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aromatic spirits of ammonia in a little hot milk or 

 water every half hour. If the patient cannot swallow, 

 these remedies may be injected into the rectum. 



Sunstroke, which may occur in any hot, moist tern 

 perature, is accompanied by high fever. In a few cases, 

 unconsciousness and death come very quickly; but 

 usually the progressive symptoms are intense headache, 

 dizziness, oppression, nausea, vomiting, occasionally 

 diarrhea, and unconsciousness with delirium and rest- 

 lessness. The face is flushed, the eyes bloodshot, the 

 skin very hot and dry (temperature from 107 to 112 F.), 

 the breathing labored and sometimes noisy, and the 

 pulse frequent and full. 



Both the symptoms and the treatment are directly 

 opposite those for heat exhaustion. In cases of sun- 

 stroke, every effort should be made to reduce the 

 excessive bodily temperature. Rubbing with ice, a 

 cold bath, a cold pack, and cold rectal injections are 

 all good. 



RESTORING OF APPARENTLY 

 DROWNED PERSONS 



TREATMENT WHEN SEVERAL ASSIST- 

 ANTS ARE AT HAND 



As soon as the patient is taken from the water, expose 

 the face to the air, toward the wind if there is any, and 

 wipe dry the mouth and nostrils; rip the clothing so as 

 to expose the chest and waist, and give two or three 

 quick, smarting slaps on the chest with the open hand. 

 If the patient does not revive, proceed immediately 

 to expel water from the stomach and chest, as follows: 

 Separate the jaws and keep them apart by placing be- 

 tween the teeth a cork or small bit of wood; turn the 

 patient on his face, a large bundle of tightly rolled 

 clothing being placed beneath the stomach (see Fig. 1); 



