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a clean saucepan, clear from the sediments, if any. Add 

 three ounces of rice, previously boiled in a little water. 

 When once more boiled, it will be fit for use 



SEIDLITZ POWDERS. 



Take of Rochelle salts, one drachm ; carbonate of soda, 

 twenty-five grains ; tartaric acid, twenty grains. 



Dissolve the two first in a tumbler of water, then add 

 the latter, and swallow without loss of time. 



OF ACCIDENTS. 



Whenever a blow has been inflicted, whether by being 

 thrown from a horse, out of a carriage, by falling from a 

 height, or any other way, bleed the patient to the amount 

 of twelve or fourteen ounces, on the spot, if practicable ; 

 if not, as soon after the accident as possible. This rule 

 admits of but one exception, and that is, when the vio- 

 lence has been so great as nearly to extinguish all the 

 powers of life, in which case, it is proper to wait for symp- 

 toms of returning animation. To hasten these, a little 

 wine and water, or other stimulus may be given. 



If, in consequence of a broken bone or other injury, 

 the patient is unable to walk, take a door from its hinges, 

 lay him carefully on it, and have him carried by assist- 

 ance to the nearest house. Tf no door or sofa can be 

 procured, two boards, sufficiently long and broad, should 

 be nailed to two cross-pieces, the ends of which must pro- 

 ject about a foot, so as to form handles. If in the woods, 

 or where no boards can be procured, a litter may be 

 formed from the branches of trees. In this way a hand- 

 barrow may be constructed in a few minutes, on which 

 the sufferer may be properly carried. 



