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tween the first ones, that is one on top, and the other 'in- 

 derneath the arm, to be secured by the bandage in the 

 same way as the others. 



FRACTURES OF THE RIBS. 



When, after a fall or blow, the patient complains of a 

 pricking in his side, we may suspect a rib is broken. It 

 is ascertained by placing the tips of two or three fingers 

 on the spot where the pain is, and desiring the patient to 

 cough, when the grating sensation will be felt. All that 

 is necessary, is to pass a broad bandage round the chest, 

 so tight as to prevent the motion of the ribs in breathing, 

 and to observe a low diet. 



FOREIGN BODIES IN THE THROAT. 



Persons are frequently in danger of suffocation from fish 

 bones, pins, etc., which stick in the throat. The moment 

 an accident of this kind occurs, desire the patient to be 

 perfectly still, open his mouth, and look into it. If you 

 can see the obstruction, endeavor to seize it, with your 

 finger and thumb, or a long slender pair of pincers. If 

 it cannot be got up, or is not of a nature to do any injury 

 n the stomach, push it down with the handle of a spoon, 

 or a flexible round piece of whalebone, the end of which 

 is neatly covered with a roll of linen, or anything that 

 may be at hand. If you can neither get it up nor 

 down, place six grains of tartar emetic in the patient's 

 mouth. As it dissolves, it will make him excessively 

 sick, and in consequence of the relaxation, the bone, or 

 whatever it may be, will descend into the stomach or be 

 ejected from the mouth. 



If a pin, button, or other metallic or pointed body has 

 been swallowed, (or pushed into the stomach,) make the 

 patient eat plentifully of thick rice pudding, and en- 



