9. To remove an injured person, do not call a carriage, but take a
shutter, or board, or door, throw your coats upon it, and tenderly place
him thereon. Carry him carefully. Don't keep step in walking; he will ride
easier without.
10. If a patient faints, give him air. Let him lie on the back. Wipe the
face with a little water. A little camphor in water may be applied to the
face and temples, provided he has not been using it already to excess.
Camphor, used excessively, may keep one faint a long time. Let the clothes
be loosened. Keep cool, and wait.
11. Avoid all rude and alarming conversation around the patient. When he
recovers a little, do not press around and confuse him with questions of
"What can I do for you?" etc. _Let him rest._
12. If a person has been under water, _don't roll him to get the water out
of him. There is no water there beyond the mouth._ The life has been
rolled out of many a poor wretch, over a barrel, under this foolish
delusion of "getting the water out of him." Lay him on his side, in a warm
room, or in the sun. Try to inflate the lungs. Don't get a "bellows," and
blow him full of wind. He is not like a bladder, or a balloon, that he
needs inflating thus. To breathe is what he needs. Let the water, if any,
in the mouth, run out. Wrap him warm--hot water at feet. Rub the limbs, if
cold, for a long time. Persevere. Do not give him up until a good
physician has arrived, and pronounced him beyond all hope of recovery.