The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-06-25

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Mr.. Lonnie is expecting to leave
for Largo. Friday.
BE SAFE AND SANE
The Lord helps those who help
themselves.
But it is not to be expected that
those who deliberately transeress
the laws of nature, e1ther thru ig-
norance or wilfuliy, are liable to es-
cape the consequences.
Mothers allow their young child
rem to play in the crowded street and
blame the automobile driver for the
sad results that calls for a little
white casket. Men and women trife
with or neglect their sanitary sur
roundings and their friends lament
the untfmely and premature ending
OF useful career. The fruit is not
with our stars. but with ourselves,
that We are sickly underlings and
that we do not live out the years we
think We are entitled to.
1t has taken many years of sad
experience to teach us the dangers
attending the promiscuous use OF
firearms and fireworks on or about
the Fourth Of July. and even yet
only q few of us have q sufficiently
vivid realization of these dangers to
constantly avoid them. The nation
wide call for a safe and sane" cele-
bratfon OF that day. has iessened the
ofd-time harvest Of death. but II
hasn't stopped N-not yet.
The two principal Glasses Of suffer-
ers from these patriotic excesses are
the small boy, ranging IN years from
ten to twelve up to forty and nifty,
and the innocent byst&nder. The
first OF these Is the aggressor and
the one that has made the Fourth OF
July dangerous. The second czut
help himself. For the first ft II
hardly fair to call these happenings
accidental, for every boy knows the
risk and dares It because he honestly
believes he Is smart enough to es-
cape damage. It would almost ap-
pear that the real ACCIDENT OcUurs
when nothing happens and no one II
hurt.
It is likely that SO long ~ ire
works are manufactured and so Tong
rs the small boy can finance the sit
uation, he Will continue to blow on
few fingers, MI his skin with pow
der and maim the innocent bystxnd-
er for many FOurths to come. And
SO, as the situation seems Inevitable,
It is well to be prepared IN advance
to render first aid to the injured, or
ut least to know In advance what to
do when such accidents come.
The burns and deeper wounds
caused by exploding fireworks are
likely to produce tetanus, resulting.
in it's final development, in lockjaw.
The horrors of death from this cause
are similar to those of rabies,
wherein the patient is conscious to
the end. suffering excrucfatfng
agony.
Tetanus usually develops in from
six to eight days utter injury. Fol-
lowing this the disease speeds rapid
ly to its conclusion. and the time TOR
treatment is before the tetanus has
a chance to develop. The Danger IL
in the delay IN getting treatment.
preventive treatment
The only reasonably certain pre-
ventive known is anti-tetanic serum,
use of which has so largely reduced
the development of tetanus that its
failure is the exception. It's ad-
ministration requires the services of
the physician, but every doctor Is
prepared to give this treatment.
The danger from such burns is too
serious to be trified with While the
injury may not at first appear dan
gerous, the chances for infection are
too many to risk No sensible man,
who is not prepared to die. will
gamble with his life with the chanc-
es ten to one against him, when
available medical treatment will in
crease those chances to at least a
hundred to one for recovery.
Therefore. If your patriotism
leads you to disastrous and unex-
pected happenings, go to the doctor,
and go quick