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If breathing is not immediately restored by these efforts, 

 lose no time but set to work to perform artificial respiration, 

 as in drowning, using the same precautions, the same energy, 

 and keep it up as faithfully. 



26. Foreign Bodies in the Eye, Ear, etc Although 

 the organs of special sense are well protected, yet foreign 

 substances will, by accident or by the wilfulness of children, 

 sometimes get lodged in them and cause trouble and annoy- 

 ance. Cinders and particles of dust often get into the eye, 

 and cause a good deal of pain. Do not irritate and inflame 

 the eye by rubbing it. Open the eye-lids and perhaps the 

 overflow of tears will wash out the offending substance, or 

 draw down the upper lid well over the under one, and the 

 lashes may remove it, If it can be seen, get a friend to use 

 a fine, clean handkerchief to dislodge it. Lime in the eye 

 may cause serious mischief, unless attended to at once. Mop 

 the eye with a camel's hair brush or fine feather, dipped in 

 a solution of vinegar and water, one tablespoonf ul to a small 

 teacupful of water. 



Small insects may crawl hito the ear and cause great pain. 

 Put in a few drops of warm sweet oil, and then syringe out 

 the ear with warm water. A pea or bean getting into the 

 ear will soon swell out from the warmth and moisture, and is 

 very difficult to remove. Do not wait for it to swell, but go 

 to a physician and have it taken out. 



A child may shove a pea, bean, or button, etc., up the 

 nose until it is beyond reach. If the child can be got to 

 blow the nose, he may dislodge it; or it may be removed 

 by holding, his mouth closed, and blowing up the other nostril 

 with a tube. The air passes around and may force out the 

 obstruction. 



Bits of food, a thimble, a copper, or other substance, may 

 lodge in the throat and endanger the life of a child from 

 choking. A quick, smart slap between the shoulders may 



