I'm reasonably certain that most, if not all of the following excerpt is completely inadvisable.
That said, I'll admit to being quite curious about what a licensed physician would think of pouring "french polish" all over the dressing for a severe laceration. –TIM
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Back in the day when hospitals were nonexistent or rare, and doctors were few and far between, that is pretty good advice. Not sure what was in French Polish then, but turpentine or mineral spirits were both used on my cuts when I was little; 1940s and 50s.
10/07/2012 jb
Really like these reprints. They give a great look and feel of the style and technology of the times. ...in particular the details of the craftsmanship. But... the PDF for No 26 here comes up with errors when downloaded and needs to be redone.
Thanks very much for these.
Hey there JB, thank you for the encouragement!
As for the errors, are you saying that there are glitches when you download preventing the pages from displaying in your PDF, or are you saying there are pages that show up but you can't read them? I can certainly help with the latter. The former might require some troubleshooting beyond my ken.
-TIM
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Thanks very much for these.
As for the errors, are you saying that there are glitches when you download preventing the pages from displaying in your PDF, or are you saying there are pages that show up but you can't read them? I can certainly help with the latter. The former might require some troubleshooting beyond my ken.
-TIM