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Show FIRST AID TO THEJNMED WHAT TO DO TILL DOCTOR COMES Tf the boy Is Injured In his celebra-1 tlon of the Fourth of July, do this. In case the wound Is an open one, that Is. If the fingers, face or body are badly torn, call the physician and keep the wound open. Until the physician phy-sician arrives a solution of carbolic acid or pure alcohol should be ap plied to the open wound. This is doue In order to k.U what germs ma be present If th tetanus germ, the one which causes lockjaw, is present, it cannot grow In the presence of air and by keeping the wound open and applying some antiseptic the danger? frt ra lockjaw are greatly decreased In case of a severe burn, the best method to follow Is to apply any good pure oil. If there Is-no oil present. the burn can be bathed with cold wa- ' ter. This will take away the burning sensation and will also hamper the chances for inflamation sotting In. A good solution to use, if a cold dressing dress-ing Is desired. 13', on of boraric acid,; a the acid Is a good antiseptic. j In case a person Is suffering from an abuntdant supply of powder In the face or hands, a cold antiseptic dressing dress-ing of boraclc acid, carbolic acid or clean water should be applied. This will remove the burning and will also , remove some of the powder which Is , not deeply imbedded. A physician should then be called and the powder should be dug out. If the powder Is allowed to remain for any length of time. It will not only greatly dls-firure dls-firure tie face or body or limbs, but will also be harder to take out when a doctor finally pets at tho Job. In any cose, however, whether the Injury be a burn or a lacerated wound, the only method to follow is to keep the wound open and make aseptic until tho doctor arrives. Another serious mistake which Is almost always made by mothers Is, when a child appears with a badly bleeding hand or finder, to throw on a handful of flour or cover the wound with brown paper. This Is the worst procedure that could be followed. Unless Un-less the blood Is coming from the wound in spurts, there Is no danger of an artery being severed and consequently conse-quently there Is little danger of a person per-son bleeding to death. If the blood I-comlnff I-comlnff in spurts, a tight bandage should be tied above the wound in order or-der to stop the flow of blood and flour or other common puherlzed stuff should be thrown 'Into the wound. |