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AUCIUEJN lb AiSU IlMEKCjENCIES 451push the plug gently up the nose with a pencil,pack the rest of the strip tightly into the nostril,and let the end protude. If there is leakage backwardinto the mouth, pack the lower part of plugstill more tightly. Leave the plug in place severalhours; then loosen with warm water or oil, and removevery gently.Internal Bleeding.—This may be either fromthe stomach or from the lungs. In hemorrhagefrom the stomachy the blood is vomited. It is brownor "coffee-ground," and may be mixed with food.There is tenderness and pain in the region of thestomach.Bleeding from the lungs is preceded by a saltishtaste in the mouth. Blood rushes from the mouthand nose. It is bright red and frothy.Although the disease producing one or other ofthese symptoms may be grave, yet the attack ofbleeding itself is not likely to result seriously. Ineither case the first-aid treatment is absolute restin bed, and cold cloths over the affected part. Ifthe bleeding is from the stomach, the patient's headshould be kept low; if from the lungs, the headand shoulders should be propped up, unless therebe a tendency to faintness.Cleansing Wounds.—All inflammation ofwounds, suppuration, abscesses, erysipelas, *'bloodpoisoning,"gangrene, and lockjaw, are due to livinggerms and nothing else. These germs are notWeborn in the wound, but enter from the outside.may as well say they are present everywhere, exceptIn the air (pus germs do not float in air).To prevent their entrance is much easier than tokill them once they have gained foothold.The only guarantee of a wound healing nicely isto make and keep it surgically clean. Sterilizeeverything that is to be used about a wound : hands,instruments, and the dressing. Do not trust anythingto be germ-free merely because it looks clean.The micro-organisms that cause inflammation of awound, fever, putrefaction, inay kirk anv where.