Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-11-16
HOUSEHOLD sBRaERY.
How TO Take Props- Care Of Ordln-
AIRY Injuries.
Advice Which Will Be Found Of Great Ser
uice in Every Household Simple
Remedies to be Taken
in Time.
Chamber JlPRdl.

| cidents liable to occur in q household
which modicum Of applied sargieal skill
would suffice TO set right, thus o5yiating the
necessity for calling in Surgeon or nell
ca mar.
1t is about few Of the more common OF
these that | wish to give some useful hints.
Whether you have a medicine chest ia
the house or no. there are several handy
articles which should always be kept ready
in clean drawer in case OF emergency.
A little case containing pair OF ordinary
surgical lsncets of the oldfashioned bleed
ing pattern, surgical scissors, pins, needles
and thread-theSe are all the instruments
required. Appliances will include one or
bandages, some lint and oiled silk, Bit of
caustic silver in case, and some strips o.
adhesive plaster, There should bea stitiu-
LIANT lotion, an eye lotion, a liniment for
Sprains, stiffness in joints, etc, and one or
two kinds of ointment
Poultices are handy to alav Inflammation
and 10 sooth pain. They are invaluable in
swelling about the throat, in whitlows,
assesses, etc. A small bottle otturpentine
and one Of carron oil should also find a
place in the family surgical drawer.
The laEcets viii be sometimes required
to open small assesses or gun-boilS.
Large swellings containing matter had
better be seen to by the family physician
Many people have the greatest horror OF the
lancet, and will suffer eXcruciating pain
.or days from a triling abscoss rather than
submit 10 have it opened; and vet in 4 case
| Of this hind tIe relic that follows a simple
and almost painless mcision is ip>jaH-
| tareouS. t.ncrs, again are willing y
have an Gjsco.5 opened when it "comc3 to
| a head Int it hardly wants opening
| then o. it breaks OF IS own accord. The
| time 70 open an abSCc.S is when there i a
| ,iGcmating baggy feel to the toI,h giving
| Indication Of the presence Of pLs--in o.her
words, vi the formation Of mater 1t this
matter ranr}chaye vent il will cal through
the tissues that lie Immediately aJo.l it,
and while doing 50 causo much pain ana
icouycnlen,e.
When a gum-boi needs to be oncucd
lie TARGET should be rJNcd round ".
igce of rag to within aboa. hal; Az ;rcI Of
be point. 1t may then &c freely u5ai 3,
hat part of the boil which Is sol est. After
d grr roll has been opened, genie pres
ne is needed TO squeeze oct the natter
and TIE mouth should BE- wei r.nsod with
wafer.
COUNSEL the keeping of pins and nee lies
in tie surgical drawer in order that the;
may be always ready at hand The pins
should lie Of different size; they are handy
Tor fastening banda2es, &C. The thread
should be strong and white, aud the need
les OF a fair size; needles with good honest
eyes in their hcads-needIes that even
man can thread.
As to carriages they en- either be
bought or made. For 1conomys sake /
think they should be made, and iDr this
purpose old linen of a,Y kind can BE- washed
and mi lied learit into Slips and sew it
neatly together. The bandages may be of
two or even three different brcadilS one
about one and a haitiyches toC finger pur-
poses, another about two inch2 a-d a third
about three. These are called roller l.0d-
ages. There are also various toms OF iatled
bandagcs for application to the s.1lP tor
instance and 20 parts Of the body - which
n roller handarc is not suited. The shapes
# these will suggest themselves TO per
son Of sense. / he scalp bandage, | may
mention, however, IS a broad one, with tour
tails this being laid upon the head and |
brow the two foremost tails are carried |
backward behind the head, crossed on the |
back Of The neck, brOIght around AM tied |
under the chin while the two hinlermost |
tails are brought forward and tied under |
the chin Ia bandaging leg the art lies |
in keeping the handage flat, smooth and |
moderately tight Lay the en- along the |
ins,ep iirst toward the toes, and bandage |
from the toes, including all the foot except |
The heel, then swath the ankles, and 50 up |
ward as far as the knee or above it. In
ascending the calf Of he leg at every turn |
h bandage should be plated half back
over itself This is not absolutely ncces.
sary, Tor, having bandaged the lower hlU |
o. the leg, yon may carry the roller right |
away up to under the knee and turn there, |
Cul so on dom again TO whateycr position |
TIE baudaae IS found TO lie b. all .la,t2
II. |
Charpie is made by stretching or holding
strips oil old linen very tightly and scraping
It with rough knife, ChQgp;o is a us2f"l |
iNDicaii0m 10 wounds and may lake tn
place Of lint, but after all il is not 50 handy
t does not lie so 1af, and YOU canno
,of5&d eminent very well on It,
IN c1se Of sores that We wish to take OF |
a Indy healing action, or those that neei |
.;imLlating or soothing, water dressing i,
Invaluable Il IS yery simple ard csSy Of |
application Yoa have only to dip.a piece
Of lint in clean cold watc', 10 which pre-
baby few drops Of pure carbolic acid |
lave Leen added, then apply il 10 the SORE,
which must more than cover. 4 piece Of
oiled silk is then applied over the lint to
rc:au It's moisture, and the whole is kept IL
position by means Of retaining bandaSe.
Water dressing is also applied to wound,
after they have been properly strapped, ari
it may sometimes take the place of PolI
tice for ,wcllirgs which We want to soothe
and reduce.
The norsel of lunar-caustic in case can
be bought at chemist sshop for, believe,
few certs 1t is used to cauterize dog OF
cat or SKUNK DiteS' anu diSO sSEdtEhcS tH's
may be supposed poisonous.
II is welLknown fact that hydrophcbia
is much more likely TO be caused By a
skunk than dog bite, and | for one woll!
never 20 into the woods, where there was 8
possibility of being bitten BY enc of these
creatures, without carrying moTseF-o!
caustic in my pocket in case ofan accident.
1t is very foolish plan, not to say cruel
70 have the dog that has bitten yol des-
trcypd. When this is done it is OBVIOUSLY
impossible to discover whether or not be /
vas rsbid at The time he made use of h's
teeth. Let him i've, by,all means; it will
be satisfaction to know that he is running
about in the best Of health. cannot help |
saving that, in 80 cases oat of 100, when a
dog bites any one, the party bitten has
been to blame, aud not the dog. Il is Hot
only unjust, therefore to punish him, bat
positively mean and cruel. Cat bites are
Usually more dangerous than dogs that Is.
they are more apt 10 tester, and take longer