The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-13
Talk 70 Y. N. c. A.
More Generous Finaneia al Aid
Needed to Successfully
Prosecute the Work
in This State.
SPECIAL to the Jersep Citu Ne,rs

NEW BRUNSWICK, Feb. 13, 1887
There was a big attendance at the sec
ond days session of the twenty-eighth
annual convention of the Y. M. c. A. of
the State yesterday. After the session
was called to order in the morning, the
delegates listened to a review of the work
done in 1896 by William D. Murray, DR..
F. M. Seerley, of Springfield, Mass, fol-
lowed by an address on Personal Pur-
ity," after which there was an hour com
Quoted by William D. Murra~
At the afternoon session - lie was an
address on Educational WyIk," by E.
l.. Shuey, Dayton, O.; The Bible Topic,
was discussed by Don o. Shelton, New
York; there were simultaneous sectional
conferences and addresses on these sub
Frank B. Hoagland. Paterson; Unfair
Conduct in Athletic Contests w. c.
Keil. Paterson: This Association Ath-
lard Smith. Orange: Social Work. HAIR
ry Curtis, Camden.
There were also several parlor confer
ences.
DR.. H. Bedell Crane, of Newark, gave
an Illustrated talk on What to do
First, ant How to be of the Most Ser
vice in Cases Of. Accidents and Elmer
genc.es, Before. the Doctor Comes He
advised the calling of a physician in an
cases, because a little knowledge might
prove to be a dangerous thing, as well as
LII III III S1f44t5 liz dill 4Gt1Gf1l pdl6 uL-
fortunate. He emphasized the necessity
of keeping a level head, to be a help, In
stead of a hindrance, and always to have
was too much responsibility in taking the
position OF the medical adviser.
Besides the Sylvester and Marshall
asphyxia,- from impure air, poisonous
gases and drowning, the doctor put par
t9cular stress upon the new method used
in cases of drowning called the Michigan
M + I'D which wa c fn Low fhan hr1xr = ~
down. the head resting upon the arm,
and stand astride of it: grasp it then
about the shoulders and arnpits, n
out lifting the head quite off the arm,
and hold It about three seconds; then re-
place the body upon the ground and
ward, for five seconds; then replace the
body upon the ground and press the lower
ribs downward. then upward. for Ave Sec
onas, then suddenly let go, TO perform
the lifting process again.
These methods should be persisted in.
Until the lungs and heart begin to act.
case should not be considered hopeless
unless the eyes are opened, the pupils
dilated, and do not respond to d light, the
PLACID, the skin cold, frothy mucous around
the mouth and n~ostrils, no attempt at re-
spiration, and the hearts action inaudi-
bic when the ear is applied to the chest.
In all cases e~ndeavor to restore the
heat of the body by hot bottles. bricks
and dry clothing.
The doctor also spoke of the great i'm
portance OF knowing how to act when a
building was on fire, and I'M case the
clothing caught fire to lay the person
down fiat to keep the flames from face
and lungs; use the first thing to be had
In wrapping around the body, n imme-
diately applying a mixture of equal parts
Of linseed oil n lime water to the
burned parts.
How to stop hemorrhages, dress wounds.
apply bandages required a great deal of
skill and practice, and all such treatment
should be aseptic and a~ntisepiic. Tt was
wonderful to know how lar and varied
were the applications Of the ordinary
handkerchief OF triangular baiidage. POI
sons and antidotes received attention, as
well as dog bites, but DIR. Crane thought
the best remedy was to cut the dogs tail
on close behind his ears before he bites.