122 BULLETIN 414, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
One medicine glass. 
One dozen drinking cups (paper), to be used once only. 
One eyecup. 
One teaspoon. 
Two medicine droppers. 
One nailbrush. 
One 12-inch basin, enameled, or nonrustable material. 
One pair 4^-inch scissors. 
One pair surgical scissors. 
Four 6-inch haemostats. 
Two scalpels. 
One probe. 
One smooth-dressing forceps. 
Two soft-rubber catheters, No. 20 F (1 year). 
Twelve large safety pins. 
Three tubes sterilized catgut sutures, assorted sizes. 
One dozen surgical needles, assorted. 
MEDICINAL REQUIREMENTS. 
Sixteen ounces castor oil. 
Sixteen ounces Epsom salts. 
One hundred ^-grain tablets calomel and soda. 
Five hundred compound cathartic pills. 
One hundred 5-grain tablets quinine sulphate. 
One hundred 5-grain tablets aspirin. 
One hundred 5-grain tablets bismuth subcarbonate. 
Eight ounces bicarbonate of soda. 
Five hundred tablets Brown's mixture. 
Eight ounces potassium iodide solution, 10 grains to the teaspoonful. 
Sixteen ounces chloroform liniment. 
Eight ounces boric ointment, U. S. P. 
Eight ounces sulphur ointment, U. S. P. 
Eight ounces mercurial ointment, U. S. P. 
One hot-water bag. 
How to Check Bleeding. 
When an injury to a blood vessel has occurred and a doctor is not 
within immediate reach, the bleeding must, of course, be controlled. 
When the bleeding is from an arm or a leg and some distance from 
the body, a bandage or clean handkerchief should be wrapped around 
the limb between the place of injury and the body and drawn tight 
enough to stop the bleeding. The Spanish windlass is made by 
knotting the handkerchief around the limb loosely, passing a stick 
through the slack part, and taking up the slack by twisting the stick. 
To prevent untwisting, the stick then is bound to the limb with one 
or two other handkerchiefs or bandages. A small, round stone, a 
cork, or similar object placed in the folds of the handkerchief directly 
over the blood vessel will assist. Barely sufficient pressure to stop 
the bleeding should be exerted. The windlass should be loosened 
every twenty minutes to give the life blood a chance to flow through 
the part as there is great danger of gangrene (mortification) if the 
blood is shut off entirely for a longer period. 
