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Show FIRST AID FALLACIES . How some tiaditional hadItional fust fast aid remedies may do great balm haim balmto haimto haimto to victims of accidents is explained explamed in a recent Red Cross publication publica publica- publicatIOn publication - tion . A few examples may bo be mentioned . Rolling RoIlIng a pelson peison pel son apparently drowned over a barrel only forces forceswater forceswater forceswater water out of the stomach , where it Ii docs does no harm . But laying the thepatIent thepatient thepatient patIent face down and alternately applying applymg and releasing releasmg pressure pressureat at the small of the back often ' induces 'Induces respiration and recovery . Rubbing Rubbmg frost-bitten frost bitten - parts with snow is also a bad plactIce piactice piactice.Let piacticeLet . Let the fiozen flozen frozen tissues thaw out giadually gladualIy in a temperature a lIttle lIttleabove littleabove littleabove above the il fieefflng fieez'ing fieezing eeZ'mg eeZmg ' ' point . Some persons put spider webs , cuds curls of tobacco , soot , salt saltpOlk saltpork saltpoik pOlk pork and the like hke on cuts or infected wounds , "to to Uto " draw the pOlson poison pOlsonout poisonout poisonout out . " These substances only increase mcrease the danger clanger of infection mfectIOn . Whiskey , ammonia ammoma , pei peimanganate pelmanganate mangal ate of potashor potash or the applica applIca- applIcation application application - - tion of a 1 fleshly fieshly eshly killed chicken to a wound caused by snake-biteaie snake biteaie snakebItedle snakebiteare snake-bIte snake bIte - dle are all old-time old time - remedies of no value . The modern course is to tie tiea tiea tiea a bandage between the wound and the heart , cut a gash across the thefang thefang fangmarks fang fang- - marks and suck out the blood and poison pOlson as quickly as pos,8Jble possable pos- pos posSjble - - , Sjble ,8Jble 8Jble sable . The venom of a lattlesnake iattlesnake taken into the mouth is harm- harm harmICbS harmless harm-icbs harm icbs - ICbS less , even ' if 'If swallowed . Many other fallacies are enumerated and warned against in inpublications inpublications publIcations of the Red Cross and medical societies . Every per per- person person person - son should have some knowledge of what to do and what not to todo todo do ] in n emergencies . A moie moi mOl e widespread diffusion of s suchknowledge u c h hknowledge hknowledge knowledge would no doubt be the means of saving many lIves livesthiough , thlough through giving gIvmg proper fust first aid md unbla untila until unbl a physician can be called . |
