Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1911-06-14


liberation of ligaments. blood vessels
and other structures surrounding a
Joint The first treatment is to place
the injured part in hot water and np-
ply hot cloths for half an hour. The
Joint should then be bandaged. not too
tightly, and kept at rest until the
acute swelling and tenderness subside
Alternate applications of hot and cold
water poured over the joint from a
pitcher are often beneficial 1t is a
mistake to attempt continuous self
treatment of severe sprain. Months
of suffering and gripping may result
from neglect to secure early surgical
aid The X ray has demonstrated
that supposed simple sprains are often
complicated by fractures.
Fractures.
| When limb is fractured the first
step is to apply a temporary splint in
| order to prevent needless injury to
| soft parts by the ends of the fractured
| bone Any stiff material, an umbrella,
| rolled up newspapers, canes, ETC., may
| be bound to the limb by handkerchiefs,
| towels or bandages until surgical aid
has been procured. In fractures of the
leg one leg may be bound to the other.
| If the skin has been broken the frac
ture is termed compound, and extreme
| care is necessary to prevent further
| liberation or infection Of the tissues.
| Wounds.
| Slight punctured or lacerated wounds
are often neglected or improperly
| treated, owing to the fact that no
medical aid is sought. For the reason
| that blood poison and lockjaw are not
uncommon following comparatively
trivial injuries all wounds should be
cleansed as quickly as possible with
peroxide of hydrogen, turpentine or
some antiseptic solution. 4 steriliZed
gauze pad should then be applied and
held in place by rubber adhesive plas-
ter or gauze bandages. The use of
strong antiseptic solutions in wounds
is no longer customary. When the
wound is infected, as evidenced by
heat. redness, swelling or discharge of
pus, the parts should be cleansed fire.
uuently with peroxide Of hydrogen and
simple wet dressing applied as fol
lows: gauZe pad is bandaged over
the wound and kept moist with sat
urated solution of bicarbonate or soda
in boiled water. Antiseptic solutions
kill germs. but they also interfere with
the natural reparative work of the
body cells.
Dancers Of Carboic Acid.
Carbolic acid should be banishe(
from the household. except in the form
of carbolated vaseline. This prepare
ton may be useful to apply to cuts Oh
sores in emergencies. Solutions Of car
bolic acid constantly applied to thu
extremities, fingers. toes, etc., hav'
| been known to cause gangrene.
| Every useful purpose served by car
! bolic acid as d household remedy cal
| be served by simple nonpoisonous an
/ tiseptics, such as a saturated solution
i of boric acid or the official liquor an
i tisepticus of the United States Phal
j macopoeia. Diluted with several part
i of water, this latter preparation ma
4 be used whenever a cleansing antiseI
tic wash is required.
Burns.
. Probably nothing causes more excite
: ment in the household than burns G
!. scalds. and this explains why first al
I is so seldom properly and promptly al
! piled
O The most convenient and perhaL
: the best remedy to apply is ordinar
| 10 no
O powder and the parts wrapped
: clean linen cloths, gauze. etc. an
a then covered with cotton. or the ban'
y ages may be saturated and kept moi:
with a strong solution of the sod
Blisters should be punctured with
:, needle that has been steriliZed in bOi
:, ing water, but the skin should not
J. removed.
: When a burn is very extensive il
70 mediate proper dressing is Difficult
:. and it is extremely important to Eedu'
the shock and protect the burned are
r. from the air. This may be quick
a done by placing the patient in a war
~ salt bath. keeping the temperature b
y tween "a and 1O4 degrees F. SUI
~
,d time replenishing the water, of cours
=, as il becomes contaminated. Slim
lants internally are called for.
IN Ear Emergencies.
b. Accommodations of wax or forei
,r- bodies in the ear should be removed
Swinging with warm water or satur
a ed solution of boric acid. Insects IA
be suffocated with a few drops Of pu
ed sweet oil and then removed by syri1
lii ing with warm water. 1t is b
tx practice to use oil in the ear for
of removal Of wax. If Swinging W
ee, warm water does not suffice ply
ats clan should be consulted.
re- Earache is usually due to inf1amr
Mt ton. which may develop into suppl
ton and abscess. Heat should be
by piled by means Of hot water ba
ses hot clay poultice tCataplasma kao