Handbook for the Ship's Medicine Chest (Classic Reprint)

Injuries to the chest 58 Injuries to the back 59 Broken bones (fractures) 59 Fracture of the lower jaw 60 Fracture of the thumb and fingers .62 Fracture of the forearm 62 Fracture of the arm (between the elbow and shoulder) 63 Fracture of the thigh 65 Fracture of the kneecap 69 Fracture of the leg (below the knee) .. 70 Compound fractures 72 Dislocations 73 Dislocation of the fingers 74 Dislocation of the thumb .74 Dislocation of the wrist 75 Dislocation of the elbow 75 Dislocation of the shoulder 77 Dislocation of the collar bone 78 Dislocation of the toes 78 Dislocation of the ankle 78 Dislocation of the knee. .79 Dislocation of the hip .79 Sprains 81 Nosebleed 81 Drowning: Directions for restoring the apparently drowned 82 Instructions for saving drowning persons by swimming to their relief -87 APPENDIX. The U. S. Public Health and Marine-H ospital Service.. 89 Relief stations 89 Beneficiaries 90 Hospital relief 91 Out-patient relief 91 The Revenue-C utter Service .91 The Mississippi River Commission 92 The Engineer Corps, U. S. A rmy.. 92 The Life-S aving Service -. 92 The Light-H ouse Service. 93 U. S. Army and Navy 93 Foreign seamen -- 93 Index
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)

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