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Second, press on the main artery supplying the wound; or, if this cannot be 
found, apply a bandage as tightly as possible above the wound. An excellent 
tourinquet may be improvised by knotting a handkerchief closely around the 
limb, thrusting a short stick through it, and twisting it tight. The blood from 
an artery is bright red and comes in spurts with each beat of the heart, while that 
from the veins is a dark purplish color and flows in a steady stream. When the 
bleeding is from an artery the pressure should be applied between the wound 
and the heart, when from a vein the limb must be compressed beyond the 
wound. 
Third, raise the part above the rest of the body, that the blood may drain out 
of it, and support it on pillows. It should be bathed in ice water and have ice 
wrapped in cotton cloths laidon it. If faintness ensues the sufferer should not 
-be immediately roused, as this is nature’s remedy and acts by lessening the force 
and activity of the circulation. A physician should be called in as soon as 
possible. 
When poison has been swallowed the first thing to be done isto get it out of the 
stomach as soon as possible, before it has been absorbed into the system. As a 
stomach-pump does not form part of the furniture of an ordinary house, this 
must be effected by means of anemetic. Should none other be accessible, stir a 
tablespoonful of mustard into a tumbler of warm water, and give one-fourth of 
it at a time, following each dose with a cup of warm water; table salt will do as 
- well, using as much as the water will dissolve. When vomiting is over, the 
whites of two eggs stirred in a tumbler of water may be given, and as much 
warm milk as can be taken.— Boston Journal of Chemistry. 
NEGRO OGY 
GENERAL ALBERT J. MYER, U. S. A. 
General Albert J. Myer, Chief Signal Officer U. 5. A., died of heart disease 
at Buffalo, N. Y., on the 24th ult. leaving a wife and six children. 
He was best known as a meterologist and the organizer of the United States 
and International Storm Signal Service; but this was by no means his only 
public work. He entered the army as an assistant surgeon, September 18, 1854, 
having but three years before gratuated in medicine, at the University of Buffalo, © 
N. Y. From 1858 to 1860 he was on special duty in the signal service. Under 
the act of Congress passed March 3d, 1863, he was made Colonel and Chief 
Signal Officer, after having served with distinction under Generals McClellan, 
Butler and others, and was subsequently brevetted as Brigadier General for 
“«distinguished services in organizing, instructing and commanding the signal 
corps of the army, and for its especial service October 5th, 1864.” In 1864 the 
signal corps of the army comprised over 1,500 officers and men, under his com- 
mand, which force, at the close of the war, was reduced to about 150 members. 
