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TliiBti to Emm mud Do 151 He looked amazed and said: You certainly teve sM me up all right. I'll try next Sunday " I have not seen him since and don't know the result, bul I know that the principle b sound— ivet feet, husky throat SOUGH AND RBADT HILP To RavIvo from Diowuiii( (1) As soon as the patient is in a safe place, loosen the cloth- ing, if any. (2) Empty the lungs of water, by laying the body breast down, and lifting it by the middle, with the head hanging down. Hold thus for a few seconds, till the water is evidently out. (3) Turn the patient on her breast, face downward. (4) Give artiticial respiration thus: by pressing the lower ribs down and forward toward the head, thm rdease. Ri^eat about twelve times to the minute. (5) Apply warmth and friction to otremities, rubbing toward the heart. (6) DON'T GIVE UP! Persons have been saved after hours of steady effort, and after bring imder water over twenty minutes. (7) When natural breathing is reestablished, put the patient into warm bed, with bcA-water bottles, w«m dri^ ot i^iaair lants, in teanxxmfuls, froh air, ami quiet Let tor dtsp, md aU wiM be wdl. (1) Reduce the tempoature ol the patient and the placey- that is, move tfa« patioit at ooce to a cooler sp(H, if posubie, in the shade. (2) Loosen or remove tl» detiwig about the neck and hotly. (;0 Apply cold wattr or iee to the head and body, or even wrap the i>atjent in sheets wet from lime to time with crfd water. (4) Use Be stimulaat, but allow iraeuM of cold water to drink. Bums and Scalds Exclude the air hv co wring fh< bum with a thin paste ol bak^-soda, starch, iio>u, vaseUne, olive oil, linseed oil, castor-