426 THE NEW ZEALAND FAMILY HERB DOCTOR. 
BONE-SETTING. 
When a bone is broken there results a greater or less 
degree of inflammation, which may be said to be the first 
process in repair. Ifthe bone can be set before this has had 
time to develop, so much the better. Supposing we have a 
simple fracture, all that can be done is to put the limb in its 
natural position in splints with the comfrey poultice. (See 
page 68.) Imfthere is swelling and deforming, caused by the 
muscles drawing the broken edges past each other, then put 
flannel round, and pour water as hot as can be borne, which 
will cause the muscles to relax, the bones now drawn into 
position must be secured by the splints and bandages. 
DISLOCATIONS 
Are reduced in a similar way. We are sorry space forbids us 
to go further into this. 
STARVATION. 
This may happen. A person found nearly dead must be 
very gently treated. The sensation of hunger is caused, 
figuratively speaking, by the stomach eating itself when it has 
nothing else to eat. As starvation of a serious kind will have 
caused injury to it, it will be better to give an injection of warm 
milk into the rectum; add slippery elm after a little, then 
give the digestive food by the mouth, with a little wine or 
tincture of marigold, in warm water and sugar. Gradually 
give the solid food as the stomach recovers, which it does 
soon under this treatment. 
LIGHTNING STROKE, 
Although it is of rare occurrence, so much so that medical 
writers seldom mention it, still it has and may happen at any 
time. The treatment is to dash cold water on the face and 
head ; let it run down over the body. If this does not revive the 
sufferer in five minutes, strip off the clothes, dig a hole, bury up 
in a sitting position to the neck. The object is to abstract the 
electricity out ofthe body. Assoonasthe eyesopen, shadethem. 
