Drowning. Treatment. — Place the patient on the floor
or ground with the face downward, and one of the arms under
the forehead. If there be only slight breathing, or no
breathing, or if the breatiiing fail, then turn the patient
instantly on the side, supporting the head, and excite the
nostrils with snuff, hartshorn and smelling salts, or tickle
the throat with a feather. Rub the chest and face warm,
and dash cold water or cold and hot water alternately on
them. If there be no ^success, imitate breathing, and in
Artificial Respiration. First Position.
order to do this, place the patient on his back, supporting
the head and shoulders on a small, firm cushion or folded
article of dress. Draw the tongue forward and slip an elastic
band over it and under the chin, or tie a piece of string or
tape in the same way. Grasp the arms just above the elbows
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and draw them gently and steadily upward above the head,
and keep them stretched upward for two seconds; {First
Position. )
Artificial Respiration. Second Position.
then turn them down and force them gently and firmly for
two seconds against the sides of the chest; {Second Position?)
Repeat these measures about fifteen times in a minute.
When breathing is restored, rub the limbs upward with firm,
grasping pressure and energy, using handkerchiefs, flannels,
etc. Apply hot flannels or bottles, bladders of hot water or
heated bricks to the pit of the stomach, the armpits, between
the thighs, and to the soles of the feet. On the restoration
of life a teaspoonful of warm water should be given, and
then small quantities of warm coffee.
Epilepsy. Treatment. — At the onset of a fit the patient
should be caught in the arms of a bystander and laid gently
down upon his back, with something under his head for a
pillow, and everything tight should be removed from his
neck. Insert a cork between the teeth to prevent the tongue
being bitten, then wait patiently till the fit it is over.
Fainting. In this affection there is pallor of the face,
coldness, perspiration, feeble, shallow and irregular breath-
ing,noises in the ears, indistinctness of vision, and giddiness.
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Treatment. — Lay the patient at once upon the back; remove
all constricting articles of clothing from about the neck, and
apply strong smelling salts to the nostrils. Sprinkle cold
water over the face; give half a teaspoonful of spirit of sal
volatile by the mouth in a little water.
Foreign Bodies. In the Nose. These are peas, beads,
sweets, cherry stones and such like. Treatment. — If old
enough, get the child to forcibly blow down the obstructed
nostril after taking a deep breath, while the finger is pressed
tightly against the free nostril. Failing this, grasp the
nostril behind the seat of obstruction and introduce a small
flat article such as the handle of a salt spoon beyond it and
endeavor to scoop it out.
In the Ear. Treatmeiit. — If an insect has found its way
into the ear, fill it with olive oil, when it will generally float
on the top. If a pea, bead or cherry stone, use the head of
a hair pin as a snare and with the utmost gentleness endeavor
to insinuate it beyond the object it is intended to remove.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Drowning. Treatment. — Place the patient on the floor or ground with the face downward, and one of the arms under the forehead. If there be only slight breathing, or no breathing, or if the breathing fail, then turn the patient instantly on the side, supporting the head, and excite the nostrils with snuff, hartshorn and smelling salts, or tickle the throat with a feather. Rub the chest and face warm, and dash cold water or cold and hot water alternately on them. If there be no ^success, imitate breathing, and in
Artificial Respiration. First Position.
order to do this, place the patient on his back, supporting the head and shoulders on a small, firm cushion or folded article of dress. Draw the tongue forward and slip an elastic band over it and under the chin, or tie a piece of string or tape in the same way. Grasp the arms just above the elbows
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and draw them gently and steadily upward above the head, and keep them stretched upward for two seconds; (First Position.)
Artificial Respiration. Second Position.
then turn them down and force them gently and firmly for two seconds against the sides of the chest; (Second Position.)
Repeat these measures about fifteen times in a minute. When breathing is restored, rub the limbs upward with firm, grasping pressure and energy, using handkerchiefs, flannels, etc. Apply hot flannels or bottles, bladders of hot water or heated bricks to the pit of the stomach, the armpits, between the thighs, and to the soles of the feet. On the restoration of life a teaspoonful of warm water should be given, and then small quantities of warm coffee.
Epilepsy. Treatment. — At the onset of a fit the patient should be caught in the arms of a bystander and laid gently down upon his back, with something under his head for a pillow, and everything tight should be removed from his neck. Insert a cork between the teeth to prevent the tongue being bitten, then wait patiently till the fit it is over.
Fainting. In this affection there is pallor of the face, coldness, perspiration, feeble, shallow and irregular breathing,noises in the ears, indistinctness of vision, and giddiness.
2/2 In Case of Accident or Sudden Illness
Treatment. — Lay the patient at once upon the back; remove all constricting articles of clothing from about the neck, and apply strong smelling salts to the nostrils. Sprinkle cold water over the face; give half a teaspoonful of spirit of sal volatile by the mouth in a little water.
Foreign Bodies. In the Nose. These are peas, beads, sweets, cherry stones and such like. Treatment. — If old enough, get the child to forcibly blow down the obstructed nostril after taking a deep breath, while the finger is pressed tightly against the free nostril. Failing this, grasp the nostril behind the seat of obstruction and introduce a small flat article such as the handle of a salt spoon beyond it and endeavor to scoop it out.
In the Ear. Treatmeiit. — If an insect has found its way into the ear, fill it with olive oil, when it will generally float on the top. If a pea, bead or cherry stone, use the head of a hair pin as a snare and with the utmost gentleness endeavor to insinuate it beyond the object it is intended to remove.