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Title: Dr. Hood's plain talks about the human system : the habits of men and women - the causes and prevention of disease - our sexual relations and social natures - embracing common sense medical adviser...
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Hood, G. Durant
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Publisher: Chicago : Hood Medical Book Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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th perhapsa little cold water sprinkled on the face, the head being kept low until the faintnesshas passed off, when a little brandy may be given if the patient continues exhausted. Since severe accidents usually happen in the open air, the next requisite will beto place the patient under shelter; and the method of conveying an injured personsafely for some distance is a matter of no small moment. In the case of a broken arm the sufferer will naturally support the injured limbwith the opposite hand in the position least painful to himself. When this has beenascertained, and if there is any distance to travel before a surgeon can be seen, thearm should be supported both by handkerchiefs arranged so as to sling it, and alsoby a handkerchief or bandage bound—not too tightly—round the arm itself, so as tosupport the parts. A piece of cardboard (such as is used for tying up gloves), ora piece of common hat-box four inches wide, may be advantageously placed on each 704 DOMESTIC SURGERY.
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side of the broken bone a ad secured with the bandage which envelops it. Thepatient may then be safely driven some miles in a carriage; and a four-wheeledconveyance with good springs is to be preferred. If one of the bones of the leg is broken the patient is immediately renderedhelpless, and the greatest care will be requisite, lest in moving him great pain shouldbe inflicted. By far the most satisfactory way to carry a wounded man is on some form oflitter borne by four bearers. A hurdle, or a small door taken off its hinges, is a verygood substitute for a regular stretcher, and either, with a mattress and pillow,will form a very comfortable temporary means of transport. When neither of theseis at hand, a blanket may be used to carry a patient in for a short distance, or iffour poles can be procured and fastened together to form a framework the blanketcan be tied to the corners, as shown in the illustration, Fig. 15, and will then be much more efficient andeasy to carry. Whatevermetho

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