The people's common sense medical adviser in plain English, or, Medicine simplified . he immediate danger is in the shock pro-duced upon the nervous system, and in the liability to hemorrhage. 1859. StiOCk. If sevei-e, it is attended by symptoms of•extreme prostration, as feeble pulse, shivering, partial uncon-sciousness, fainting, hiccough, vomiting, and involuntary dis-charges of the urine and faeces. IIEMOUKHAGB. 8^5 1860. Xreatiueilt of !!!illOek. Tlie clothing shouldbe loosened immediately after the accident, so that the bloodmay have free circulation, and the patient should be kept in ar
The people's common sense medical adviser in plain English, or, Medicine simplified . he immediate danger is in the shock pro-duced upon the nervous system, and in the liability to hemorrhage. 1859. StiOCk. If sevei-e, it is attended by symptoms of•extreme prostration, as feeble pulse, shivering, partial uncon-sciousness, fainting, hiccough, vomiting, and involuntary dis-charges of the urine and faeces. IIEMOUKHAGB. 8^5 1860. Xreatiueilt of !!!illOek. Tlie clothing shouldbe loosened immediately after the accident, so that the bloodmay have free circulation, and the patient should be kept in arecumbent position. He should have plenty of fresh air andmay inhale camphor or ammonia. If he can swallow, stimulantsmay be given, as whisky or brandy, but with care that tiiey donot run into the windpipe. If he be unable to swallow, theymay be administered as injections, but should gradually be dis-continued as reaction takes place. A warm pillow placed at theback, and the use of electricity, may be beneficial. 1861. lleillorrlliigC, or bleeding, may generally be con- Fiy. The Fielil Tournuiuet as applied. 1862. A tourniquet may betemporarily sup])lied by rollinga handkerchief into a cord andtying it arotind the limb, compress, on tlie side of tliewound nearest the heart. Astick is then thrust betweenthe liandkercluef and the skinand twiste(l around severaltimes until the piessure is suf-ficiently great to arrest thecirculation of the blood in thewounded part. A representa-tion of tliis operation may beseen in Fig, 221. 186:{. Plexion of the joint,as represented in Figs. 222223, and 224, is adapted to trolled by a compress, tourni-quet, Jiexion of the joint, orstyptics. A compress con-sists of several folds of clothlaid upon a wound (theedges of which have beenbrought together) and madeRecure by a moderately tightbandage.
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