Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-11-30
EMERGENCY REMEDIES
Common Sense Advice to Be Followed in
Case of Accidents.
Some Timely Hints That VIII BE
Found Valuable While Watt
ing for the Doctor.
From the Popular Health Magazine.

From the Popular Health Magazine.
Lacerated wounds of the fingers and
hands, when not so severe as to call for am
putation, should first be. thoroughly cleansed
with a solution of corrosive chloride, l to
1000, partially detached shreds of tissue re-
moved with sterile scissors all hemorrhage
arrested, the wounded member wrapped
with sterile gauze, and this covering satu-
rated with the compound tincture of BEN
Zoin. This forms. when dry, firm aseptic
and air-tight coating, which, usually, need
not be removed until the healing process is
completed.
Inconsistencies is condition which
needs prompt and effective treatment Its
cause, however is most difficult to discover
in many cases, even by physician. When
a man is found unconscious on the street.
the first thought even by the most liberal
person is that he is intoxicated, and when
the breath smells of whisky the presumption
becomes almost a certainty. 1t is just here
that too often sad mistakes are made. Deep
intoxication and apoplexy resemble each
other so closely that the latter has been
taken for the former, and the poor apoplec-
tic has breathed his last in drunkard's
cell, put there by an ignorant policeman
So often has this happened in Brooklyn that
a medical society of that city has recon-
menQed the most CdFeIul eXdHlludtiOH ny d
physician of each case of INCONSISTENCIES
found by the police on the streets. In these
cases the advice is what not to do until the
doctor comes. and that is not to treat the
case as one of drunk" until the doctor mas
decided. 1t would be well If all large cities
would formulate rules for the guidance of
the police in such cases. who too often
hastily condemn sick man to a drunkards
cell, only to find out the mistake when 1t is
too late. 1t is wrong to blame the police for
these mistakes, as even the most skilleN
physician is at times in doubt, but the I'M
conscious man should be given the benefit
of the doubt, for 1T is much better to put the
case of drunk in hospital under physician S
care and find out the mistake next morning
than it is to let an apoplectic die in station
house CELL
Fish Hooks and Crochet Needles.
If a child runs a fish hook into finger do
not attempt to draw 1t out backward. Cut
the line quite clear from it, turn the point
upwards and push 1t through. Accidents
with crochet needles are constantly occur
ring, and if one be pushed deeply into the
flesh you had better not try to pull it out;
the hook at the point will tear and inf1ame
the part. surgeon with proper instru-
ments will take it out safely without any diff
ficulty. If you should be at great distance
from surgeon the best thing you can do is,
first, be very sure which side the hook is,
then push smooth ivory knitting needle or
something of that sort down the wound till
it touches the hook, then pull out both to-
gether.
Cool-headedness, which generally assures
a steady hand, combined with some prac-
teal knowledge, will enable almost any one
to do the right thing till the doctor comes.
Accidents and emergencies may arise at any
time calling for the exercise of such qualffi-
cations. Hence. every one should become
familiar with the simplest methods of pro-
cedure in saving human life and suffering.
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remedy for checking slight hemorrhage from
cut surfaces. The dry powder from the puff
ball mushroom is also said to be a styptic Of
no mean value.