The word “shock” refers to the condition of nervous depression which follows any accident, or sometimes the sight of one’s own wound. The breathing is feeble; the face pale. Send for doctor. Place patient in lying-down position. Use hot-water bottles. Give hot coffee; aromatic spirit of ammonia. Gently massage or rub limbs toward body.
Keep body covered and warm. (Sec Chapter III.)
Sore Throat.
At night wrap a cloth wet in alcohol around outside of throat. Gargle with salt and water (1 tsp. to a glass), or borax and water in same proportion, or hot tea, or with the following—
Gargle:
- 2 tbsp. vinegar,
- 1 tbsp. salt,
- Water to fill a tumbler.
If persistent, see doctor.
Splinters.
Open wound with sterile needle. Pull splinter out from the direction it entered. Apply iodine or turpentine.
If under nail, cut nail in V-shape at point where splinter entered, before extracting splinter. Use tweezers. Paint the place with iodine.