Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-07-11
FIRST AID IN THE NURSERY.
Simple Remedies to Use Mt Once In Cases
of Burns, Cuts, Bruises, Etc.

Simple Remedies to Use ut Once in Cases
of Burns, Cuts, Bruises, Etc.
Much unnecessary pain, and even
permanent injury or loss of life, have
been often caused by mothers and
nurses not knowing what to do in an
emergency, while waiting for the doc
tor.
For slight burn or scald, apply
olive oil, fresh butter or cover the place
with cloth wrung out in about pint
of tepid water, in which piece of
common washing soda, of the size of q
walnut has been dissolved.
For bad burn or scald use linseed
oil and lime water, mixed in equal
parts, known as 'carron OIL" soaked
into piece of lint, and laid ON. In
the absence of these remedies -four the
burn well with the kitchen -four
dredger, and cover up quickly.
In all cases exclude the air as soon as
possible, and keep the affected part
warm. Rags, wrung out in solution
of carbonate of soda and water, relieve
the pain of burn, too.
For cases where a child's clothes
catch fire. after extinguishing the
flames, never pull off the clothes if
sticking to the skin. Either cut them
off round the burns, sponge them with
warm water until they fall off, or put
the child into warm bath, and adj
minister brandy and water in severe
cases.
For sting, first remove the sting,
and then apply the bluebag, or sal
volatile.
Bruises, if slight, battle with cold
water, or whisky and water; if severe,
apply hot lamentations, or paint with
arnica.
For grazed or broken skin, use rag
dipped in laudanum and water. A cut
should be washed with warm water
and the edges brought together by
strips of sticking plaster, or tight
bandage of clean linen.
Should anything get into the eye, one
drop of castor oil should be dropped in
the corner of it; but if it be mortar or
lime, battle with a weak solution OF
vinegar and water.
A bead, button or pebble can be re-
moved from the ear by the child lying
with that ear on the pillow and the
upper ear being boxed sharply, or by
Swinging with warm water, an ordi-
nary penny glass syringe answering
the purpose.
pea or bean, or anything likely to
swell, must not be removed by means
of warm water. Insert instead the
nib of any ordinary pen behind the for
eign substance, and so remove it, TAX
ing great precaution, however, not to
insert the nib too far down, as it may
injure the drum of the ear and also
exercising care that you do not push
the obstacle further in while endeavor-
ing to get it out.
moth or other insect remove from
the ear by pouring in little warm oil,
and the insect will float on the top.
Children are rather fond of pushing
buttons, beads, etc, up their nostrils.
In these cases close the free nostril,
and make the child blow hard through
the other.
If a child be choking, hold it up
by it's heels, and pat it on the
back. If that does not produce the de.
sired result, hold the child's nose to
prevent it closing it's mouth, and press
down the root of the tongue, which
will make it disgorge the obstruction.
Sunstroke sometimes happens to
children, who often run out beneath
the hot rays without waiting to put on
a hat or cap. When the symptoms
which are giddiness, feeling of sick
ness, great heat and thirst, red eyes,
quick pulse, pupils of eyes small,
breathing noisy and hurried, and in
sensibility-are apparent, remove the
child to shady place. and lay it down
fiat, with the head slightly raised.
Loosen the clothes. Apply cold water
or ice to the head and the nape of the
neck, and give it pieces of ice to suck
when consciousness returns. But give
no stimulants.
If a frostbite occurs, rub the part
frost-bitten with the hand, and then
rub in some oil, taking care not to let
the child approach the fire till the
blood circulates properly.-The Lady.