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First Aid and Life Saving ?67 wound with a towel not boiled or piece of cotton torn [rom your shirt, but you caanot do so without the liability of a great deal of harm to the injured person. Snake Bites While snake b/tea are wounds, the wounds caused by venomous snakes are not important as such but because the venom is quickly absorbed and by its action on the brain may c?use speedy death. The ratfiesnake and the moccasin are the most dangerous snakes in the United States. In order to prevent absorption o the poison, immediately t/e a string? handkerchief, or bandage above the bite. This c?n only be done in the extremities, but nearly all b/tea are received on the arms or legs. Then soak the wound in hot water and squeeze or suck it to extract the poison. Sucking a wound/s not dangerous unless one has cuts or scrapes in the tooruth. Then burn the wound with strong ammonia. This is ?ot aromatic spirits of ammonia, but what is commonly known as stwng ammonia in any drug store? Aromatic sp/rits of ammonia shonld also be giveu as a stimulant. .If you have nothing but a string to tie off the wound, be sure to do that and to get out as much poison as you can by squee?/ng or sucking the wound. A doctor should of course always be sent for when practicable in any injury as severe as a snake bite. Leave your string or bandage in place for an hour. A ?mger period is unsafe, as cutting off the drculation may czuse mortification. Loosen the string or bandage after an hour's time, so that a lltfie poison escapes into the body. If the bitten person does not seem to be much affected, repeat at the ?d of a few mornants, and keep this up until the band has been.e?firely removed. If, however, the bitten person seems to be sc, riously affected by the poison you have allowed to escape i?o his body, you must not loosen the bandage again, but leave it .in plzce and take the chance of mortification. Wounds Without Sev?r? Bi?e?!lng These ?ustitute ?he majority of all wounds. ' Use the Red Cross Outfit as described in the slip contained in the outfit. Tim :pressure of a bandage will stop ordinary bleeding if firmly i?nd into place. Wounds With Severe Bleeding A acout mt?t be prepared to check severe bleed/pg at o?ce, and he should then dress the wound. t?lin?fi? ?