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{ THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1954.
PRACTICAL HOMECRAFT
LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
DUE TO MANY CAUSES
(ITE went out like a "H, doctor," says
a bystander, as the doctor
By W. W. Bauer, M. D.
arrives in response. 10 an inid at, with head emergency call. But that's tight clothing loosened,
And the fresh air provided. all he knows. deator needs to know more
lmost
iL any Not Merely Drunk!
because disease may be a cause of unconsciousness.
of
Bevere
Since the treatment of these is
injury which may or may not be obvious. Next comes coma due to internal low, other condition. If a hasty disease such as diabetes or and assumption is made that kidney failure; then drugs
poisons, the person is merely drunk, and
epilepsy, and he is thrown in gaol to heart failure and sleep off he may be infections. dend in the morning, of one series A study of a
of the other
important quite different, the doctor be comes at one and the same time a first aider and a medical do There is a difference be- such patients brought into causes of coma.
loss of a large city hospital shows Of the four out of 10 tective. Here is where the la Temporary Iween
drunk. the telligent and observing bystander consciousness and continued that roughly six out of 10 who are not
can help. particularly if he is drunk. But this Many persona faint are
is largest number
is uncon- relative or has known the dangerous conclusion seious na a result as a result of minor causes a
of some patient prior to the emergency. haemor Time is usually valuable, since and temporary conditions against which young phy brain condition
fatigue, hunger. excite- sicians and interns are cure- rhage (stroke), infectious proper first aid may saye life.
If the IT
patient is known to of brain ment, pour ventilation, light fully warned. So are police disease
have had diabetes, for example, or officers. A person may be Next in frequency are - he may be in diabetle coma, or collars, grief, joy, ruge
He may smell of ternal hemorrhages, which if he is taking insulin, insulin excessive excitement. Fnini, drunk.
What he was doing im ing is usually easily recog- alcohol and chemical tests may be due to peptic ulcers shock. nised by the pallor of the may show him
in- or to bursting of weakened mediately before the coma came on may be a clue. Had he ever re- toxicated. And yet he may blood vessels (aneurysms); attempted suicide? in some 10- the quick face and
is also be suffering from some burns; or shock from some stances. the Anding of an un- envery when the patient
conscious person in 4 closed Karuge with the motor of his cor running is in itself a tip-off as to probable cause.
to be
tumour.
in Cautious First Aid
How to Mend that Hole in the Wall
- P! There goes the
2 towel rail or the
clothes-peg-bracket
nails hokling 1:
11.
. . or
that
ANJ Cook so left with a 10 All. e-in-throw: I
How?
You do it in four stage-- bolowing the pictures:
STAGE 1: With a trowel it away any loose plaster. STAGE 2: A+ You work, undercut the edges n httle to provide a grip for The new filling.
STAGE 3: Now take IL paint brush dipped in water and
the thoroughly wet area to be filles. in. Mix up the filler und begin to ill the place a little at a time, using a "bawk" to huld the filling. The hawk is a Bin. length
broom - handle with a Gin. square of wood mailed to it.
STAGE J: Leave to with
harden, then smooth medium-grade glasspaper.
Weak
EYES
CAN RUIN
YOUR WORK!
When your eyes ache, work suffers.
To soothe and strengthen them, batho | 66
eyes regularly with Optrex
Eye Lotion. It washes away
dust, relieves eye muscles
--makes eyes sparkle
Doctors recommend it.
PREB aye bath with bottle
Optrex
PROJECTS YOUR SIGHT
» Bayer's « TONIC
[BAYER
DON'T
WASTE
WATER
1
J-Trowel away all the loose and crumbling plaster.
3
3-Using hawk trowel in the
kt.
new
(left) plaster
The Best
2
2-Cat UNDER the edges so that new plaster will grip.
Ing
Smooth hardened AST- medium-grade with
classpaper.
Way Soluble
What can the non-medical bystander do when a patient is found unconscious, or becomes su? Perhaps the best he can do In many circumstances is to re- strain the enthusiast who insists
un
མ་་
"doing something - no matter what. There is more danger of doing the wrong thing than of
falling to do the right Even In coma, there is usually
time enough to gel medical treatment, in the mean- time protecting the patient as best you can. Of course, bleed ing always requires immediate control,
The appearance of the in- dividual is helpful. If his face is pale, the head is best kept at
Plenty Of Storage
.
THE ENTRANCE AREA of the above design is trimmed with stone, This plus the delightful planting box in front of the living room add a decorative touch.
By Joan O'Sullivan
C be
LOSETS always seem to cluttered. That's largely because the average home doesn't have enough of them.
On today's page, you'll see a house designed for
a low level; if flushed, it may be the closet conscious, and elevated on a low pillow or who isn't, these days? It's rolled up coat. If the patient is just one shy of having a hot with fever, he does not need
blankets unless it is outdoors closet for every ten square floor area. Who and lie temperature is low. 11 feet of
he is cold, keep him warm, but could ask more? not too hot. The fortner plan
of using hot water bottles has This is a three-bedroom
been abandoned in most in- design, with combination
stances In
favour
enough
covering
chilling. No
of simply
nook, avold kitchen breakfast to
per-living-dining area and four- unconscious son should ever be given any-teen closets.
thing to drink-attempting to The master bedroom force fulds
into the mouth of
Space
AN ENTIRE WALL in the master bedroom is given over to storage facilities
At the other side of the two closets and a vahity with drawers for cosmetica.
room, not shown here, there are two more closets.
such a person is likely to cause boasts four closets plus a drowning from the Alling of the built-in vanity and private cabinets are ready to house Jungs with the fuld offered.
breathing has stopped artificial
bath. Just outside
respiration must be begun, and room, in the hallway, is kept up until the doctor artives. fifth closet.
If there are
convulsions, the
patient should be eased to rest fin as comfortable a place or is avaliable, and prevented from falling or injuring himself.
To Prepare Coffee
cookies candles
butter
after-dinner coffee."
THETHER one buys matter concerning both time thin crimp
freshly ground or and money. Soluble coffee is small chocolate vacuum-packed coffee, or a clever innovation, a real one of the flavourful soluble convenience food. coffee," said the Chef, "is a
Household Hints
To protect the fuzzy surface of brushed-knit sleepwear during washing, turn each garment in
lda out before it goes into the sonpsuds.
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"It certainly costs less рет sup, and there is no waste.
tha 1s possible also to make brew strong or mild to taste,"
Chel. "However,
we must keep in mind that solubie coffee is fret thoroughly perrolated to draw out full strength, and the water is then evaporated any one of several processes to obtain the coffee soilds,
by
DINNER
Duck Saladetter Chill Con Carne Savoury Rice
New Beets with Greene Apple Crumb Crisp Coffee
Milk
Tea
All Measurements Are Level Reccipis Sarve è lo d
Duck Saladettes: Combine
OT
this
Roomy Hall Closet
In a second bath, venient to the other bedrooms,
¢
food supplies and utensils,
while a special closet is de- brooms and signed for
cleaning aids,
The built-in breakfast nook, with a semicircle of con- Beats and a round table, is for two just the right size
a small closet family meals. holds towels and Wash
cloths. The hallway fea-
Spacious and well lighted
tures a really roomy closet by a picture window wall, designated for household the living room is separated from the dining section by linens.
The
Cross-ventilated, and airy, 4 two-way fireplace, a corner bedroom has, for dining area also has a win- dow wall. Another nice this house anyway, skimpy addition, here, is a built-in closet space, only two!
The third sleeping room with is better equipped, having three closets. In addition there are two doors, one kit. connecting with the chen, outdoor porch and Dellar, the other leading to an interior foyer and bath.
In The Kitchen
china cabinet.
The Foyer Plan
breakist nook
dining , room 12-0x10-0
chino,
of
foyer
an
one
the
The foyer - and
it has a closet, course especially good-sized leads right into spacious combination living
area.
a
No matter how you look As one might expect, at this house, inside or out, handsome, well- ja kitchen to 4 c. diced duck, 2 c. dne
storage. it's shredded lettuce, 4 c. small-the
Innumerable planned home, diced apple and 4 c. diced planned, too. celery. Toss ELEMENTS RETAINED
with creamy French dressing, Chill; garnish Egg stains usually can be re- moved by scraping
"More of the fatty acids and with red radishes and crisp off the
caffein which are normally lettuce.
Chill Con Carne: Cook 11b.: excess, soaking the solled part in cold water, then washing in present in coffee are retained
In the soluble
than, dried kidney beans as usual, on warm coopsuds.
when the boverago la unde use 2 (No. 2) tins, kidney
ground coffee by the beans, from preferred drip method.
Let a calce cool before it's cut,
Cooling helps to "set" the cake,
cokees
In 2 tbsp. butter or margarine, saute for 3 min. 1 large minced
cl.
bedroom cl bedroom. 14-2×10:0
10-10x1010 CL
kitchen 20-818-0
bath
H
CL bath
2 way fireplace
living room 20-0x14:8
bedroom 16-4x13-4
vanity
AMONG THE "EXTRAS" which make this floor plan pleasing is a built-in breakfast nook with a semicircle
of seats and a round table. U
TOYS FOR TOTS
INEXPENSIVE TOYS
YOUNG child does
For proper cooling, air should Economically, the use of the peeled onion, 1 minced meded A not need to be rich in
;
It preparing it for the family, Continue to fry until measure the number of
the youngster won't chew of the paint,
Pang and empty food boxÉN
or
are wonderful toys in the sand- box.
BOOKS OF RHYMES
By Garry C. Myers, Ph.D. - ' circulate all around the pan. This sant solable coffee does exert preen pepper and chopped order to have good play can creep or walk, he likes to from 10 months to six years prevents steaming the delicate.
ʼn saving of about 20 percent. celery. Add 1 lb. chopped beet
or heavier older. In any home are pull about lighter things. ETUSI.
merly
a string. For the tot from two to six, a #cores of things which make boxes fastened to If you want to anchor a screw, spoons needed into a heated one up of and i to a good toys, especially for There's magle for the child a few short big-bonded nails and pulling on a long string which a hammer and a soft pleca of dip the threads into thimedo Dour in the right amount tap, chill powder according to the child under 3 or 4.
If you want to appeal to moves an object several feet board or log can afford hours of of xupidly. balling freshly taste. Stir in the kidney beans
empty cardbount useful fun. Some use at the bit higher Intellectual interest shellac just before it is inserted
ther into the wood. The treatment drawn water cover, and keep and 1 (No. 2) tin tomatoes,
box with a small hole in hot three minutes to bring out almmer 30 min, prevents rust.
the favour." Nak
I'm not belittling the many away. An
toy m Serve will excellent, edicativa
Che
Savoury Rice: Mait a thep, volved in nearly all of them months
argarine and
For more playthings, buy pools, and the lika mixed up,
And what can have more nose, scissors
maskiniam
slanting mailing tube and at
and
for cutting ple fort them into several pane,
a box of lange
- savoury ...rion "cron · buflared | the market for the praeboot top is an alluring thing throven to recessary, of course, lost the of the young child, put on the After-Dimer. Instant Coffer les vendas Rh child, But the principles In Walch the baby from 8 to 20 Youngster hit the wrong head! floor, several potatoes, apples, For a menu sürprise, beat an irr each 3 përsons to be serval, bacon fat. Add 11⁄21⁄21⁄2 c. raw rice; dy be sopiled in the youngs, be other small object mak922 gume good tools, such as, mub and induce the, youngster (1 egg and seasoning into two cups measure 1 tbsp. instant soluble slow-fry -1 min. stirring con- tee of scrape or simple of hot mashed potatoes. Shape coffee into the pet or collée stantly. Add: 1 tbsp. butter or things commonly employed for. Magde, for him: than 7: putkirke, Kuréin: from old newspapers and Somo anell, wheel: toya ama drawing and added to the child's collec
tion of Inexpensive toys;" and billing of your shout the home arch email things into one and eraroos for water. Cover and simmer unti
Leeing" the, obsets-rumppaat eteogring on the back of wall also twory books and the rice is dry and tender,
Scrape or Wrepping paper books of rhymes. You may be an old able to borrow a great variety about 20:"min. Serve hot.
magazine, the child;,
id;, from tarde of such books
kafam the babija "TRICK OF THE CHEF: "Coffon Vienna Style' very nice," the Chef suggested. Add Hp. oregiko
batsjoon
making still com caena. #mbroidery hoops are ernst whipped cream, on enols wip veniskt for, holling mistariel sa after-dinner coffee, and
keeping, with this
into four, brils": and presa tun jug. Pour in 1 mensuring cup onthes to take cups. Put piece treehly borting water. Cover at cheese into the cups, brush and keep hot min. If poured with melted, fat, sprinkle with at the coffee table, keep ·hot crumbs, and bake in a moderate over a candle-lamp. avon 30 minuter.
Hout
Balley
to Ave will like to paste pic Ibrary
tures ho has cut out or drawn, human ha The paste can be made bi dour, and wafor
Checkers and deals
precious" playthings" da soon 2 she misd