Identifier: newcenturyhomebo00depu (find matches)
Title: The new century home book; a mentor for home life in all its phases; a chronicle of the progress of America and the world; a compendium of the nation's greatest city; and a guide for the great army of homebuilders..
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: DePuy, Frank A
Subjects: Home Home economics
Publisher: New York : Eaton & Mains
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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The New Century Home Book Stings.When stung by an insect or bitten by aspider, suck the wound vigorously for a mo-ment, and then cover it with a cloth wet withquite strong ammonia. A mixture of equalparts of common baking soda and salt wellrubbed into the wound will often give relief. Sunstroke. The symptoms of sunstroke are headache,dizziness, faintness, nausea, weakness of theknees, and seeing double. The face becomesred and the head and body very hot and dry,perspiration being absent. The pulse becomesstrong and very rapid. These symptoms areoften accompanied with delirium and con-vulsions. The first thing in treating sunstroke is to reduce the great temperature of the body. Strip the patient and sprinkle him with cold water, or wrap him in a sheet which is kept saturated with cold water. At the same time rub the body with ice. Keep up this treatment until consciousness returns. Sometimes the(18) 273 The New Century Home Book patient again loses consciousness. In that caserepeat th

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