dressing. Should there be throbbing, tenderness and swelling later, soak the limb for twenty minutes in hot water to which two heaped tablespoons of Epsom salts have been added. Next, apply a poultice of glycerine and epsom salts, repeating this 3 times daily. If this treatment is not effective, see your Doctor. On the other hand, the chances are that you will have no bother if the trouble is attended to straight away. CUTS AND WOUNDS: If small, clean with an antiseptic lotion and if cut just below the skin, draw the skin together with narrow strips of adhesive plaster, paint with an antiseptic lotion and put on clean dressing and bandage. Leave untouched for two or three days. If clean, healing should be quickly established. In six or seven days the dressing can be removed and the wound should be healed. Deep cuts and wounds must be attended to by a doctor. DIRTY CUTS AND WOUNDS: These are often the result of small cuts and wounds not having been attended to immediately. Wash with hot soapy water or a disinfectant solution. If there is redness and inflammation present give long hot water soaks with some antiseptic lotion. Hot poultice every four hours. If there is no improvement, your doctor must be visited. FALLS, AND THEIR TREATMENT: Another common accident in the home is a fall. Unless he is watched a baby may fall out of his pram or off the bed if left too near the edge. The toddler may trip over his toys, fall downstairs or on a wet footpath. He may run into half open doors or fall out of trees. He may fall heavily onto his head and so be knocked stunned or unconscious. He may be drowsy in which case, give him a hot drink then put him to bed with the head low, and a warm water bottle at his feet. Let him sleep. As he recovers, his breathing and pulse should be regular and normal. There may be a bout of vomiting and headaches and a slight temperature. Keep him in bed until quite normal. Just the same, contact your doctor for further advice. Some of the most common ailments of children are as follows: CONVULSIONS: These are due to many causes. They are often caused in young children from indigestion, from swallowing excessive insoluble things such as seeds, skins of fruit, and unripe fruit, or over indulgence in eating generally, or they may be due to some disturbance of the nervous system or from gastro-intestinal irritation, or from faulty feeding or constipation. Remember that convulsions are not a disease in themselves, they are only a symptom of something wrong.

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