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Title: When to send for the doctor : and what to do before the doctor comes
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Lippert, Frieda E., 1867- Holmes, Arthur, 1872-
Subjects: Children First aid in illness and injury
Publisher: Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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one, and the care of such a conditionbefore a surgeons arrival is not alwaysdifficult. It is better to do too littlethan too much. Doty advises that, asa rule, the injured person should not 243 WHEN TO SEND be removed from the position in whichhe is found, following such accidents,until an examination be made of the ex-tent of the injury. In the mean timethe injured part of the body must beprotected from further violence, andto secure this it must be given somemeans of support. Such supports areknown to the surgeon as splints. Splints. Temporary splints can be made bya by-stander, of shingles, laths, fencerails, boards, barrel-staves, branches oftrees, or boxes. Canes, umbrellas,broomsticks, coat-sleeves, shirt-sleeves,or trouser-legs stuffed with grass, hay,or leaves; pillows,—any of these maybe utilized for temporary support of abroken arm, leg, thigh, or hip, until thedoctor arrives. To confine the injuredpart to the splint, bandages may bemade of handkerchiefs, towels, neck- 244
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FOR THE DOCTOR ties, suspenders, rope, cord, strips ofclothing, or even green twigs. Broken Ribs. If the ribs be broken, the conditionis usually difficult to detect. Shortbreathing accompanied by a severe stitch in the side may point to thisseat of injury. Before the doctors ar-rival, procure a flannel or muslin ban-dage of three-inch width, and com-pletely encircle the entire chest withfour or five turns of it. Broken Collar=bone. A broken collar-bone is a frequentinjury, the result of falling with theweight of the body upon the shoulders.As a result of such an accident, theshoulder droops much below that of theuninjured side, and the sufferer willinstinctively support this elbow andforearm with the good arm. 245 WHEN TO SEND This gives a clue to the best modeof temporary splint, which will be awedge-shaped pad, about the size of alarge fist, placed in the armpit of theinjured side. This may be made of abaseball or boxing glove, or of severalfolded towels or soft newspapers. Theforea

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