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Rub the limbs. Use smelling-salts. Do not let him get 

 up until fully recovered. 



MAD DOG OR SNAKE BITE 



Put a tight cord or bandage around the limb between the 

 wound and the heart. Suck the wound many times and 

 wash it with hot water to make it bleed. Burn it with 

 strong ammonia or caustic or a white-hot iron; or cut out 

 the wounded parts with a sharp knife or razor, if you can- 

 not get to a doctor. 



INSECT STINGS 



Wash with oil or weak ammonia, or very salt water, or 

 paint with iodine. 



TESTS OF DEATH 



Hold a cold mirror to the nostrils or mouth. This shows 

 at once if there is any breath. Push a pin into the flesh. 

 If Hving, the hole will close again; if dead, it will remain open. 



CINDERS OR SAND IN THE EYE 



Can be removed with the tip of a lead-pencil, or the wet 

 end of a tiny roll of soft paper. I have seen a woman 

 lick the cinder out of her child's eye when other means 

 were lacking. 



BOOKS RECOMMENDED 



" First Aid " By Major Charles Lynch. P. Blakiston Sons & Co., 

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