The morning news., 1889-04-12
HINTS FOR EMERGENCIES.
Lectures on the Imme ediaJe Treatm ent
of Accidents and Sudden Illness.

of Accidents aud Sudden illness.
From the Washington Star.
Not long since boy was knocked down
and run over by cab near Iowa circle, and
his left leg badly cut. No one seemed to
know what to do, and what was done was
just what should not have been done The
timely and purely accidental arrival Of a
physician, who proceeded at once to stop
the flow of blood saved the boys life,
otherwise he would have bled to death in
fifteen minutes BuJa few weeks ago an
old man on one of the streets Of a neigh-
boring city was observed to totter and fall.
He was Immediately picked up and held in
an upright p sture. when, as a subsequent
examination showed, he had been struck by
card &C failure or serious apoplexy, and
shou have been laid on his rignt side, full
length, given plenty of fresh air, and his
legs, feet aud hands well rubbed, in which
case he would lave lived, instead of dying.
Just such incidents as these in the army,
and those arising from w unds received in
battle and oth-rwise, led the late Gen Sheri-
dan to issue, me eJhing over year ago, an
order recon nending the instruction of both
officers aud enlisted men, by the surgeon of
the army, upon the practical treatment In
cases of sudden emergency.
In d issuance to this order Maj. w. II.
Gardner, post surgeon at Washington bar
racks, delivered a lecture, with practical il
lustriations, last evening, to large audi
ence, composed principally of the officers
and men Of the post.
Mai Gardner began by saying that not
a few of those present had stood on the
skirmish line, in the battle front, or secuted
over the mountains and plains OF the far
west and had seen valuable lives lost that
might have besn saved had heir friends
l. l.. a. r1a-r Aad Ct
This was SO often the case that he aud a
number of MEDICAL officers had determined
to publish book, to be carried by every
officer and enlisted man, which would show
in compact form the quickest aud simplest
means of rendering assistance. Not Only
would such information be invaluable to the
soldier, but to the citizen as well, IN cases
of emergencies arising almost daily from
sudden and d tressing accidents upon our
crowded thouroughfares As no machinist
is competent to ad Just a trouble or repair
damage to an intricate machine unless he Is
acquainted with its construction, so no per-
son unacquainted with the anatomy OF the
most wonderful of all machines-the human
body-is capable Of rendering proper and
needful relief in cases Of dangerous or Sc
rious disarrangement or severance OF its
parts. Recognizing this every soldier IN
the German army was required to carry
the necessary appliances for simple applica-
cation under such circumstances, one arti-
Gle of which is "A triangular bandage on
which is stamped figures Of men repretented
as wounded in different portions Of the
body, the mode of application and suggeS-
tions for procedure.
HEMoRRHAGES.
The subject selected for the first lecture
was that Of hemorrhages, to be followed by
others on fractures, burns, sudden illness,
ETC., later on.
It should be known in the first place, he
said, and always remembered, that the ar
teries are the tubss which carry the blood
from the heart TO all parts Of the body,
while the yeius conduct the blood from the