FIRST AID TO THE DROWNED.
1. Go through his pockets. 2. If there are any trees roundliang die subject up by the legs to let the water run out, If you are in the city use the lamp-post. 3. If the subject be a small man pummel him with your fists fo start tlm circulation, If he be a huge man give him a shock with a galvanic battery, j 4. Endeavor to start respiration by blowing in his nostrils with. a pair of bellows. If you can't get a: pair take one. 5. Pour down his throat a mixture ot'4'76 brandy, 2-20 ipecac, 1-07 paregoric, 1-00 ammonia, -88 Winslow soothing syrup. Be very careful to get the exact proportions, G. If the above remedies produce no effects, as a last hope sing " Wait till the Clouds Bull By'* to him, or read him a funny article from Punch, If he then shows no signs of writhing lot liiin be. He was horn to he drowned. 7. Go through his pockets again.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1605, 9 February 1884, Page 4
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172FIRST AID TO THE DROWNED. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1605, 9 February 1884, Page 4
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