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is more serious than concussion. In either case the patient 

 should be immediately taken into a quiet, dark room, and 

 put to bed, with a large pillow under his head. Apply 

 warm blankets to the body and hot applications to his hands 

 and feet. 



21. Sun-Stroke, or Heat-stroke. When over-heated, 

 we feel faint and exhausted. We are overcome with the 

 excessive heat, but it is not sun-stroke. Lying down in a 

 cool, shady place, and sponging the face and hands with cold 

 water, will quickly relieve. A drink of hot tea or coffee or 

 beef tea will stimulate the nagging heart. A sun-stroke is 

 more serious, and insensibility soon follows. The conditions 

 are: too much blood in the head and brain, the face red, 

 the head hot, the breathing slow and labored, and the pulse 

 full, but weak. Perhaps the first symptom the patient will 

 notice is intense pain at the back of the head. It is not 

 necessary to be exposed to the sun's rays to get sun-stroke. 

 Intense heat of any kind may produce it. Remove the 

 patient to a cool room, and place him on a couch with his 

 head high. Apply ice-cold cloths, or, better still, the ice-bag, 

 to the head, back of the neck and spine, and warmth to the 

 legs and feet. 



22. Intoxication. Excess in drinking brings about in- 

 toxication. In this condition the individual is usually not 

 perfectly insensible, and can generally be roused by pinching 

 or shaking. This is a good time to give an emetic of salt or 

 mustard, a tablespoonful of either to a tumbler of water. 

 Give him plenty of it. Many, however, are beyond this 

 stage. They are "dead drunk," and require the utmost care. 

 In dealing with such a case, get him to bed in a comfortable 

 room. Raise his head a little, and apply cloths frequently 

 wrung out in cold water. Roll him in warm blankets, and 

 put hot-water bottles to his feet and hands. When he rouses, 

 give him a little beef tea or hot milk. 



