If there is not much bleeding there will not be very much to do. It is well to have a little carbolic acid in the water with which it is washed. The bleeding will soon cease if only small vessels are divided. If there is any extraneous matter on the surface of the wound it must be removed. Then put the surface of the lips of the cuts together, and take measures to keep them in this state till they have become firmly healed. If sutures are necessary take one or more stitches. The most common method of keeping the surface of divided parts in contact is by strips of adhesive plaster. Apply them after having put the wounded parts in a position favorable for bringing the edges of the wound together, then while one holds the lips of the wound evenly together secure them in this position by strips of adhesive plaster applied across the line of the wound. Leave a little interspace between each two strips of plaster. It is not best to bind it up so that there is no passage or exit for blood. But slight wounds may become serious if some poison or virus gets into it; you may need to put on lint or a compress over the strips of plaster and then a roller or bandage. But some incised wounds instead of being immediately dressed and bound up, demand that immediate attention should be paid to the hemorrhage. We may usually know whether the bleeding is arterial, venous or capillary. If the wound is open, blood from an _artery_ will _spurt out in jets_ and is of a bright red color. Unless the artery is very small a surgeon will be needed, but you may be required to act very promptly to suppress for a time a dangerous flow of blood. If a large artery is cut or punctured the hemorrhage may be fatal in a short time. The application of heat or cold, and the elevation of the part injured, may suffice in slight cases, but in these severe cases other means are necessary. First endeavor to arrest the rapid flow of blood by pressure upon the wounded artery with your thumb. Then if the wound is in a limb let some one tie a handkerchief loosely around the limb, and if you know the course of the artery have the knot directly over it and between the heart and the wound. Then put a stick in under and twist the handkerchief so that it is tight enough to compress the artery. The hemorrhage can thus be checked until the surgeon arrives. If the wound is over a bone in the head or body, the bleeding may probably be checked by binding on a hard compress where the artery is cut, thus making direct pressure upon it. A ligature upon a limb ought not to remain very tight more than an hour. If the hemorrhage is from a leg below the knee it may be checked by putting a firm roll of cotton in the flexed joint, and pressing the lower part of the leg against the thigh; this will compress the artery.