Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-07-09
THE CAREOF WOUNDS
HEALTH BULLETIN GIVES ADVICE
ON TREATING INJURIES.
HOW TO KEEP MILK FROM SOURIN
Two Subjects of Great Interest TO
Mothers and Housewives Treated in
July Number Of Official Iowa Medi-
cal journal.

In view of the many accidents sus-
tanned on the Fourth and the many
other summer celebrations, the advice
of prominent physicians should receive
close attention from the laity. In
many cases where a slight cut or
bruise is sustained the victims first
thought is to get some court plaster
or some other bandage ito keep out
dirt" and in many cases the wound
is sealed so tight that there Is no
outlet for the matter that forms and
it is carried through the blood and
causes blood poisoning. The follow
ing article from the July issue of the
Iowa Health Bulletin, the official pa
per of the state board of health, will
be Of interest:
The Care of Wound.
A short time ago an Iowa farmer
was bruised on the front of his thigh
by a lever of sulky plow, the skin
being slightly broken. He put on the
wound tight plaster and went on
with his work. A few weeks after.
ward he went to a physician to have
him examine the wound. The doctor
removed the plaster and found the
flesh to all intents dead. He cut out
some of the tissues, and with the help
of another physician made other at
tempts to remedy the duficilty, but it
was too late; the poison had gone
too far, and Hammond died on the sue
ceeding Sunday afternoon.
He had locked UP the leakage from
the wound, so that nothing could es-
cape His nerves and blood were
filled with the poison and he lost his
life.
''In case of an open wound which
has been contaminated by exposure to
clothing, dirt or the outside air, it is
folly to seal it up, and sometimes
worse than folly. Some form of dress
ing should be applied which will
permit Inspection, discharge of pus
and complete and regular cleans
ing.
Nearly everyone has experienced
something of the bad effects of apply
ing an impervious court plaster" to a
trifling wound. Fortunately, the juices
from the wound in nearly every case
loosen the court plaster and permit
egress. If it could be kept on tightly
there would be trouble from the
start.
The Care Of Milk.
The care of milk during the warm
er weather and the precautions to be
taken to prevent its souring is also
the subject of an article in the Bulle-
tin and these precautions could be
needed to good advantage by house
keepers. The article is as follows:
Hot weather is always great men.
ace to children who are dependent up
on artificial feeding. The danger arises
largely from having developed in the
milk fed a dangerous poison called ty.
rotoXin-a ptomain. 1t is safe to say
that nearly all cases of summer com
plant and cholera infantum are caus
ed by this posion.
The Bulletin of the Chicago health
department in late issue gives the
following simple rules for handling
milk which it would be we'll for all par
ties interested to observe:
Milk dealers would find it to their
profit if they would secure the cooper
alton of their customers in keeping
milk sweet and clean after it has beer
delivered They would thus avoid
much undeserved blame for "souring,
etc. A printed slip might be furnished
with each delivery containing a few
simple rules and advice, of which many
housekeepers stand sadly in need The
principal points are
All vessels, pitchers. bowls, bottles
etc., should be scalded before milk il
put into them; cover closely SO as tt
exclude dust. Set the milk in as cole
a place as possible as soon as received
Never mix new and old milk OF
cream together If the mixture is to BIZ
kept any length of time.
II milk is intended for infants food
pasteurize enough for the last part o.
the day by putting it in freshly scald
ed bottle stopped with wad o
clean cottonwood or covered with two
or three thicknesse of clean chees,
| cloth. Put the bottle in kettle con
tanning two quarts of cold water; briny
the water just to the boiling point, ant
remove from the fire at once-don,t 10
| it boil after the first few bubbles; Sc
| the kettle aside to let the milk becom,
| heated evenly and when cold put In TIL,