How to Dress a Wound.
Three useful things to have in the house as a provision in case of wounds axe a spool of adhesive piaster, some iodoform gauze and a package of oarbolated absorbent cotton. Cleanse and dry as . nearly as may be the cut surface with a wad of the cotton, using moderate pressure and elevating the part if necessary to check the flow of blood. Do not apply any water. Bring the cut surface together aa accurately as possible and retain them there with as few and as narrow strips of the plaster as will suffice, nutting them of a good length. Then cover the wound with a dozen or so thicknesses of the iodoform gauze, which should extend an inch beyond the wound. Over the gauze apply a liberal layer of the absorbent cotton, allowing it to extend beyond the gauze. The cotton may be kept in place by a bandage of cheeseoloth, or a part of a leg of a stocking may be drawn over it. Moderate pressure, if evenly distributed, is helpful. The pressure of a string ia hurtful.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVII, Issue 42, 20 February 1903, Page 6 (Supplement)
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185How to Dress a Wound. Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVII, Issue 42, 20 February 1903, Page 6 (Supplement)
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