Emergencies : How to Avoid Them, and how to Meet
Them. Com- piled by Burt G. Welder, M.D. (sew York : G. P. Putnam's Sons.)— 'This is a most useful little volume, "to be carried in the pocket," and weighing, in its paper cover, almost exactly an ounce. It tells us what we are to do in cases of poisoning, of wounds, of burning, of drowning,—in fact, of accidents generally. Not the least valuable item in its list of contents is an enumeration of the "signs of death." Here is a "precaution" of a somewhat cruel sort :—" Accustom yourself to the sight of blood. Visit a slaughterhouse, or kill a eat, by putting it into a small, tight box or pail, with two tablespoonfuls of chloroform; cut the throat deeply ; this unpleasant experience may enable you to avoid fainting when an artery is cut, and to save a life." Who would like to see his wife or daughter taking this 4' precaution ?"
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