The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-05-05
SHOP REMEDIES.
GIVING INSTRUCTION IN FIRST AID
TO THE INJURED"
Every Shop Should Have It's Remedies
for Accidents - Chances of Injury
from Machinery-Ready APP
planes for Accidents.
Scientific Americau.I

Scientific American
A series of lectures by resident physi-
clans and surgeons is being delivered in
an eastern city with the object of giving
instruction in first aid to the injured,
including accidents by scalding, burning,
cutting, bruising, loss of members, and
other accidents The project of instruc.
ton COmprehends, for its pupils, members
of the police force, nurses, drivers of We
hicles, superintendent and foremen of
machinery establishments. and the public
generally. There is a large amount of
common sense knowledge, involv-
ing some appreciation of the
facts of human bodily structure,
that is generally accorded to the medical
profession, but which should be the COM
mon property of all. 1t is this sort of
knowledge that this movement is intended
TO impart. There can be no doubt that
lives have been lost for want of prompt
remedies in extreme contingencies, as in
sutfOcation by drowning, asphyXiation in
foul air, and syncOpe in fits In most
cases the spectators are willing, and even
anxious, to aid, but have not the requisite
knowledge to make their aid useful.
Probably no occupatiOn-saving that of
the railroad engineer and fireman-is so
liable to serious accidents as that of the
machinist; and every shop ought to have
its remedies for accidents; and if such in
struction as is being given in Hartford,
Conn, this winter is available, some
authorized men, fOremen, bosses con
tractors, and ready men should be sent to
the lectures, or they should be given
elsewhere The chances of in
jury in shop where machinery
is used are greater than the OPP
pOrtunities of immunity from injury;
machinery has no conscience. no compass
sion, no consideration; the victim of it's
clutches is a victim without hope of re
demptiOn. If the shop or factory is pro-
vided with measurably safe appliances,
there is still left the possible contingencies
Of personal injury; for belts. and pulleys,
and connecting gear wheels with shear
ing, tearing cogs, cannot always be
covered against ignorant meddling or I'M
conscious contact
There should be kept in every shop
some ready appliances for accidents, when
preventives against accidents are not
sufficient Most shops have their own
local remedies, better at home than else
where, and generally favorably regarded
where tested. So it would be improper
to advertise any one remedy as better
than another But there are general
remedies, of which there can be no uues-
ton. A tincture of arnica is known, the
world over, as a remedy for bruises,
burns, scalds, and fresh wounds, as an eX-
ternal application; so is the salve of
diachylum used in all portions of the
country. There is also a common stick
ing plaster that may be bought
in sheets or rolls, which is very
useful in cuts and bruises. This is not
the court plaster" in common toilet use,
but solid basic linen, with healing
spead on it, that may be obtained at any
apOthecary's shop. Many CHASTITY wounds
that would leave. in healing. livid and of
fensive scars are reduced and made merely
trifing in character by timely application
of adhesive plaster. There should be, in
every shop and mandatory, some ready
means of prompt attention to wounds,
and men should be designated to antedate
the arrival of the surgeon. There are
plenty of such men in our shops, amply
for the occasion if selected for
the work