The Manawatu Herald. Tuesday, March 19, 1912. NOTES AND COMMENTS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 1020, 19 March 1912, Page 2

The Manawatu Herald. Tuesday, March 19, 1912. NOTES AND COMMENTS.

The work performed by the different branches of the St. John Ambulance Association throughout the British dominions is now so extensively appreciated as to require little to be said in its praise. Perhaps its greatest recommendation is that the objects of the Association are so thoroughly endorsed by members of the medical profession, who find in the ministrations of those qualified to administer first-aid a valuable adjunct to their professional skill, and not only seek to further those objects by imparting a systematic course of training in first-aid principles, but welcome and readily recognise the assistance to themselves which those so trained are enabled at times to render. But it is the humanitarian side of first-aid to the injured that appeals. Many unfortunate victims of accident have had their sufferings made lighter pending the arrival of surgical skill by the kindly offices and gentle hand ol a workmate or other person who has known exactly what to do and how to do it; while suffering humanity generally bears testimony to the self-sacrificing labours of members of the Association, who, without thought of fee or reward, or even self-glorification, often inconvenience themselves so that their expert knowledge may be available for the removal of some sick person from home to hospital. We hope that our young men and women will take advantage of Dr Mandl’s offer to continue these classes during the coming year, and we shall be pleased to lake the names of any who so desire to gain a knowledge of first-aid.