ACCIDENTS AND EMERGENCIES 



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392. Frostbites. Rub the frozen parts vigorously with 

 snow or snow water in a cold room. Continue this until 

 a burning, tingling pain is felt, when all active treatment 

 should cease. Pain 



shows that warmth 

 and circulation are 

 beginning to re- 

 turn. No warm air, 

 warm water, or fire 

 should be allowed 

 near the frozen or 

 frost-bitten parts 

 until the natural 

 temperature is 

 nearly restored. 



393. Dog Bites. 

 There is not much 

 more danger from 

 the bite of a dog 

 that is not " mad," 

 that is, not suffer- 

 ing from the dis- 

 ease called rabies, 

 than there is from 

 any other lacerated 

 wound. As a rule, 

 the bites of ani- 

 mals, such as cats 

 and rats, are pain- 

 ful and liable to be 



poisonous. A bite from a dog that is really "mad" is a rare 

 accident, which demands prompt and fearless treatment. 



FIG. 179. Showing how the Improvised Three- 

 Handed Seat may be used to carry an Injured 

 Person (Sec. 405). 



The picture also shows how a boy's broken leg may be 

 treated with an improvised apparatus made of two 

 pieces of oak bark for splints, padded with grass and 

 held in place by two pocket handkerchiefs. 



