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ACCIDENTS AND EMERGENCIES 



385. What to do First. All that is expected of us is to 

 tide over matters until the doctor comes. Retain as far as 

 possible presence of mind, or, in other words, keep cool. 

 Act promptly and quietly, but not with haste. 



FIG. 177. An Accident. 



This striking picture, by a celebrated French artist, has excited marked attention 

 ever since it was first exhibited at the Paris Salon. The grouping is admi- 

 rable, and by the absence of all accessories the interest is skillfully concen- 

 trated on the principal personage, the attending surgeon, and the pale boy 

 whose arm he is bandaging and who is striving not to wince beneath the 

 treatment. That the hurt is not trifling is shown by the basin of blood 

 and the look of concern in the countenances of the surrounding family, who 

 are yet sufficiently composed to indicate that there is no imminent danger. 

 The strongly lined faces of the peasants, with their varying expressions, 

 contrasted with the rude interior, form a graphic study. 



The picture is used by the kind permission of William Wood & Co., publishers. 



