The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-12-24
GOOD To HAVE
FOR REFERENCE
Pointers for First Aid to Injured
Which Can Be Put at Shaft or In
Prospector's Pack to Advantage

The Traylor Engineering company
of New York issues a monthly calen-
dar which while advertising the bus
mess of the company commends it
self through the publication of valu-
able information of various kinds,
particularly acceptable about mining
properties. The calendar of the firm
for January under heading of first
aid for the injured" gives the fol-
lowing valuable points, well to cut
out and paste up in the shaft house
or to otherwise keep convenient for
ready reference:
Burns and Scalds.-Cover with
cooking soda and lay wet clothes over
it. Whites of eggs and olive oil.
Olive or linseed oil, plain or mixed
with chalk or whiting. Sweet or olive
oil and lime water.
Cinder IN the Eye.-Roll soft pa
per up like lamplighter and wet the
tip to remove, or use a medicine
dropper to draw il out. Rub the
other eye.
Painting Place fiat on back; al
INV I'LL illhlC Will Nulel
Place head lower than rest of body.
Lightning.-Dash cold water over
= person struck.
Mad Dog or Snake Bite.-Tie cord
tight above wound Suck the wound
and cauteriZe with caustic or white
hot iron at once, or cut out adjoining
parts with a sharp knife. Inject per-
oxide of hydrogen into wound, and
administer one-twentieth of grain
of strychnine to stimulate heart ac-
ton.
Sunstroke.--Loosen clothing Get
patient into shade and apply ice-cold
water to head. Keep head in elevat-
ed position.
Venomous Snake.-Tie a ligature
as tightly as possible between the
wound and the heart to prevent poi
son from being carried in the circula-
tory system. Suck or squeeze out all
the poison possible, then rub perman-
ganate into the wound. For heart
stimulant an injection of one-twenti-
eth of grain of strychnine.
Drowning Loosen clothing,
if any. 2nd. Empty lungs of wa err
by laying on its stomach and lifting
it by the middle so that the head
hangs down. Jerk the body a few
times. 3rd. Pull tongue forward, us
ing handkerchief, or pin with string,
If necessary 4th. Initiate motion of
respiration by alternately compress
ing and expanding the lower ribs,
about twenty times minute. AL
ternately raising and lowering the
arms from the sides up above the
head will stimulate the action of the
lungs. Let it be done gently but per-
sistently. 9Th. Apply warmth and
friction to the eXtremities 9Th. BY
holding tongue forward, closing the
nostrils and pressing the Adam
Apple" back $50 as to close entrance
to the stomach), direct initiation can
be tried. Take a deep breath and
breathe it forcibly into the mouth of
patient, compress the chest to eXpel
the air and repeat the operation. 18th.
Don't give up. People have been
saved after hours of patient vigorous
effort. Sth. When breathing begins,
get patient into a warm bed, give
warm drinks, or spirits in teaspoon
fuls, fresh air and quiet.
Electric Shock-Hold body with
head downward for a few seconds at
an angle of As degrees, thus flushing
the brain and stimulating it's action.
Proceed as lin case of drowning to
prodr>a artificial respiration, enforc-
ing the heart action and diminishing
the pressure of blood, the latter be-
ing obtained by injecting one to three
drops of amy nitrate. Administer
oxygen gas.
Suffocation from Inhaling Gas
Get into the fresh air as soon as pos
sible and lie down. Keep warm.
Take ammonia-20 drops to a tum-
bier of water, at frequent intervals;
also two to four drops tincture of nux
vomica every hour or two for five or
six hours.
Death.=Hold mirror to mouth. If
living moisture will gather Push
pin into flesh If dead the hole will
remain; if alive it will close up.
Place fingers in front of strong light.
If alive they will appear red; if dead,
black or dark.
FOR POISONINGS.
1st. Send for physician. End
Induce vomiting by tickling throat
with feather or finger, drinking hot
water or strong mustard and water.
Swallow sweet oil or white of eggs.
Acids are antidotes for alkalies,
and vice versa.
For acetic, Muriatic, Nitric, Sui
phuric Acids.--Use soap suds, mag
nesia, lime water.
For Carbolic Acid.-Use -four and
water, mucilagenous drinks.
For Pruesic Acd.-Use Ammonia
and water. Dash water in face.