INSTRUCTIONS
Reading edition
What to Do until the Doctor Comes, in Ordinary Household Emergencies (See Ready Reference List)
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Biliousness 117
Bites of Animals 117
Bites of Insects 117
“Black Eye” 117
Bleeding of Gums 117
Blood Blisters 118
Broken Bones or Fractures 118
Bruises or Contusions 118
Burns and Scalds 119
Car Sickness 120
Chilblains 120
Chills 120
Choking 120
Coal Gas, Suffocation from 120
Colds 120
Colic 121
Convulsions of Children 122
Corns 122
Croup 122
Cuts (Slight) 122
Diarrhea 123
Earache 123
Fainting 123
Fever Blisters (Cold Sores) 124
Fire, to Avoid Accidents from 48
Fits 124
Foreign Body in Ear 124
Foreign Body in Eye 125
Frost Bites 125
Gum Boils (“Canker Spots”) 125
Heat Exhaustion 125
Hemorrhage (Severe Bleeding) 125
Hiccough 127
Hives 127
Indigestion 127
Itching 127
Lice in Hair (Pediculosis) 127
Nails (Ingrowing) 127
Nausea (Sick Stomach) 128
Nosebleed 128
Perspiration 128
Poison Ivy Rash 128
Poisoning—Treatments and Antidotes 128
Powder Wounds 130
Prickly Heat 130
Ptomaine Poisoning 130
Sea-Sickness 130
Shock 131
Sore Throat 131
Splinters 131
Sprain 131
Stiff Neck 131
Stings 132
Strain of Muscles 132
Sunburn 132
Sunstroke 132
Toothache 132
Warts 133
Wounds 133
Plasters, Poultices and Stupes 134
How to Rid a House of Fleas 56
How to Use First Aid Bandages 82, 83, 84, 98, 99
How to Make a Drinking Cup 42
List of Remedies for the Home Medicine Closet 136
