. First aid in illness and injury; . body has been removed, consists simply in the appli-cation of suitable wet compresses. If the wound be large, the injury ofimportant organs of bleeding may modify the treatment. Upon re-moving a needle, examine it, to see if any of it has been broken off inthe flesh. If any portion has been left behind, or if the whole needlehas been pushed in, do not try to remove it, but keep the part absolutelystill, and summon a surgeon. Any movement of the part will cause 140 EMERGENCIES AND ACCIDENTS muscular contractions, which may so move the needle in the flesh tha
. First aid in illness and injury; . body has been removed, consists simply in the appli-cation of suitable wet compresses. If the wound be large, the injury ofimportant organs of bleeding may modify the treatment. Upon re-moving a needle, examine it, to see if any of it has been broken off inthe flesh. If any portion has been left behind, or if the whole needlehas been pushed in, do not try to remove it, but keep the part absolutelystill, and summon a surgeon. Any movement of the part will cause 140 EMERGENCIES AND ACCIDENTS muscular contractions, which may so move the needle in the flesh thatit cannot be found when the surgeon comes to look for it. Thornsshould be pulled out, and, if poisonous, the wound should be treatedlike a poisoned wound. Splinters should be pulled out by slipping the point of a pen-knifeunder the protruding end of the splinter, catching it against the bladewith the thumb nail, and drawing it out. If the end does not protrude,the scarf skin over it can be pricked away with the point of the knife,. Fig. 99.— How to pull out a splinter. until the end of the splinter is uncovered, when it can be removedas before. If a splinter be located wider a nail, and the end bebroken off so that it cannot be reached, the nail over the splintershould be scraped thin to the tip on the outside; a little tongue canthen be gently cut out over the end of the splinter, which may thenbe raised on the point of the knife, and drawn out as in other the splinter cannot all be removed in this way, the cutting awaydf the nail will make it easier for the remainder to work its way tothe surface after the formation of matter. A splinter in the eye maybe drawn out, as in other parts, if it can be reached. If it cannotbe reached, the eye should be covered with a cold, wet compress,and so kept until the arrival of a medical man. On no accountshould a non-medical person attempt to interfere with splinters buriedin the eye. In the case of needles or large splinters,
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