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Show H H I I 1 I 1 1-11 1 1 1 1 l ill I I 1 1 1 POINTS ON KEEPING WELL DR. FREDERICK R. GREEN Editor of "HEALTH" t 1 I 1 l-l-M 111111 M-l-I-M 1 1 1 H-f- Uc), 1926. Wfslfrn Newspaper L'nlon.) HOW TO STOP BLEEDING jVTOST people are terrified at tho sight of blood. This natural Instinct In-stinct Is probably Inherited from our primitive ancestors, who knew that any amount of bleeding was dangerous to life but didn't know enough about the body and how it was made to know how to stop it. Blood Is a vital fluid. It Is present in oil parts of the body, except tho nails, the hair and the teeth. Even in the mills there Is blood In the "quick" or living part at the base and in the teeth In the sensitive pulp. The blood is carried from the heart to all parts of the body by the arteries, so called by the ancient wise men, because be-cause they were found empty after death and so were supposed to carry air. The arteries break up Into fine network of tiny vessels called capillaries, capil-laries, which carry the blood into the Quest tissues so that every cell In the body may receive Its needed supply of blood. Other capillaries collect the blood and return it to the veins, which become larg.'r and larger as they approach ap-proach the heart, whore the venous blood enters the right side to be pumped to the lungs and recharged with oxygen. Any scratch or cut, no matter how small, causes bleeding if the true skin Is broken. Such oozing Is slight and Is usually checked by the coagulation of the blood. In more severe injuries, the larger arteries or veins may be torn and considerable hemorrhage may take place. In bleeding from the veins, the blood Is dark blue and flows in n steady stream. Unless one of the large veins is opened, venous bleeding is not specially spe-cially dangerous aud is comparatively easy to stop. Packing the wound with clean gauze, or, if this is not available, with clean handkerchiefs and then making firm pressure, either with the fingers or by tight bandages, wdll -generally stop it. If an artery is cut, the blood Is thrown out in spurts with each contraction con-traction of the heart and Is bright red. This is the most dangerous form of hemorrhage and should be stopped at once. Every one should know how to-check to-check such bleeding, otherwise much valuable time and sometimes life itself may be lost by delay in waiting for the doctor. Bleeding from a large vein or an artery can be stopped by pressure, tf an artery is cut, the pressure should be between the cut and the heart. If a vein, on the side away from tne heart. Pressure with the fingers will often stop it but this is difficult to keep up. A stone or a pad of any kind, wrapped In a handkerchief, should be tied around the limb, with the pad resting over the artery above the cut. The handkerchief can then be twisted with a pencil, fountain pen, pocket knife or n stout stick. A belt, a pair of suspenders; sus-penders; a good sized cord or a strip torn from a skirt or shirt can also be used. Twist the bandage tight enough to stop the bleeding and keep it on until un-til the doctor comes. |