The body and its ailments: a handbook of familiar directions for care and medical aid in the more usual complaints and injuries . onia, twenty or thirty drops in waterevery quarter of an hour, as required. Bleeding, op Hemorrhage. Thisalways acccompanieswounds,and is generally most alarming to bystanders. There is no occasionfor fright, as people do not bleed to death very quickly. Retainyour presence of mind, and remember that three things are to bedone, all of which you can do at once. Take time to notice thecolor of the blood. Blood from the arteries is a bright red color, andbursts out in
The body and its ailments: a handbook of familiar directions for care and medical aid in the more usual complaints and injuries . onia, twenty or thirty drops in waterevery quarter of an hour, as required. Bleeding, op Hemorrhage. Thisalways acccompanieswounds,and is generally most alarming to bystanders. There is no occasionfor fright, as people do not bleed to death very quickly. Retainyour presence of mind, and remember that three things are to bedone, all of which you can do at once. Take time to notice thecolor of the blood. Blood from the arteries is a bright red color, andbursts out in spurts, while venous blood is a purple red, and flowsin a steady stream. The three steps you cantake to stop the blood are:—1. Pressure.—Should anartery or branch have beendivided (indicated by a spurt-ing of a spray of bright bloodat each beat of the heart), thefirm pressure of the fingerfor some time, to the point ofdivision, should be used, todiminish the size of the ves-sel at that point, until a clotis formed there. Sometimes, pressure to thePressure to Check ^Bleeding from the supposed seat 0f the injured Fig. Bleeding, or Hemorrhage. 207
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