The woman's book : dealing practically with the modern conditions of home-life, self-support, education, opportunties, and every-day problems (1894)
New York : C. Scribner's sons · leaf 334
Application of improvised tourniquet to arm. kerchief or strip of cloth around thewounded limb above the wound. Jhehandkerchief should be tied loosely, aknot being made in it so as to c()mj)ressthe large artery, and then it may betightened by twisting it with a slick. <6v … Remember that such a handkerchiefcannot be left on for many hours ormortification will follow. It is only tobe used temporarily. The bleedingfrom a vein rarely con-tinues if the patient islaid on his back andthe wounded limb ele-vated, or if a com-press be bound overthe wound. For…
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