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so serious as to require the attention of a physician. This 

 will be indicated by a cut long enough to gape open, deep 

 enough to cut a blood vessel, which wmild be indicated by 

 a free flow of blood. If the cut is upon the face, the atten- 

 tion of the physician should at once be directed to it in order 

 that an unbecoming scar may not result. If there is a con- 

 tinuous flow of blood in considerable quantities, either in a 

 continual stream or in squirts, a tightly folded handkerchief 

 pressed over the site of bleeding will usually stop the flow 

 of blood in five minutes. If the flow of blood is continuous, 

 in an even stream, the bleeding is mostly from a vein, and a 

 handkerchief folded lengthwise and tied firmly around the 

 bleeding member on the side of the wound farthest from 

 the heart, will easily control the bleeding. If the bleeding 

 comes in spurts, an artery has been cut and such a handker- 

 chief should be tied around the member on the side neai esi 

 the heart. The handkerchief may be tied loosely, and then 

 a small stick run through it and twisted or turned around 

 until the handkerchief becomes tight enough to stop the 

 flow of blood. A physician or surgeon should then be called 

 to dress the wound properly and to prevent further 

 bleeding. 



"For small cuts, the treatment is very simple clean 

 water and a clean piece of cloth, or absorbent cotton, should 

 be used to wash the dirt from around the wound. The 

 ODerator's hand should be thoroughly cleaned before at- 

 tempting this. A bit of absorbent cotton wrapped around 

 a toothpick and dipped in tincture of iodine ( which should 

 be kept on hand for such purposes) should be thoroughly 

 rubbed over the cut and into its depths. A small piece <>f 

 clean gauze, or linen, a little longer than the cut and about 

 half as wide as long may be placed across the cut. A strip 

 of adhesive plaster, which should be kept (in camp) for such 

 emergencies, might be placed across the cut over the gau/e, 

 care being used to pinch the edges of the cut together, and 

 the adhesive plaster then placed so that the edges of the cut 

 will not gape open, but be brought closely together, as they 



