Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-01-05

w. c.. b. writes: will you please
discuss first aid outfits for schools.
taking up respectively outfits for: %
A one room country school. 10 to
40 children; (2) a consolidated country
school in which manual training and
domestic science are taught, go to 40
children: CD city elementary schools.
100 to 1000 children: a. high schools
in which manual training. domestic
science. chemistry. and physics are
taught. l20 to 500 children: 90 man.
na training ana trade schools in which
there are woodworking shops, cooking
rooms, forge and machine shops, print
Ing shops, etc? Some definite recon-
mendations would be helpful
In making up suggestions for IL series
of cabinets for schools | have had the
help of DR.. a. NJ. Harvey. surgeon to
the Crane company.
II will he noticed that the equipment
recommended for country schools is
somewhat more complete than that for
city schools. The reason is that relief
from outside sources is not so easily
had as in the case of city schools.
When help is from the out
side ii will he longer in arriving. and
AN injured child being transported
home will have a longer trip. The
country school must be more nearly
self-sufficielt, and therefore for ii Il
fuller equipment is provided.
In addition to the emergency cabinet
! have added suggestions for some
other equipment. This equipment will
ne found useful in promoting the eff
ficiency and physical welfare of the
students, but it cannot be classed as
equipment needed for emergencies.
Emergency cabinet No. /. (for one
room country school. 10 to 40 pupils).
Liquid green soap, one pound in two
glass stoppered bottles.
One hand scrubbing brush.
Towels, one-half dozen, three-quar-
ters yard long, is inches wide.
Alcohol, n pound.
Saturated solution OF boric acid, one
pound.
Tincture of iodine, four ounces.
A~pplicators. small jar of toothpicks
with a small pledget of cotton OF the
end.
Adhesive tape. one yard, long, one
inch wide.
Two. two ounce bottles of a%ntiseptic
busting powder (boro- chloretone, tall
cum, OR some such powder).
Sterile gauze dry, one yard jar.
Bandages. n and two inch, one
dozen each.
Safety pins, two dozen.
SCISSORS, n pair, with a two inch
blade.
Ointment, two two-ounce jars white
precipitate of mercury.
spirits of ammonia, two
twO-Ounce bottles.
One-half pound OF Epson salts.
One-half pound Of cooking soda.
W ounces Of syrup of ipecac.
Two ounces Of diarrhoea mixture.
Two medicine glasses.
Two troopers.
Oil OF cloves one ounce.
One ounce of Monsels solution.
Two enameled basins (white).
One rubber touniquet, 24xh inch. or
webbing 24x1 inch.
Two wooden splints, 30x4x3-16, and
n wire u splint, 30x4.
Each package is to be plainly
marked in English. The label on
medicine must show the name Of the
medicine. It's use and its dose.
The soap and hand brush are to
to clean the hands of the person Civ
ing aid.
The alcohol is used to supplement-
the soap in cleaning. 1t can be used
to wash Off carbolic acid and excess
OF iodine. Iodine is used on cuts,
bruises. abrasions, wherever the skin
Is broken. 1t may be poured on a sur
face or in a wound or it may be an
piled with an applicator.
The busting powder is to be used on
chatting or excoriated surfaces.
The ointment may be used on ring
worm n vermin on certain parts of
the body.
The use OF empsom salts is to relieve
constipation when headache or dizzi-
mess is resulting from it.
Aromatic spirits of ammonia is to