Preface.

The object of this work on “Accidents and Emergencies” is to inform the general reader of “What to do, and how to do it,” not only in the first instance, but in those cases where professional assistance cannot be readily obtained, and in language that any person of ordinary intelligence can understand and apply.

Accidents both on land and water are of common occurrence and may happen to any of us. To know what should be done at once in our efforts to assist others in accidents that might have occurred to ourselves is a part of our duty to our neighbors; though the necessary presence of mind and capacity to use that knowledge is not in the power of any work to supply.

Should this work prove the means of having alleviated pain and assisted the subsequent professional 4treatment in restoring the sufferer to health, the author’s hopes will have been realized and his labors repaid.

J. B. L.

265 West 43d Street, November 1st, 1888.

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