoon. and IL would
stop the pain. The child should
then be allowed to rest. and il the pain
occurred again, the same treatment
should be repeated. Earache should
csC NC ttsitGaihtb a. "ds Ibttt
likely to result in loss OF hearing. Heat
the most useful of all simple
agents to stop pain. Fomentaiions
be applied as hot rs possible.
md a common wringing-machine was a
very useful help in handling the cloths
Just taken from the intensely hot
The person handling the cloths
'or the patient might not be able easily
% stand their heat, but a patient suffer
.ng Rrom the collie, for instance. would
Welcome them heated almost up 10 the
'calding point
In speaking Of medicines. the lecturer
recommended Dover's powders and
,aregoric rs simple forms Of the OPT
tie which could be safely used in the
especially the former. which
vas less dangerous than any others Of
his class of medicines.
In the case Of poisoning, he
nended the application Of An emetic.
md the giving of quantities Of water,
" which means the poison would be
and its effect greatly weakened
The simplest way 10 produce vomiting
vas to thrust the middle finger down