Book for mothers on the management of children in health and in disease / by A. M. Usher ; with introduction by Francis B. Rutter.

  • Usher, A. M.
Date:
1913
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Credit: Book for mothers on the management of children in health and in disease / by A. M. Usher ; with introduction by Francis B. Rutter. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    mitting suicide drank prussic acid and jumped into a river; the cold water counteracted the small dose he had had, and his life was saved, celluloid. Celluloid is a most highly inflammable and dangerous substance. Don't get anything made of it, especially combs, I know someone whose comb caught fire, simply through being too near the warm fire; it melted on her head, and she would have been killed, but she had the presence of mind to throw her stuff skirt over her head, which put out the flames. Burns. Fire.—If a child's clothes catch fire, lay him down with the flame uppermost, and throw the rug or stuff tablecloth or something woolly over him. If he is laid with the flame under, it burns more. Carron oil should be kept in the house to put on burns ; it is made of equal parts of lime- water and linseed oil. Salad oil or sweet oil is quite good for scalds or burns, and so is flour to keep out the cold. Flannelette is very dangerous for children’s clothes, or nightdresses, as it takes fire very easily, and has caused many deaths ; but if you use flannelette get the “ non-flam ” kind. scalds. In cases of scalds or burns on the body cut the clothes or shoes and stockings to take them off, unless they are quite loose, as dragging them off breaks the child’s skin, and makes matters worse. Always have plenty of old linen to soak in oil and put over the scalds or burns, and cotton-wool to put over the linen. Get a doctor at once if the burn or scald is a bad one. If a large surface of the body is scalded or burnt the child is likely to die from shock. Be very careful to soothe him,