3199. These hints will be of the utmost value to the heads of families, to emigrants, and to persons who are frequently called upon to attend upon the sick.
3200. We strongly recommend the parent, emigrant or nurse to read over these directions occasionally, to regard it as a duty, to do so at least three or four times a year, so as to be prepared for emergencies whenever they may arise.
3201. When accidents occur, people are too excited to acquire immediately a knowledge of what they should do; and many lives have been lost for want of this knowledge.
3202. Study, therefore, at moderate intervals, the domestic surgery, treatment of poisons, rules for the prevention of accidents, how to escape from fires, &c., which will be found in various pages of this book.
3203. Let it be impressed upon your mind that the Index will enable you to refer to any thing you may require in a moment.