When natural breathing begins, stop the
arm movements. Continue the rubbing, but
also have hot bricks, flat-irons, or bags of
sand or salt, bottles of hot water, or any-
thing else warm, laid alongside of the
patient's body, and put to his feet. Get
him now upon a bed. Shortly, he will re-
cover so as to swallow ; and hot milk or hot
coffee or tea will be better for him than any-
thing else.
Ear, Foreign Bodies in. — So disagree-
able is the odor of the natural ear-wax, and
so sticky is it to insect's feet and the bodies
of grubs or worms, that they very seldom
find their way into any one's ear ; even
when sleeping on open ground or in the
woods. Once in a great while such a thing
may happen. To get an insect out, let the
person lie on the other side, and let some
one pour in, slowly, cold water. Alarm
may then cause it to back out ; if not before
long the water will drown it. Then the
larger part, or the whole (if it be not too
soft) may be got out with a pair of ear-picks,
or with a hair-pin bent into a scoop at its
round end, or a piece of wire bent at one
end into a small loop or ring. Particles still
left can be washed out with warm water
injected from a small syringe.
Children sometimes put peas into their
own or one another's ears. Then, water
should not be poured in ; it would make
the pea swell up and give more trouble.
Careful use of an ear-pick or bent wire (as
above), with a strong light thrown upon
the ear -passage, will generally succeed in
getting the pea out. A large hand-magni-
fier, such as is often used to look at engrav-
ings, etc., will help in this effort. If a shot
has been put into the ear, pour in a tea-
spoonful of olive or almond oil, and then
let the child be turned rather suddenly over,
so as to cause the shot to roll or slide out.
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Eye, Foreign Bodies in. — Small parti-
cles, of sand, dust, cinders, from a locomo-
tive, etc., often get under the upper or
lower eyelid ; most frequently the latter. If
the particle be very small, closing the eyes
and blowing the nose hard several times,
rolling the eyeballs at the same time, will
be apt to work it, by aid of the flow of tears,
to the inner corner of the eye ; where it can
be easily removed. To relieve another per-
son of such an annoyance, first make sure
where it is. Open the eye in a strong light,
and draw down the lower lid. Use a magni-
fying glass, if one can be got (a good thing
always to have in a house). If you see the
speck, a camel's-hair pencil (small paint-
brush) will be the best thing to get it out
with. Draw the brush backwards against
it ; don't push at it with the point of the
brush. If there is no such brush at hand,
the corner of a soft handkerchief may be
used instead.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
When natural breathing begins, stop the arm movements. Continue the rubbing, but also have hot bricks, flat-irons, or bags of sand or salt, bottles of hot water, or anything else warm, laid alongside of the patient's body, and put to his feet. Get him now upon a bed. Shortly, he will recover so as to swallow ; and hot milk or hot coffee or tea will be better for him than anything else.
Ear, Foreign Bodies in. — So disagreeable is the odor of the natural ear-wax, and so sticky is it to insect's feet and the bodies of grubs or worms, that they very seldom find their way into any one's ear ; even when sleeping on open ground or in the woods. Once in a great while such a thing may happen. To get an insect out, let the person lie on the other side, and let some one pour in, slowly, cold water. Alarm may then cause it to back out ; if not before long the water will drown it. Then the larger part, or the whole (if it be not too soft) may be got out with a pair of ear-picks, or with a hair-pin bent into a scoop at its round end, or a piece of wire bent at one end into a small loop or ring. Particles still left can be washed out with warm water injected from a small syringe.
Children sometimes put peas into their own or one another's ears. Then, water should not be poured in ; it would make the pea swell up and give more trouble. Careful use of an ear-pick or bent wire (as above), with a strong light thrown upon the ear-passage, will generally succeed in getting the pea out. A large hand-magnifier, such as is often used to look at engravings, etc., will help in this effort. If a shot has been put into the ear, pour in a teaspoonful of olive or almond oil, and then let the child be turned rather suddenly over, so as to cause the shot to roll or slide out.
Eye, Foreign Bodies in. — Small particles, of sand, dust, cinders, from a locomotive, etc., often get under the upper or lower eyelid ; most frequently the latter. If the particle be very small, closing the eyes and blowing the nose hard several times, rolling the eyeballs at the same time, will be apt to work it, by aid of the flow of tears, to the inner corner of the eye ; where it can be easily removed. To relieve another person of such an annoyance, first make sure where it is. Open the eye in a strong light, and draw down the lower lid. Use a magnifying glass, if one can be got (a good thing always to have in a house). If you see the speck, a camel's-hair pencil (small paintbrush) will be the best thing to get it out with. Draw the brush backwards against it ; don't push at it with the point of the brush. If there is no such brush at hand, the corner of a soft handkerchief may be used instead.