Accidents and emergencies : a guide : containing directions for treatment in bleeding, cuts, stabs, bruises, sprains, ruptures, broken bones, dislocations, railway and steamboat accidents, burns and scalds, explosions, bites of mad dogs, inflammations, cholera, diarrhea, injured eyes, choking, poisons, fits, sun stroke, lightning, drowning, etc., etc. / by Alfred Smee ; with alterations, corrections, and appendix by R.T. Trall.

  • Smee, Alfred, 1818-1877.
Date:
[1850], [©1850]
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Credit: Accidents and emergencies : a guide : containing directions for treatment in bleeding, cuts, stabs, bruises, sprains, ruptures, broken bones, dislocations, railway and steamboat accidents, burns and scalds, explosions, bites of mad dogs, inflammations, cholera, diarrhea, injured eyes, choking, poisons, fits, sun stroke, lightning, drowning, etc., etc. / by Alfred Smee ; with alterations, corrections, and appendix by R.T. Trall. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Fig. 2. injury, and place a piece of stick in it, and turn till the pressure is so great that the blood can not flow (Fig. 2). Or, fold a piece of soft rag several times, Fig. £ and put it quickly over the aperture, and secure it in its proper place by a piece of broad tape, or a bandage (Fig. 3). 2. VENOUS BLEEDING. Venous blood is dark colored and flows continuously. Stop it by the pressure of the finger (Fig. 1), or piece of linen (Fig. 3). 3. LEECH-BITES. Never let a person go to sleep while leech-bites bleed, as many persons, especially children, have died there- from. To stop the bleeding, apply your finger for some