WHAT TO DO IN CASE OF ACCIDENT.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2283, 26 February 1887, Page 2 (Supplement)

WHAT TO DO IN CASE OF ACCIDENT.

Professor Wilder, of Cornell University, gives these short tides for' action iu ease of accident:—

For dust in the ey.es, avoid rubbing, dash water, into them ; remove cinders. &c., with the round .point, of a lead pencil.

Remove insects from the eat by tepid water. Never put a hard instrument into the car.

If an artery is cut, compress above the wound ; if a vein is cut compress below. If choked, get upon all fours and cough.

For light burns, dip the part in cold water ; if the skin is destroyed cover with varnish.

Smother a fire with' carpets, &c ; water will often spread burning oil, and iucrease danger. Before passing through smoke, take a full breath and then stoop low, but if carbon is suspected, walk erect. Suck poison wounds, unless your mouth is sore. Enlarge the wound, or. better, cut out the part without delay. Hold the wounded £>art as long as can be borne to a hot coal, or end of a cigar. In case of poisoning, excite vomiting by tickling the throat, or by warm water and mustard. For acid poisons give acids; white of an egg is good in most cases ; in case of opium poisoning, give strong coffee, and keep moving. If in the water, float on the back, with the nose and mouth projecting. For apoplexy, raise the head and body; for fainting, lay the person flat.