always be squeezed or sucked until it has bled
freely, and then be cauterized by a red-hot iron or touched with an
applicator that has been dipped in sulphuric acid or nitric acid. A
subsequent dressing of Balsam Peru is healing. The dog should be
watched, and if it shows signs of hydrophobia the bitten child should
be promptly taken to the nearest Pasteur Institute for treatment.

In the case of snake bites the same sucking and cauterizing treatment
is indicated, with the additional tying of a handkerchief or cord a
few inches above the wound to stay the progress of the blood and to
keep the poison out of the general circulation. A solution of
twenty-per-cent permanganate of potash should be used to wash the
wound.

The popular administration of large draughts of whiskey is of no
benefit, for the secondary depressant effect of alcohol increases the
body's poison burden, and those who survive do so in spite of the
whiskey, and not because of it.

SWALLOWING FOREIGN BODIES

Small articles such as buttons, safety pins, thimbles, coins, etc.,
are often swallowed by little folks, and if they lodge in the throat
and the child struggles for his breath the treatment is as follows:
grasp him by the heels and turn him upside down while a helper briskly
slaps him on the back. The foreign body generally flies across the
room. If it is lodged high up in the throat it may often be dislodged
by the thumb and finger. If it cannot be reached and it will not go
down, lose no time in seeking an X-ray laboratory where its exact
location may quickly be discovered and proper measures instituted for
its removal.

A troublesome fish bone is easily dislodged by swallowing a
half-chewed piece of bread which carries it down to the stomach.
Cathartics and purgatives are not to be given; in due time the object
will appear in the stool. In all instances it is well to locate its
exact position by the X ray--that there may be assurance that it will
do no harm.

It is surprising what large objects can be swallowed. One old
gentleman swallowed his false teeth, and a six months old baby
swallowed, or at least had lodged in its throat, a silver dollar.

All detachable parts should be removed from toys that are given to
babies, such as the whistle from rubber animals, the button eyes of
wool kittens and dogs, and other such removable parts.

FOREIGN BODIES IN THE EYE

To begin with, do not get "panicky," but carefully, painstakingly, and