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Synopsis
Excerpt from Accidents, Emergencies and Illnesses: A Manual for Reference
This book has been prepared and published in the hope that it will be of service in alleviating suffering and saving life by the timely application of the advice and instruction contained in its pages. In some respects it is a revised edition of two pamphlets form erly published by the mutual life insurance com pany OF new york, entitled Plain Directions for Accidents, Emergencies and Poisons and Plain Directions for the Care of the Sick. These little volumes were printed originally in 1875, and several large editions have since been gratuitously distributed. It has been deem ed advisable to re-write them and em body in the new production such additional changes in the matter as the advance in medical science dur ing the past twenty-five years rendered necessary in order to make the teachings of the book conform to present practices. The book has been written and revised by competent physicians for gratuitous dis tribution and is intended to indicate what should be done in cases of ordinary accidents and illnesses prior to the coming Of the skilled assistance to be fur nished by the trained nurse and the medical adviser. If what is hereinafter written shall in any way tend to prevent unnecessary suffering or contribute to save the life and activity of some member of the commu nity, the company will feel amply rewarded for the trouble and expense involved in the preparation and.
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