The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-11-20

inside of the closet door or medicine
chest. where they could be referred to in
hurry.
EMERGENCY HINTS.
) In case of fainting, place the body in
horizontal position, with the head low;
sprinkle cold water on face, neck and
chest; loosen the clothing and expose the
; patient to fresh air. Camphor or ammo
MIA applied to the nostrils will also prove
etticacious, though the latter must be
used with caution.
Broken limbs should be placed in nor
NAL position and the patient kept quiet
until the arrival of the physician.
Cramps in the stomach usually yield
to teaspoonful of ginger stirred IN
half glass of hot water in which half
teaspoonful of soda has been dissolved.
Nervous spasms are usually controlled
by little salt taken into the mouth and
allowed to dissolve.
A patient suffering from sunstroke
should be carried into a cool room, ana
cloths wrung out of cold or ice water ap-
piled to the head. These should be large
enough to envelop the whole head, and
changed often. A bag partially nlled
with pounded ice and placed on the head
is beneficial. IL
For nose bleed, battle the face and neck
with cold water, and, rolling little
piecs of white paper in tight roll place
1t under the2upper lip, where it Will press
against the gum. If the bleeding does
not readily yield, plug the nostrils with
a soft roll of cotton cloth.
For neuralgia, apply hot, dry fannels,
as hot as can be borne
For poison by poison oak or ivy, take
a handful of quicklime. dissolve in
water, and paint the poisoned part with it.
Two or three applications will ordinarily
cure the most unborn case.
For stings of insects, examine the part
with magnifying glass, and if the sting
is left in the wound extract it with a
small pair of tweezers or a sharp pen
knife Then apply diluted ammonia,
camphor. mud, baking soda moistened,
or even onion juice.
For the bite of q dog or cat, the wound
should be thoroughly sucked; then the
piece which has come in contact with
the animals teeth should be cut out or
cauterized with a hot knitting needle, a
tight bandage wound closely about the
wound to obstruct the circulation. and
the wound itself washed in warm water
as long as it will bleed. The sams treat
ment will apply to the bite of a snake.
hr1rn ho ~,
their treatment is to at once exclude the
air. Sweet oil and cotton are standard
remedies, or -four and oil. Do not re-
move the dressing until the Inflammation
subsidies.
If an artery is severed, tie "a small cord
or handkerchief tightly above it, and
inserting a round stick improvise a
tourniquet to hold the flow in check I'M
til the surgeon arrives.
Hemorrhaegs of lungs or stomach may
be checked by small doses of salt, and
then keep perfectly quiet.
A sprain should be treated at once to an
application of water as hot as can be
borne. This may be done by showering
hot water upon it, or by hot cloths ap-
piled frequently.
For Group, immense the hands and feet
in hot mustard or soda water. Great
relief is sometimes experienced from
drinking water as hot as can be borne.
For acute asthma or nausea, spread a
plaster with lard, sprinkle with black
pepper, allspice and cloves, and lay on
chest or pit Of stomach, as the case may
demand
For poisoning by acids, administer CO.
pious draughts of tepid water to excite
vomiting. Then give warm soapsuds or
magnesia or chalk dissolved in warm
water, OF soda, linseed tea or rose water,
which ever can 5e reached first.
For poisoning by alkalies, give diluted
vinegar, or sour milk, lemonade, sweet
oil, or any mucilaginous drink.
For arsenical poisoning, induce vonit-
ing as quickly as possible, then admins
ter spoonful of peroxide of iron. If a
drug store is not near enough to get this
in hurry, give whites OF eggs and
water, or soapsuds.
| These are only for emergencies, when
|
In most cases it is safer to call on one
as soon as possible.
NIGHT AIR.
Beware of the night wind; be sure
and close your windows after dark. In
other words, beware of Gods free air;
be sure and infect your lungs with the
stagnant, azotized and offensive atnos-
phere OF your bedroom. In other words,
beware of the rock spring; stick to the
sewerage. Is night air injurious? is
there single pretext for such an idea?
Since the day of creation that air has
been breathed with impunity by millions
OF different animals tender, delicate
creatures, some of them fawns, lambs and
young birds. Thousands of soldiers,
hunters and lumbermen sleep every night
IN tents and open sheds without the least
injurious consequences. Men in the last
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