ST. JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 15433, 20 April 1912, Page 13

ST. JOHN AMBULANCE BRIGADE.

Thu usim 1 meeting of tho St. John Ambulance UrilM'lc "as held on ll.ursoay ivenina, Mr W. M Wilkinson (su|orn.tcndent) presiding. Klcveti first-aid cases wire, reported. , ~ ~ , ~ Tin.- Superintendent then called on .Mr W. G. North to deliver an address f on "('ontumf and Lioorated Wounds." 'Die addnw was illuetiuled by practical demonstration ol tho treatment required. After (tiiitriusting old-time methods of treatment with tho-* of to-day. Mr North pointed out I hi; 'liffcrcnee lieiweon the two clasics of wounds. A contused wound was frequently caused by a blow from a blunt instrument or a fall Contused wounds woro attended by injury to the muscles, swelling nnd effusing blood, without porhaps any brctk in tho' skin. The application of wot dressing soon alleviated the nam and icdueed tho swelling. It: lacerated wounds the flesh wi< frequently torn and the edges of the wound torn or uneven. Such wounds wvro frequently attended with considerable losi of blood. In treating a wound of this nature great care mud bo exercised in.romoving all foreign bodies, cleansing tlio wounds, and then applying a pad moistened with antiseptic lotion, afterwards bandaging with a piooe of clean lint. Mr North doall at length with tho variolic* and causes of these wounds and the coimnon-«enso treatment of them On concluding, in: received tho hearty thatiks oT the brigade.