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448 CAMPING AND WOODCRAFTmay be a j^ear or more; It may be only two weeks,or even less if the bite was a bad, lacerating oneaffecting important nerves, or in the face. Consequently,when a man is bitten by an animal knownto be rabid, or by one that develops rabies withinless than forty days after it has inflicted the bite,he should be sent at once to a Pasteur institute.he goes in time, he has ninety-nine chances in ahundred to recover. Otherwise, unless the woundwas so superficial as to have done no injury underthe skin,isand it was promptly cauterized, his chancescarce one in a hundred.Insect Stings and Bites.—These have alreadybeen discussed at some length in Vol. L, pp. 241-259.An application of honey, moistened salt, or ofammonia, or a cloth saturated in a solution of bakingsoda, or even wet earth, will suffice in allordinary cases. Our most dangerous insect is thecommon housefly: **it does not wipe its feet."Wounds—^There is no room in this chapter todescribe and illustrate the structure and mechanics•ofthe body, nor how to apply bandages and splints,nor to give any but general directions for the treat-If onement of wounds, dislocations and fractures.is going far from medical help, I cannot too highlyrecommend that he should take some Instruction Insuch matters, or at least carry with him the veryclear and concise American Red Cross AbridgedText-book on First Aid (general edition), by MajorCharles Lynch, of the Medical Corps, U. C. A.This book, as w^ell as a variety of first-aid packetsand fitted boxes, is sold by the American Red Cross,Washington, D. C, from whom a catalogue may beproc'jred on application.Bleeding.—Rather free bleeding Is good for awound, because the blood washes out many. If notall, of the dangerous pus germs that may haveentered at the time of the Injury. Do not touchthe wound with thefingers, nor with anything elsethan a surgically clean Instrument and compress,^^bservc whether the bleeding Is arterial or venous.If