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INSENSIBILITY CAUSED BY FAINTING, APOPLEXY, EPILEPSY, AL- 

 COHOL, CONCUSSION OF THE BRAIN, OPIUM, POISONOUS GASES. 

 Fainting and epilepsy Trent men I. (a] Lay the patient with head 

 low ; (b) loosen the clothing ; (c) smelling salts ; (d) prevent the 

 tongue from being bitten (epilepsy) ; (e) stimulants in fainting, 

 excepting in case of hemorrhage ; (/) rest. Opium, poisonous 



THREE-CORNERED BANDAGK FOR THE ARM 



gases : (see poisons). Concussion of the brain : () keep patient 

 quiet in bed ; (6) ice or cold applications to the head. Alcohol : 



(a) Give an emetic ; (b} castor oil ; (c) strong coffee ; (d) warmth. 

 Apoplexy : The face becomes purple, breathing deep and blowing, 

 eyes staring, pulse slow and full. Trcntiucut. (a) Raise the head ; 



(b) cold or ice to the head ; (c) mustard or linseed poultices to the 

 calves of the legs ; (d) light food. 



So HI-: KYKS. (a) Cold or ice application ; (b) solution of alum 

 in water ; (c) if getting worse, see a doctor at once. 



PILES. (a) Apply hot poultice and alternate this with cold or 

 ice applications ; (6) smart purge of epsom salts. 



Tvi'Hoin 1'Y.YKk. This is the commonest disease in Western 

 Australia, and though it occurs most frequently in the crowded 

 centres of population it also happens in the most remote. The 

 principal causes are unhealthy and dirty surroundings, with over- 

 crowding. It is spread most usually by means of the air, drinking 

 water and milk. It commences with a feeling of lassitude and 

 want of energy. This is followed by frontal headaches, pains in 

 the back and limbs, loss of appetite, thirst, dry skin, sometimes 

 cliarrlKL-a or constipation, rigors and a few pinkest spots on the chest 

 and abdomen, which come out in crops and last for a few days. 

 In a favourable case, and under proper and early treatment, nearly 



