Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-09

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months nave taken place outside the walls
Of home, there are countless emergencies
arising in the most carefully guarded home
when the mother requires to be not only
mistress of herself but of the occasion.
Sometimes long immunity from accident or
serious illness makes US careless, so lest
we forget here are a few suggestions that
may serve to strengthen the rusty links
in our memory of what to do" For in
stance:
Asphyxiation by Gas.
This is such a frequent happening that
every one should know just exactly what
to do in an emergency. In this condition
there Is actual blood poisoning; the il.umi-
mating gas, escaping freely. joins with the
coloring of the blood so that the blood can
no longer take up oxygen. The first thing
to be done, IL you are in the room, Is to get
q supply Of fresh air, and that quickly If
the window sticks. break it with a chair a
nat iron. or anything handy. If nothing
else offers, wrap any thick cloth around
your fist and use that If you are outside
and have to go in. wet towel in cold wa
ter, bind closely over nose and mouth after
taking several long breaths of fresh air.
then go In and get the window open. AS
soon as possible carry the pa tient to a room
where the air is fresh. If the patient still
breathes, apply hot and cold shower ba this
alternately until he can take long breath.
II the breathing has entirely stopped, apply
artificial respiration.
Artificial Respiration.
Lay the patient on the back, with pill
low or roll or a coat or any garment un-
der the shoulders so as to allow the head
to fall back. Then kneel at the head OF
the patient. grasp the arms by the elbow
across the stomach raising them over the
head to a perpendicular position. Draw
them backward straight, then forward. to
the sides again, pressing the arms on the
lower part of the ribs and side so as to
produce bellows movement on the lungs
Do this for sixteen or eighteen times a min
uate. Camphor, smelling salts or ammonia
may be applied to the nostrils to excite
breathing, and the limbs should be rubbed
briskly upward. AS the patient reyiyes
hot stimulating drinks may be administered
as stimuants. If brandy or whisky is used
anywhere from two teaspoonfuis to four ia
blespoonfuls In hot water is considered the
proper proportion.
Prostitutes and ChilIs.
While almost too late this year for dan
gerously cold weather cold DAYS and nights
do come. and exposure brings trouble i'm it's
wake. If any part is frozen, and 1t is
usually the extremities, paint then departs.
as frozen nerves do not transmit pain The
part frozen looks waXy. Do not bring the
patient near the heat at once, lest the
frosted part becomes gangrenous. Instead
DTlnS the frozen parts SLOWLY to their nat
ural state using ice or snow with friction.
AS soon as the part begins to tingle, active
efforts may be stopped and the parts af-
fected wrapped in cloths wrung out of cold
water. If any one becomes thoroughly
chilled. and this is liable to happen any
time for a month yet, he should not be
taken Immediately into hot room but into
a cold one, where he should be rubbed and
stimulants ADMINISTERED.
For Frostbitten Feet
Take cup Of vinegar and put into it
double handful Of salt. Heat until the salt
is partly dissolved then apply to the FROST
bitten parts as hot as one can stand 1t
and not burn the flesh. After two or
three applications the swelling will disap-
pear and great relief be experienced An
other remedy for chilblains is to rub them
night and morning with camphorated
spirits or lotion of alum and sulphate of
zinc.
For Something in the Eye.
With the dust and cinder-laden winds
of March careening around every corner,
some one Is apt to come home with some
thing" in the eye. If the foreign substance
is not corrosive, simply close the eye with
out rubbing and the tears collecting be-
hind the closed eyelid will usually burst
out, bringing cinder with it. If not try an
apple seed. which possesses much the
same properties as an eyestone. Introduce
1t under the lid, and it will travel around