What to Do in Cases of Accidents and Emergencies

About this eBook

Author

Lawrence, J. B. (Joseph B.)

Title

What to do in cases of accidents and emergencies : Describing the symptoms in each case, and how to treat them on the moment : with a list of the principal poisons, which, if taken, require prompt treatment : their remedies and antidotes, designed for family and general use

Original Publication

New York City: J. H. Vail & Co., 1888.

Credits

Tim Miller, Gísli Valgeirsson, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

RC: Medicine: Internal medicine

Subject

Poisoning -- Treatment

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 79304

Release Date

August 8, 2026

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.What to Do in Cases of ACCIDENTS AND EMERGENCIES,
2. 2.Preface.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.ACCIDENTS AND EMERGENCIES. — Accidents on the Water. — Apoplexy. — Asiatic Cholera. — Broken Bones.—Fractures. — Bruises. — Bleeding from the Nose. — Bleeding from Cut or Wound. — Burns and Scalds. — Catalepsy.—Trance. — Choking. — Cholera Morbus. — Clothes Catching Fire. — Colic. — WIND OR FLATULENT COLIC. — BILIOUS COLIC. — PAINTERS’ COLIC. — COLIC IN CHILDREN. — Cramps. — Diarrhœa.—Looseness of the Bowels. — Dislocations. — Drowning. — Effects of Cold.—Frost Bites. — Epilepsy.—Epileptic Fits. — Fainting.—(Fits.) — Fish Hooks, Crochet Needles, Thorns, Splinters, Etc., in the Flesh. — Fits.—Convulsions. — Foreign Bodies in the Gullet. — Foreign Bodies in the Windpipe. — Foreign Bodies in the Ear. — Foreign Substances in the Nose. — Hydrophobia (Rabies). — Lockjaw. — Paralysis—Palsy. — Poison—Ivy. — Poisons. — Poisons and their Antidotes. — GENERAL REMARKS. — Sea Sickness. — Snake Bites. — Sprains or Strains. — Stings of Insects. — Suffocation. — Sunstroke. — Things in the Eye. — Tooth-ache, Pains in the Face and Jaw, Ear-ache. — Wounds. — Accidents.—How to avoid them. — Presence of Mind. Take Things Quietly. — Concluding Remarks.
5. 5.INDEX.

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