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American Red Cross text-book on first aid |  | Author: Charles Lynch
Publisher: General Books LLC
Category: Book
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ISBN: 1459029216
EAN: 9781459029217
ASIN: 1459029216
Publication Date: August 5, 2009
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER IV INJURIES IN WHICH THE SKIN IS PIERCED OR BROKEN: WOUNDS Injuries in which the skin is pierced or broken are called wounds. As will be seen, such injuries have certain dangers that other injuries are free from. In order to understand them it is necessary for the first-aid student to know of the protection afforded the body by the skin, and of the action of certain germs on the body. The Skin Of course, everybody knows what the skin is. It is the covering of the entire body. The skin is made up of different layers. The outside horny layer protects the body from the entrance of pus germs which are the very small parasites which cause inflammation, matter or pus and blood poisoning. Remember that these pus germs always come from outside the body and if the skin is unbroken they cannot enter it. In consequence any injury in which there is a break in the skin is liable to the additional, and perhaps very great danger due to pus germs. The Germs The action of pus germs on the body is very important. The wonderful operations which modern surgeons are able to perform are entirely due to their knowledge of how to protect the body from these germs. With an injury of the body from a mechanical or chemical cause the effect of the injury appears at once. With germs this is different, however. Everything looks all right at first and the DESCRIPTION OF PLATE XV I. NORMAL SECTION OF SKIN. (Magnified.) Note the upper horny layer. This protects the body from the entrance of pus germs which are the very small parasites which cause inflammation, matter or pus or blood poisoning. 2. WOUND CAUSED BY A SHARP INSTRUMENT. In a wound caused by a sharp instrument, while the protection of the skin is lost, comparatively few germs are carried into the wound. Mo...
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