. The hydropathic family physician : a ready prescriber and hygienic adviser with reference to the nature, causes, prevention, and treatment of diseases, accidents, and casualties of every kind . jured. A common effect of ablow about the eye is a disreputable-looking ecchymosis. Water-dressing, according to the heat, is the best remedy. Wounds of the eyeproper are to be treated according to the nature of the case. Bursteye should be managed in the most careful manner. A skillful sir- 714 Of Accidents, Casualties, etc. goon can sometimes save the eye in such cases. No one else shouldmeddle with
. The hydropathic family physician : a ready prescriber and hygienic adviser with reference to the nature, causes, prevention, and treatment of diseases, accidents, and casualties of every kind . jured. A common effect of ablow about the eye is a disreputable-looking ecchymosis. Water-dressing, according to the heat, is the best remedy. Wounds of the eyeproper are to be treated according to the nature of the case. Bursteye should be managed in the most careful manner. A skillful sir- 714 Of Accidents, Casualties, etc. goon can sometimes save the eye in such cases. No one else shouldmeddle with the part. Substances in the Eye. A very trifling affair, such, for example, as a piece of cinder from arailroad engine, is sometimes capable of causing much the sooner an offending substance in the eye can be removedthe better. In some cases—the majority probably—a thorough wash-ing of the part will prove sufficient: but in others it will be necessaryto use manual means. If the substance is under the lower lid (), this should be brought down, till it can be removed with a pieceof moistened paper or fine linen. The same process may be adoptedFig. 218. Fig. 8UB STANCES IN THE EYE. with the upper lid, but a preferable method is to place a bodkin oisome such article across it. till it can be completely inverted. (See ) After the offending material is got rid of, the eye should bewashed in tepid water, and the process should be repeated as often pain demands. Injuries of the Foot. Fig. 220. I refer here to those whicharise from voluntary abusesimply. We abuse the teeth,the stomach, the bowels, thelungs, the skin, the head, andthe nerves, but hardly anypart more than the foot. Forexample, look at the cut rep-resenting this part in a natu-ral state (fig 220), and then also the fashionable shoe that is made to
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