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Show A YOUR HEALTH j 6V DR. P. M BISHOP. T I SERIOUS NOSEBLEED. Most cases of nose bleed do not amount to anything. Usually the flow can be checked without losing much blood and With little i rouble In severe nasal catarrhal conditions however. It sometimes ,happena that a blood vessel will break. Then quick action is required to control the hera-orrhasro. hera-orrhasro. First press both nostril B shut firmly, thus compelling the blood to run backward into the throat. This glvea H a chance to form n clot which is nature's way of checking violent bleeding Breathing should be through tho mouth. Next pack a small strip of a clenn handkerchief or a piece of cotton Into the nostrils with a pencil or match Btlck, putting it back into the nostril on a line parallel with the roof of the mouth. It should be tucked upward Gently work it straight backward, a-i the nasal canal is Immediately above the roof of tho mouth. Then rub a piece of Ice on the patient's spine and abdomen This "freezing" helps to check the flow of blood to the head All tight clothing should be loosened, i In lesser cases a roll of paper, the size of a pencil, packed between the upper lip and the gums will check nosebleed without any further trouble A teaspoonful of salt to a cup of water snuffed up the no3e, may prove beneli cial. It' the bleeding continues without stopping a physician should be called 1 in 00 : A THOUGHT A DAY j I Righteousness exalteth a nation, but I sin is a reproach to any people. ' Proverbs 14:3! The sources of artificial strength land artificial weakness are beln dried up. Governors and governed, employers and employed, are coming to be co-workera" for the same ends Not the old mercies repeated, but new mercies -ong vastly deeper than-the old these are what men are beginning begin-ning to yoe that the world is needing ;.nd that God In giving lo the world lie loves. Phillips Brooks. |