For a slight cut there is nothing better to control the hemorrhage
than common unglazed brown wrapping paper, such as is used by
marketmen and grocers; a piece to be bound over the wound. A handful
of flour bound on the cut. Cobwebs and brown sugar, pressed on like
lint. When the blood ceases to flow, apply arnica or laudanum.
When an artery is cut the red blood spurts out at each pulsation.
Press the thumb firmly over the artery near the wound, and on the side
toward the heart. Press hard enough to stop the bleeding, and wait
till a physician comes. The wounded person is often able to do this
himself, if he has the requisite knowledge.