When your last
  Day is past,
  From afar
  Some bright star
  O’er your grave
  Watch will keep,
  While you sleep
  With the brave.

FIRST AID IN CASE OF ACCIDENTS

The following hints are only intended as a reminder to assist you when in doubt.

To stop bleeding.—­Place a pad of clean cloth on the wound and bandage firmly.  Raise the part affected.  If raising the limbs or applying the pad does not control the bleeding, compress with your two thumbs over bone and as near the wound as possible.  Give no stimulants as long as bleeding remains uncontrolled.

Burns and scalds.—­Exclude the part from the air at once, by dusting flour on it and covering with cotton wool.  If there is a blister do not pick it for 24 hours.

Soothing applications are Carron Oil, Salad Oil, Vaseline, Lard, etc.  If there is severe shock, give it immediate attention, even before attending to the burn or scald.

Fractures.—­The two main classes of fractures are simple and compound and the first aid treatment you give is to prevent the simple fracture from becoming the more serious compound fracture, which has a wound caused by the jagged end of the broken bone.

Attend to the patient on the spot, and fix the injured limb, at once, by splints and bandages.  Use great gentleness.

If there is a wound, cleanse it and apply antiseptic dressing before putting limb in splints.

Disturb the limb as little as possible and make the patient comfortable until arrival of doctor.

Snake bites.—­Tie something tightly around the limb, between the wound and the heart.  Give patient a good dose of brandy or some other spirit.

Encourage the bleeding by squeezing the bitten part and bathe with warm water.  If breathing is bad, use artificial respiration.

Poisons.—­In the first place endeavor to find out the poison.  If you cannot, and there are no stains about mouth or lips and no burning sensation in mouth and throat, give an emetic or tickle throat to make patient vomit.  Emetics are:  three-teaspoonfuls of mustard in pint of tepid water; salt and water, two tablespoonfuls to pint of warm water. (See First Aid for Poisoning.)

When there are stains, etc., give cream, white of eggs, olive or linseed oil (no oil with phosphorus poisoning).  Antidotes to follow.

Grit in the eye.—­Do not rub the injured eye.  By rubbing the other eye you will bring tears, which may wash the grit out.  If not, roll back the upper eyelid over a match or pencil, and remove the grit with the corner of your handkerchief or small camel hair brush.

If lime in eye, wash out at once with water, then drop olive or castor oil between the lids.