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Show Uncle Sam. M. D. I i ( By U. S. Public Health Service. Ii is Impossible to tell at first whether I er not pei von hn.. b"en killed by n dectrlc shock. Persons apparently dead 'from this cause ofien have been revived loosen the clothing round the neck, I chest, and abdomen. Place the patient pai on his abdomen. I face turned to one side. nr.d then, kneeling kneel-ing o er blm. with hand. on either side i of the small of the bark, practice artlfl Ulal respiration until the patient begins lo breathe of his own accord. The patient should be covered with a blanket. s soon ns he begins to hremhe. but iv. be his limbs should be rub t.ei .-it undei the blanket, toward the j heart ; hi n the patient Is partly restored, he f r. 'i ii)tly has a chill and vomits. j Should he vomit while on hi back, turn him on his rlrht aide jo that the vomited ! matter will not gel into his w mdplpe. I When sulfa -ienll icuvi-.l, the patient1 I should be put to bed, tu ll Covered and ' IlirrOUnded with hot water, bottle, with windows open so that he in'n have plen . ty of fresh air may then be allowed1 to sleep quletls . I The patient la uauallv very nervous and Would have nbsobit resv until he recov-1 era from this condition, ti.klng no food for SeVSral hours except hot beef tes or hot cofw, which should be giv, n as soon c he can awallovv. CLUBFOOT My daughter has a bab that 'j club-footed. club-footed. Its feet have been opciatcd on but It still turns them straight In, nnd In Irvine to walk. It will lift them over each other The bb is 13 months old. 1 combination of operative and me-j me-j hanlcal treatment Is one of the best HM hbds of desling with clubfoot The I correction must be complete, and now 1 that vour little grandchild has boon op-Lcrsted op-Lcrsted on. It e Ktn j 1 1 1 have some efficient nppllunce lor keeping the propr position .of th.- toot in walking mihI this must b - orn until the gad and attitude are coi roc I I Would advise that von take the child tp thj nearest otthopedi.- surgeon nnd he v.'lll tell you Just what kind of brfXC the child :;hould have, and T.-ill put you In the way of getting It. Most of the large hospitals hac orthopedic surgeons In attendance, and some of them have shops for making brace VENTILATION Should a baby flerp in a room with the windows up when It Is very cold, or should he be kopl in a room where He temperature s moderate and nen1 The window should US kept open at . night except in very severe weather or during an acute attack Of "cold." Fifty-five Fifty-five degrees' Is a suitable temperature for the sleapin- room of an infunt. If nee ry, let him wear a flannel n,ght gown over lus cotton one, asoft nigh I i mnl have his long sleeves pinned together over thrfcends of bis fingers to keep his bands warm. It lc better to keep a bab) indoors during an ocute attnek of 1 "cold" in tho nose, throat or chest. nn |