{"product_id":"1909-first-aid-for-emergencies-inadvertently-amusing-content","title":"1909 First Aid for Emergencies, Inadvertently Amusing Content","description":"\u003cp\u003eGulick, Charlotte Vetter. \u003cstrong\u003eBook Two: Emergencies.\u003c\/strong\u003e Boston \u0026amp;c.: Ginn \u0026amp; Company, (1909). [12440]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGreen cloth, decorated, worn with frayed ends and corner tips, 7 1\/2 x 5 1\/2 inches. xiv, 173 pp. with many illustrations from photographs, some smudges and thin edge stains.  Fair. Hardcover.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA most interesting and sometimes inadvertently amusing book of warnings and instructions about accidents and health, intended for the young student. This covers a wide variety of topics, from firearms and punctures, to playing in the streets and streetcars.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome examples:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Carrie W., a nine-year-old school girl, was seriously injured by playing with some revolver cartridges. She struck one with a stone, and the exploded cartridge blew off three fingers of her left hand.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"As you see, more of the accidents were due to trolley cars than to anything else. No motorman or fireman or chauffeur wants to run over a boy or a girl. From the way some people blame motormen, it almost seems as if they thought that the motormen like to run over children.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Many accidents occur, especially to women and girls, in getting on and off street cars. Women do not seem to learn as readily as men the right way to do this.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I know a man who one had a small pimple on the back of his neck, and he kept picking at it until it became infected; then a terrible carbuncle developed. He had to go to a hospital, and the doctors said that without the best of care, he would have died from blood poisoning.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"A woman in France once had the hiccoughs for four days. She was asked to show her tongue, and it was noticed that the hiccoughs immediately stopped.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChapters on many different injuries and dangers, including Playing the Streets, Alcohol a Poison, Dog Bites, Artificial Respiration, Accidents from Electricity, Fourth of July Accidents, and What Makes a Hero.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMemorize this book and you can save the day!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Haaswurth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45231627305026,"sku":"ABE12440","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0191\/6066\/2082\/files\/DSC08515BackgroundRemoved.png?v=1789676311","url":"https:\/\/www.haaswurth.com\/products\/1909-first-aid-for-emergencies-inadvertently-amusing-content","provider":"Haaswurth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}