Rules for Restoring the Apparently Drowned.
■•>- First place the patient face downward for a moment with one of his wrists under bis forehead. Draw out the tongue and keep it forward by tying a strip of handkerchief over the tongue and under the chin. Secondly, place him on his back with head and shoulders raised with a folded coat 5 remove all tight clothing from about the neck and chest. Grasp the patient's arms just above the elbows and draw the aims gently and eteadily upward, until they meet above the head ; keep the arms iv tbat position for two seconds. Then turn the arms down and press them for two seconds against the sides of the chest. Repeat these measures alternately, deliberately, and perseveringly fifteen times iv a minute. Do not tire ; remember there bave been cases of recovery after suspended animation for fivo hours, and you will feel it a glorious reward when you see the dead returned to life through your oxertions. As soon as a spontaneous effort to breathe is perceived, proceed to induce circulation and warmth.
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Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 133, 29 April 1893, Page 4
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181Rules for Restoring the Apparently Drowned. Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 133, 29 April 1893, Page 4
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