[382 Mothers’ remedies]

For the Arm.—­Put on two padded splints from the shoulder to the elbow, one in front and the one behind, and bind on at the bottom and top.  Then place the forearm on the chest pointing to the well or sound shoulder and bind the arm with bandages or a long towel to the body.

For a Broken Leg.—­Pull on the foot gently to make slight extension, and lift the leg on a pillow or some sort of pad, and tie this firmly about the leg; or broad strips of wood may be padded and placed on either side of the broken leg and securely tied.

For a Broken Thigh, Upper Leg.—­The splint should extend from under the arm to the ankle, padded and bound to the body and to the leg by means of long towels or pieces of sheeting applied six inches apart.  If the patient is in a wagon and no splint can be had, bags of dirt or sand applied around the thigh will hold some.  But there is always something at hand to use as a splint and to bind the splint to the leg.

For a Broken Collar Bone.—­Place the patient on his back if he is to be moved and put a firm pad in the arm pit and bind the arm to the side with the forearm across the chest; or if you have a roll of adhesive plaster two or three inches wide, after putting a pad in the arm pit (sometimes this is not necessary) put the adhesive strip around the arm midway to the shoulder.  The arm should be lifted up and a little back.  Run the strip of adhesive plaster around the body and fasten to the first part.  Then put another strip fast to the band around the arm and run this down around the bent elbow and over the forearm placed on the chest, the fingers pointing to the sound shoulder.  This strip can pass over the sound collar bone and fasten to the strip about the body.  If it is put on properly, the injured part will feel comfortable.

Broken Ribs.—­Put on a towel, about eight to twelve inches wide.  This should go around the body and be pinned tightly; or, if you have a roll of adhesive plaster, two and one-half to three inches wide, use this.  Start at the backbone, at the lowest point necessary, about two ribs below the broken one, and carry it straight across the chest to the breast bone; put on about eight of such strips, lapping each about one-half inch.  Fasten the ends with a strip running up and down one-half on the flesh and the other half on the strip.  This is to keep the strips from slipping any.  The arms should be held up while the strips are being applied.

A Broken Jaw.—­Take a strong piece of muslin, long enough to reach around the neck and eight inches longer.  Split this through the center to within about seven inches of the center of the band.  Put this unsplit part above, over and under the chin.  Tie the upper tails around the neck and run the under tail pieces up in front of the ear to the crown of the head.  Tie each end on the back part of the head to the pieces left over after tying back of the neck.