The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-07-15
AGAINST ACCIDENTS.
How to Prepare Fnliy for All EmcrRcnoie
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The summer outing should be q sea-
son of rest and recuperation, but TO the
mother of family of young children
IL is too often season full Of alarm and
anxiety The capacity which rompinR
children possess to get hurt seems to
be doubled when they are out of tho
pent-up Utica of their city or town
houses. A good deal of this worry on |
the mothers part could be lesscned if |
she were familiar with common, easy |
remedies for these childish accidents. |
When country boy is stung by n hor-
net or wasp, and there is no greater de-
light to his half-savage nature than to
try to enrage these insects, he hurries
10 pick the leaves of the plantain, n
common door-yard weed. He crumples
them up in his hands till the juices
start, and then lays them on the smart
ing spots. The same weed is made
useful when the bites are the work of
the nimble mosquito. So show the boy
and girl the plantain, and they will be
proud to doctor themselves. Some chill
dren are more severely poisoned by in
sects' stings than others, and in that
case the stings of bees, wasps and hor-
nets should be removed if possible. A
| magnifying glass will enable one to
remove them with q fine needle, or
small key, whose stem is hollow,
pressed over the spot will drive the
sting out where it can be readily seen
and removed. Cover the wound then
with powdered bluing moistened with
water, or with a poultice of cracker or
bread and milk. When the poison OF
mosquitoes is great there is nothing bet
ter to bathe the spots with than n weak
solution of ammonia. Salt and water
or cooking soda is not strong enough.
When these swellings do not yield to
this remedy there is danger erysipelas,
and then sugar of lead should be used.
This is violent poison and should be
kept in a plainly labelled bottle. set
apart from common medicines and APP
piled by the mothers hand alone.
Show the children as quickly as may
be the difference between the three
leaved poison ivy and the five-leaved
Virginia creeper or woodbine. The viru-
lence of the former plant is largely
spent by midsummer, but it is always
good plant to keep away from. If a
child gets hold of it unexpectedly. tell
him he is to run home quickly and wash
his hands in salt and water and by nc
means to touch his face. If the flesh
, begins to swell, silt or soda and water
may relieve it. out sugar of lead surely
will. When applying this latter to the
face keep the eyes closed till the solu
, ton has dried into the skin. The
. blotches caused by poison ivy look like
, raised burns, and are often borderet
with little tiny water blisters, which
if neglected, willrun into large blister
! and be exceedingly painful. When th'
, poisoning is severe the hands and part
affected will often swell at interval
!, for many months without any apparen
!. cause. This swelling will gradual,
; lessen and at length disappear, withou
- any special medication beyond tn
= bathing of the spots with the men
toned remedies.
When country boy cuts his hands o
y, feet he hunts around for the littl
. brown fungi which he calls puff4balls
= and squeezes the fine dust of one righ
+ into the cut, where it helps form a clio
and SO stops the flow of the blood
= When the cuts are deep, it is best
u wash them out carefully with war;
n water, to remove any foreign mattel
II and then, pinching the lips of tn
Il wound together closely, put on STRIP
y of adhesive plaster, leaving little space
for the pus to run out, which come
g naturally in the healing of such sore
Sometimes the blood flows SO rapid
i that you cannot do this. If so, tie
9 bandage tightly above the wound bt
Z fore you attend to the wound itsel
b Ten cents worth of waterproof adh'
sive plaster and calmness will rob sue
occurrences of their terror.
For sprains and bruises there is notl
i'd ing better than hot water for bathin
the places. This should be followe
20 with bandages wet in tincture of arnic
is or witch hazel, and if you have forgo
'e ten to put walls of these in your trunk
D. the farmers wife or the village drug
el gist will give you wormwood. Stee
y this in vinegar and apply hot, remcn
'e bering that the poultice is liable
'e stain, and using old cloths for the bal
Is daging. Bare feet are apt to get stor
n bruises which are painful, although tn
le average boy will prefer them to shoe
lie and stockings. Soaking the sore fee
lie in hot water before going to bed, an
W bathing the bruises with tincture
IN arnica are the best aids to time itse
S, for this ailment.-Harper' Bazaar
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