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2. Cover warmly; if they can be gotten, put around 
him several hot water bottles or bricks, being extremely 
careful to have them covered so that they will not burn 
him. Persons suffering from shock are more easily 
burnt than usual. Do not put anything hot next him 
unless it can be held against your own face for a minute 
without feeling too hot. 
3. Rub the arms and legs, toward the body, but under 
the covers. 
4. Give stimulants" only after the patient has recov- 
ered enough to swallow, and when there is no serious 
bleeding. 
Stimulants — Strong, hot coffee, or a half teaspoonful 
of aromatic spirits of ammonia in a half glass of warm 
water. The latter may be given if the coffee is not ready. 
(b) Apoplexy — When a person has a “stroke** of 
apoplexy send for the doctor at once. 
This condition resembles shock only in that the patient 
is unconscious. The blow to the delicate brain does 
not come from the outside along the nerves, but from 
the inside by the breaking of a blood vessel in the brain, 
letting the blood out into the brain tissue and forming 
a clot inside of the brain, and thus making pressure 
which produces the unconsciousness. 
Symptoms of Apoplexy— 1. The patient is unconscious. 
2. The face is usually flushed — red. 
3/ The skin is not cold and clammy. 
4. The pulse is slow and full. 
5. The breathing is snoring instead of shallow,. 
6. The pupils of the eyes are usually unequally di- 
lated. 
Treatment — 1. Lay the patient flat on -his back with 
head slightly raised. 
2. Do not give any stimulants. 
3. Wait for the doctor. 
