Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 297, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 December 1916 — Hints to Mothers [ARTICLE]

Hints to Mothers

In dressing wounds one must re member that danger lies in the fact that disease germs find lodgment quickly from the air, the clothing, the bkln and anything else that may come in contact with the wound. In consequence blood poisoning, lockjaw, and a train of other complications are Ila hie to follow. Even scratches when not properlycared for, may result In inflammation wnich will disable the child, cause the loss of a limb, or even cost his life. For (his reason modern surgery de ’Hands that the wound dressings must not only look clean, but be surgically clean. If they are dipped into an an liseptic solution of one tablet of bichloride of mercury to a pint of water, .here can be no question of their clean liness.