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Show piece of glass stepped on in the yard; razor blades are another an-other source of cuts. Suffocation is another bathroom bath-room risk; a child might well choke on a pill or some other small object in the medicine chest. And there is also an alarming number of bathtub drownings every year. Danger lurks in bathrooms The bathroom is one of the most common scenes of serious or fatal home accidents. It is particularly dangerous for young children. Left alone in the bathroom, a child can get into many troubles. He can, for example, burn himself by poking a curious finger into an electrical outlet or by playing play-ing with the heater. Hot water from the tap can produce serious ser-ious burns. One of the main sources of danger is the family medicine chest. All too frequently, parents par-ents leave harmful substances in their medicine cabinet which might well lead to serious injury in-jury or death. Even aspirin, if enough tablets are eaten, is a hazard. A child might also take into his head to sample one of the cleansing agents frequently kept in the family bathroom. A child can fracture his skull as easily slipping off the sink or the edge of the tub as he could falling from a tree. There are shelves and drawers in the bathroom which are also enticing to the amateur ama-teur Tarzan. 1 Broken glass from a medicine medi-cine bottle or drinking glass can cut a child as easily as a |