MASTERTON AMBULANCE SOCIETY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4738, 5 June 1894, Page 2

MASTERTON AMBULANCE SOCIETY.

Lecture by Dp Butement /? The Weslbyan Schoolroom was ,f3 roll-filled last night, w h en $ lutemontgavothofirstofaseiicsof ' $ ectures on the subject of Ambulanco **; Tho President of tlio Society (Mr ' J V. E Jackson) introduced tho 100- I uror in a fe«Uappj#priale words I lo congratalacett tho Society upon '-j 1 he election of their, leohnei (Di 'f 3utement) and examiner 0i Doug- -1 ")• ■-'■ •- '••■• ' f \ Dr. Butement, in opoiuhg bis lec- % iure, remarked on the-vmy- great '' leryices that might bo' pork mod by lersons wlio understood the practical ' cachings of ambulance, in a district , I ivhero accidents were of almost daily jeeurrence. The great eharni of imbukncownsinits'simplicity No jlaborate and complicated-splints or jther lfiedical appliances weio necossaiy; all that was used being always it hand. ''-.■' The lecturer', then gave a shoifc sketch of thaanatomy' of tho human /; J Eramn, illustrating his rvmnj^ljm^t*"' means of charts - and plans. Proceeding to the functions of, u shortly tho orgatrrauwethod of di- * gßstjoh arid absorbfcion. He also dealt < with the circulation of the blood,and """" the processes of excretion. After his remarks. Dr Butement gave a 'practical exposition of tho various methods of bandaging by means of tho triangular bandage , At tho conclusion of hjs lectmo Dr Butement received a round of applause, and tho class broke'up.