Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-10-09
HOW TO MAKE
own FIRST
AIDPACKET
CDR. r. M. Yergason in Hartford
COurant)

CDR. r. M. Yergason in Hartford
Courant)
On a rainy day 1t Is good thing to
make for yourself first aid outfit, and
this can be done perfectly well with
only such materials as you have in the
house.
Take a clean old handkerchief and
tear off the margin. From the remain
der cut an oblong piece IL by '16 inches.
Dampen this, and, with the hot fat
iron, press out the creases. Fold the
two long edges over to meet at the
middle, and pass the iron over to
smooth the two folds thus made. Bring
one folded edge over to the other
pressing the new fold. You now have
strip Of cloth, or scarf, Of four thick
nesses. edges turned in except at the
ends, and measuring three, by Is in.
Now fold the two ends to the middle
of the scarf, pressing the folds, and
bring these last folds together as be-
fore. This results in the compress,
neatly folded pad Of is thicknesses of
cloth, measuring three by four inches.
In use, this method Of folding Is very
convenient for. on opening, the COM
press seems fitted by magic to the
wound, whatever its size or shape.
Next, a skin, or cover, must be made
for the pad. Cut from another old
handkerchief, or from a sheet, a piece
nine inches square. Place the COM
press upon this diagonally, and fold up
the near corner. Fold over the two
side corners smoothly and bring the
far corner over them. Pin the tip of
this flap with one or two common pins.
Do not let the ends Of the pins project,
but leave them buried in the cloth ex-
cept for the heads. Press the whole
package with the fiat-iron to make it
smooth and fiat, and lay it aside while
you make the .bandage. .4-i
For the bandage use a strip four
inches wide torn from an old sheet It
need not be longer that the full length
of the sheet, although two strips sew
ed together, end to end, may be used if
long bandage is desired. Take a
piece Of cardboard calling card) four
by two and one-half inches and wind
the bandage around this, being care
full to keep the edges even and the
bandage pulled tight. When rolled,
the card is withdrawn. leaving the
bandage in a neat fiat roll 4
Now, make a skin for the bandage
the same size as that for the compress,
folding and pinning it in similar way
Take a safety pin and fasten it to the
flap of the bandage packet. Do not pin
it deep into the bandage, but only to
the flap. The safety pin is used to
fasten the end of the bandage when
applied to wound, and if pinned to
the flap, as suggested, it serves to dis
tinguish the bandage packet from that
Of the compress.
We are now ready for the steriliza-
ton, the purpose of which Is to kill all
germs which may be contained in the
packages. To accomplish this the ma
terials must be exposed to steam for
one full hour in a deep stew-pan with
tight fitting cover. A piece of wire
window-screen bent into a f1at-topped
arch and fitted inside the pan, will sup
port the packets above the water and, |
at the same time, will allow the cover
to mt snugly. Place the packets on the !
wire, well above the water in the stew
pan, cover, and boil hard for one hour. |
Remove the wire arch with the packets |
upon it. and let it stand on the hot |
stove for half an hour, so that the
dampness is thoroughly evaporated |
from the cloth.
The two packets are now placed side |
by side and folded up in a third outer |
skin, cut the same size as the others.
The complete packet should now be
steamed for one hour as before to
make assurance doubly sure that all |
the germs are dead. Before steaming.
the words. First Aid Packet" should |
be printed on the cover with an indeh-
Die pencil. The steam will bring out |
the printing very nicely without MAX |
Ing 1t run In the cloth f1bres.
Regulating the Cook
Charlotte Observer)