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Excerpt from A d104-Book of First Aid and Emergency Treatment In the preparation of this book the author has kept in mind the requirements of both the untrained first-aid worker and the advanced student who may be expected to practise the art under the conditions of modern warfare. In its essentials the practice of first aid is the same whether the worker is surrounded by the conveniences of a civilized community or is in the wilderness or upon the battlefield. In any of these places emergencies may occur which in the absence of skilled medical aid require immediate volunteer treatment, the character of the services being determined by the skill of the volunteer and the available medical and surgical supplies. This book is intended to so train the volunteer assistant that when the emergency occurs he may be able to apply the principles of first aid to the case at hand. In addition the volume has been made complete in many small details, so that the advanced worker may find it a reliable reference book for both field and hospital work, and the camper and yachtsman, in the absence of a physician, may find in it sufficient information to enable him to assume temporary care of the sick and injured. In teaching first aid in the conventional course of six or eight lessons, it has not been the author's custom to attempt to cover the entire book. Such a plan being impracticable, he has endeavored to fix the principles of treatment thoroughly in the minds of the students, so that the interest thus aroused will lead them to a further study of the lesser details. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.