56 Handbook of Taxidermy. 



AT HOME. 



As soon as you return from your day's tramp, 

 a good " wash-up " and a change of clothes will 

 rest you far more than sitting down. Especially, 

 if your feet are wet, lose no time in changing 

 socks, and all other garments that are in the least 

 damp. By doing this, you will save yourself 

 many a severe cold, and perhaps a fit of sickness. 



POISONING. 



In case of poisoning with the arsenic, while 

 preparing your skins, the advice of Dr. Coues, in 

 his "Field Ornithology," covers the whole treat- 

 ment. " Avoid," he says, " all mechanical irrita- 

 tion of the inflamed parts, touch the parts that 

 have ulcerated with a stick of lunar caustic; take 

 a dose of salts ; use syrup of iodide of iron, or 

 tincture of chloride of iron, say thirty drops in a 

 wine-glass of water, thrice a day; rest at first; 

 exercise gradually as soon as you can bear it; 

 and skin no birds till you have completely re- 

 covered." If these do not cure, medical advice 

 should be procured. 



