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case of a severe cut? 3. Describe a Spanish windlass 

 or tourniquet. 4. If a person receives a severe cut while 

 out of doors alone, what is the best plan? 5. What will 

 usually stop or retard the flow of blood from a cut, at least 

 until the doctor comes? 6. How may bleeding from the 

 nose usually be stopped? 7. What is said about a wide 

 cut, page 286? 8. What is the simplest and best home 

 remedy for a burn? 9. Why should a physician be at 

 once summoned if more than a small surface is burned? 

 10. State the best thing to do when clothing accidentally 

 takes fire. 11. How should burns from acid be treated? 

 Burns from alkali? 12. Tell what is said about sunstroke; 

 about heat exhaustion. 13. What is a good remedy when 

 only a very small part of the body is frozen? 14. Tell 

 how to treat a severely frozen person before the doctor 

 comes. 15. Describe Sylvester's method for restoring 

 respiration. 16. Tell what else may be done while 

 artificial respiration is in progress. 17. What is one 

 of the quickest ways of relieving a child who has got 

 something in his windpipe? 18. Tell the usual cause of 

 fainting, and state how to relieve this condition. 19. In 

 cases of unconsciousness, what is a good rule to follow 

 until a physician arrives? 20. As a rule, what is the 

 best thing to do in a case of poisoning while awaiting a 

 physician's arrival? 21. Mention some remedies that 

 may be used if the poison is known to be an acid; if it is 

 known to be an alkali. 22. Tell what is said of poison 

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1. Mention some diseases that are caused by minute 

 plants or animals. 2. In what kind of tissue do these 

 usually not thrive? When are they likely to get a start 

 in the body? 3. Tell about the rapidity with which they 



