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In every household there should be found an accident and emergency
"kit" of necessary paraphernalia for the quick application of the one
necessary medicine, dressing, etc. This "kit" should contain baking
soda for burns, bandages and sterile gauze for cuts or tears, together
with adhesive plaster, needle and thread, etc.

INSECT BITES AND STINGS

Far greater harm is often done the skin by the subsequent scratching
of the insect bite with dirty finger nails than by the bite itself;
and so it is very important that we remember to allay quickly the
intense itching by the application of ammonia water or camphor. Almost
instantly the itching is stopped, and the added "scratching"
irritation to the already injured skin is thus avoided.

By the aid of a magnifying glass, and often by the naked eye, we may
detect the stinger which has been left behind by the greedy guest, and
which should be removed by a pair of tweezers. Ice-water compresses
will stop the swelling and even an old-fashioned mud dressing, which
was used and appreciated by our great grandmothers, is a thing not to
be despised.

If the much admired shrubbery be removed one hundred feet away from
the porch, mosquitoes would trouble the household less. It has been
demonstrated in many localities that clearing away the near-by clumps
of shrubbery permits the family to sit on unscreened porches
unharmed. Mosquitoes multiply rapidly in stagnant pools of water, but
if oil is poured over these stagnant waters the increase of mosquitoes
is abated, and their total extinction is not unheard of in swampy
districts receiving such care.

Whenever baby is out of doors where mosquitoes, flies, or other
insects are to be found, he should be properly protected from such
pests by mosquito netting stretched over a frame eighteen inches above
his face, for we can think of nothing more uncomfortable than a
mosquito netting dragging over a sweaty baby's face. The fact that
mosquitoes, flies, roaches, and other insects are carriers of
tuberculosis, infantile paralysis, typhoid fever, cholera, yellow
fever and malaria, as well as a host of minor ailments, should make us
the more anxious for either their extermination or the protection of
our children from their greedy bites and stings.

DOG BITES AND SNAKE BITES

Dogs, cats, rats, or mice bite at any time of the year, and provision
should always be made for ample protection against such accidents.

Such a wound should