Milford chronicle., 1958-09-26
NoBoDYS PUNCTURE-PRooF


NOBODY'S PUNCTURE-PROOF
AS the hunting season opens, landowner:
are posting "No Hunting" signs and the ma
tons druggists are preparing for an event
of their own-known as Emergencies DOM
Wait" week and to be observed from October
10 to 18.
That these two activities have more thar
a little in common is suggested by the 1865
report of the National Safety Council, which
shows the same number of human deaths
from firearms in 1857 as in 1864 shock
ing 2,200! Hunters that are so careless OF
inept as to shoot themselves or each other
will also leave the farm gates open and mis-
take cows and other domestic livestock fol
game. And since, as history proves, there
will be emergencies, the druggists are doing
their best to get people to prepare for them
to check and restock both first aid kits anC
home medicine cabinets. M
With similar ideas of life-saving in mind
DR.. John Henderson, author of "The Com.
plete Book of First Aid and medical direc-
tor of Johnson & Johnson, offers some cap
sule advice, which-whether it is taken OF
not-is going to be needed:
"There is no general first aid for gun
shot wounds" says Dr. Henderson, "since
they range from decorations to serious alb
dominal, chest and head injuries-with vary
ing degrees of bleeding and possible broken
bones. What-to-do depends, therefore, on
the particular injury.
First, place the victim in the shock po-
sition'-rechning with his feet higher than
his head. Next, check copious bleeding by
binding or holding clean compress against
the wound. Pressure and congresses are
recommended over tourniquets. Then, place
blanket under the patient as well as over
him. Keep him warm and as comfortable as
T. possible. If the wound is in the chest OF
abdomen, give nothing by mouth.
"Do not attempt local treatment, washing
or examination of the wound-theSe are jobs
for the doctor or hospital. A clean pad plus
mild antiseptic such as first aid cream are
the only things that should go on the wound
If there is sucking" chest puncture, make
( the bandage as air-proof as possible. Do not
change bandages. If more are necessary on
way to doctor, place new one on top of the
We suggest you cut out Dr. Henderson S
instructions and paste them in your first aid
kit-and pick hunting companions who can
recognize game and who know how to handle
firearms and have proper respect for them.
An ounce of prevention is still better
than pound of cure-especially when there
is no cure out in the woods and fields.
EIGHT-YEAR-OLD KILLER?
1t is hard to believe that an eight-year-
old boy planned and executed brutal mur-
der of both his parents. Yet that is what the
news stories are telling us, and there seems
little possibility that it is not the truth.
Certainly this must represent the trend
of the times, with juvenile delinquency ram
pant and reaching record levels. When it
reaches the eight-year-old level, involving
murder, and murder of ones parents, it is
time for Americans to sit up and take notice.
Suspected as contributing factor-even
If mental abnormality is to be blamed as the
real cause-is the overdose of murder, neu-
rotic inclined criminals and vice and corrup-
tion which is beamed over the television
waves almost constantly.
Young people are, of course highly i'm
pressionable, and they see more of this busi-
ness then the should. 1t is designed, and
bought by the advertisers, to be diversion
for adults, but for the young, who have not
yet reached the stage in life where judgment
and restraint have matured, it can be fatal
influence.
The movies originally put over drinking
as the social ''thing" among many women
and many of our youngsters. But the movies
couldn't come into the home, and the very
young, in most cases, didn't see the type of
thing that's available in most homes every
night these days.
Where are the inspirational, sensible,
clean, quiet, truthful and informative presen-
tations designed for family viewing? Where
are the good clean adventure stories, stress
ing character and the right things IN life,
for the red-blooded boy and girl (other than
the usual deluge of cowboy offerings, some
Of which are very good, but most of which
feature wholesale shootings and kilhngsS
These are questions Mr.. and Mrs. TV
viewers and the television industry and spon-
sors should be thinking about. It's quite pos
sible that today's steady diet of crime fare is
responsible for some of our juvenile crime,