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Show C'uta. In treating ordinary cuts, cleanliness cleanli-ness and care are generally more requisite than skill. If the cut bo extensive, ex-tensive, or an artery, vein or any other important, part be injured, it becomes be-comes a more urgent matter. Accidental Acci-dental cuts from knives, cutting tools, scythes, &c, are mora likely to occur on the face and limbs than on the body. All that is requisite in general is to bring the parts together as accurately ac-curately as possible and to bind them up; this is usually done 6y adhesive plaster, when the cut ceases to bleed. Nothing is so good for this purpose as paper previously washed over on one side with thick gum-water, and then dried; when used it is only to be slightly wetted with the tongue. When the cut bleeds but little, it is well to soak the part in warm water for a few minutes, or to keep a wet cloth on it. This removes inllamation and pain, and also a tendency to fainting, which a cut gives some persons. If the bleeding be too copious, dab the part with a rag wetted with creosote. If the wound be large, it should be sewed up. If the blood that issues be very scarlet, it may be concluded that an artery has been touched, and then, whenever the bleeding cannot be stopped, medical aid must be procured; pro-cured; the best method to pursue, is to bind up the wound tightly or to hold a finger strongly against the part that bleeds. Florida is now raising joung aligators for the tourist market. |
