The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-30

men can weigh out will not stave off pain
full accidents in this season of the glorious
Fourth, SO the far-sighted mother looks
over her stock of home cures, knowing
that they are the most effective agents Of
the season, even if they are depreciated
currency in the adage. These should in
clude old linen or sheet lint, sweet oia,
vaseline, bicarbonate of soda, witch hazel
for bruises, lead and opium wash for
bolic acid to be diluted with two
thirds water and used to cleanse wounds
and cuts. ALI supplies are best kept in a
| clean basket lined with unbleached muslin
or oiled muslin with a cover of unbleached
muslin to keep the contents free from dust.
A small roll of absorbent cotton should be
added to the contents of the basket and q
few m uslin bandages. Then there should
be pair OF scissors with dull points, well
sharpened, needles, thread, common and
safety pins, courtplaster and small bottle
of flexible collodion for small cuts and
burns.
Collodion forms coating that excludes
the air, and should be applied with a
camel brush after the cut is cleansed
from sand and dirt by using either car
bolic or boracic acid solution or solution
| made with borax and water.
Use bit of absorbent cotton for wash
| ing cuts and bruises, putting several
pieces into the basin and throwing them
into the fire after using. Sponges should
| not be used for open wounds unless first
| put through an elaborate cleansing process
| which requires time and labor. Cotton is
quite as good except for a serious surgical
operation, and then the surgeon supplies
| the sponges.
| Witch hazel is excellent for bruises, and
is more efficacious if made hot and applied
few inches from the discoloration, the
heat relaxing the congested blood vessels,
while cold applications cause them to
contract still more. Arnica is unsafe to
| use for bruises if the skin is broken, as it is
| powerful poison, and the absorption
| through the skin is sufficient to poison
| any one using it.
| The Fourth's greatest danger to women
lies in the possibility OF clothing catching
fire. If every woman would try to impress
1t strongly upon her own mind what she
must do at such time, not few lives
might be saved thereby. The process is
simple. the difficult point being to remem-
Der and act on it at the right moment.
Don't run about but try to smother the
| fla me by lying down and rolling in rug,
shawl or blanket, or if that be not at
hand it is better to roll upon the ground.
| Children should be made acquainted with
| this point as far as possible.
| Put burned person quickly in bed and
cover up with plenty of blankets. There
is always more or less depression, known
as SHOCK" which is sometimes very
dangerous and which may occur with
| slight burns. The symptoms of shock are
cold skin, feeble pulse and respiration,
| partial or complete unconsciousness
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| pinched look about the face. Hot water
in rubber bags and bottles should be
| placed at the feet, under the armpits and
between the legs, and whisky and brandy
be given. One teaspoonful of whisky in
one tablespoonful of hot water is the dose,
and it should be given slowly and carefully
to semi-conscious patient: Repeat every
fifteen minutes. Hot milk, tea or coffee
| may be substituted and the physician
should be sent for while these things are
being done. Do not attempt to dress the
| burns without doctor. For severe burns
| where the skin is blistered or destroyed,
| oil, vaseline or balsam of Peru are fire.
quentIy used spread on sheet lint The
| clothing should be cut off with scissors,
and the physician will direct the after
| treatment. A person suffering from burns
should be kept in bed, as the exhaustion is
great and there is danger of pneumonia,
acute bronchial irritation and also even in
SlSnt purnS frequent irritation OF the
small intestines. ALI of these should be
| prepared for by keeping the patient in a
recumbent position and using fluid or light
diet literally supplied.
When the small boy comes in with
| powder blown into his face use thickly
sprinkled layer OF bicarbonate of soda,
| unless the skin is destroyed, when oil or
sheet lint or old linen cut into mask is
| the best. If the soda is used make mask
of linen, moisten it and apply over the
soda.
| Boracic acid is mild disinfectant, which
can be dissolved at home. Use half an
ounce of the powder to pint of boiled or
sterilized water This is a safe wash for
the eyes, using glass eye-cup which fits
the socket of the eye. Use the cup half
full of the solution, and, holding the face
back the head and open and shut the eye
| several times, thus permitting the water
| to cleanse the eyeball and remove any for
| eign substance.
If bleeding occurs notice if the blood
comes in spurts and is bright red or flows
freely and is dark red. The bright red is
from the arteries, and pressure must be
made between the cut and the heart. If
! Ga TX req there is hem Orrhage from the
veins, and pressure must be made below
the cut and farthest from the heart, as
the blood in the veins is returning to the
heart while the blood in the arteries is direct
from the heart. The arterial hemorrhage
is more dangerous because the how is more
rapid in the arteries and the loss of blood
| greater in the same space of time. Make
a compress of towel and tie over the
muscle in the arm or leg from which the
hemorrhage occurs, making it tight with a
bandage or silk handkerchief. $
For bleeding from the nose make tight
wad of paper or white lint and force it be-
tween the outside of the gums and the up
per lip, holding it with TIE fingers. Ice
held to the bridge Of the nose and to the
nape of the neck assists the forming of
clots. A clot should not be removed for
several hours after the bleeding ceases.
Try to forget your own fear and think only
of the necessary and important work to be
| done. Then you will not faint and the
| doctor will praise you for your nerve.
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