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  • A physical dissertation on drowning: in which submersion, commonly call'd drowning, is shewn to be a long time consistent with the continuance of life ... To which is subjoined, the proper measures for recovery and relief ... With an appendix, containing some methods for the recovery of those who hang themselves, and of children supposed to be born dead / By a physician [i.e. Rowland Jackson].
  • A dissertation on suspended respiration, from drowning, hanging, and suffocation: : in which is recommended a different mode of treatment to any hitherto pointed out. / By Edward Coleman, surgeon.
  • A dissertation on suspended respiration, from drowning, hanging, and suffocation: : in which is recommended a different mode of treatment to any hitherto pointed out. / By Edward Coleman, surgeon.
  • A man in a scottish hunting outfit attempts to peer over a fence unable to see that his companion is drowning in the lake behind the fence. Coloured lithograph.
  • A man recuperating in bed at a receiving-house of the Royal Humane Society, after resuscitation by W. Hawes and J.C. Lettsom from near drowning. Watercolour by R. Smirke.
  • A man recuperating in bed at a receiving-house of the Royal Humane Society, after resuscitation by W. Hawes and J.C. Lettsom from near drowning. Engraving by R. Pollard, 1787, after R. Smirke.
  • A man recuperating in bed at a receiving-house of the Royal Humane Society, after resuscitation by W. Hawes and J.C. Lettsom from near drowning. Engraving by R. Pollard, 1787, after R. Smirke.
  • A man recuperating in bed at a receiving-house of the Royal Humane Society, after resuscitation by W. Hawes and J.C. Lettsom from near drowning. Engraving by R. Pollard, 1787, after R. Smirke.
  • A huge angel stands atop Noah's ark, its back turned towards the entwined mass of drowning creatures; people pray and one holds her baby aloft; serpents tussle among the dying. Etching by L. Friedrich after W. Kaulbach.
  • A personified penis throwing a lifebelt in the form of a condom to a drowning penis, to illustrate the use of condoms as a protection against unplanned pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases including AIDS. Colour lithograph, 1994.
  • Observations on apparent death from drowning, hanging, suffocation, etc, &c. and an account of the means to be employed for recovery. To which are added the treatment proper in cases of poison, with cautions and suggestions respecting various circumstances of sudden danger / [James Curry].
  • Observations on apparent death from drowning, hanging, suffocation, etc, &c. and an account of the means to be employed for recovery. To which are added the treatment proper in cases of poison, with cautions and suggestions respecting various circumstances of sudden danger / [James Curry].
  • Observations on apparent death from drowning, hanging, suffocation, etc, &c. and an account of the means to be employed for recovery. To which are added the treatment proper in cases of poison, with cautions and suggestions respecting various circumstances of sudden danger / [James Curry].
  • Observations on apparent death from drowning, hanging, suffocation, etc, &c. and an account of the means to be employed for recovery. To which are added the treatment proper in cases of poison, with cautions and suggestions respecting various circumstances of sudden danger / [James Curry].
  • Observations on apparent death from drowning, hanging, suffocation, etc, &c. and an account of the means to be employed for recovery. To which are added the treatment proper in cases of poison, with cautions and suggestions respecting various circumstances of sudden danger / [James Curry].
  • Observations on apparent death from drowning, hanging, suffocation, etc, &c. and an account of the means to be employed for recovery. To which are added the treatment proper in cases of poison, with cautions and suggestions respecting various circumstances of sudden danger / [James Curry].
  • Observations on apparent death from drowning, hanging, suffocation, etc, &c. and an account of the means to be employed for recovery. To which are added the treatment proper in cases of poison, with cautions and suggestions respecting various circumstances of sudden danger / [James Curry].
  • The physiology, pathology, and treatment of asphyxia: including suspended animation in new-born children - and from drowning - hanging - wounds of the chest - mechanical obstructions of the air-passages - respiration of gases - death from cold, &c. &c. / by James Phillips Kay.
  • Instrument for those drowned, 19th century
  • Japenese MS 2: how to revive a drowned man
  • The Egyptians are drowned as Moses parts the waves. Engraving after H. Wierix.
  • (left) A man who has hanged himself, (right) a man who has drowned being reuscitated. A manuscript with details describing techniques to resuscitating people who have drowned, hung themeselves, collapsed or lost consciousness.
  • The burial of those who drowned in a river on the Scilly Isles. Wood engraving.
  • Saint Felicula tied to a pole and burnt, and later being drowned. Etching by A. Tempesta, 15--.
  • Saint Amadio degli Amidei and the miracle of the resuscitation of the drowned boy. Engraving after B. Poccetti.
  • Bill Sikes attempting to drown his dog in a pond near Hatfield, Herts. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1838.
  • A man being brought in by boat apparently drowned, his wife and family grieve on the shore. Watercolour by R. Smirke.
  • 'Dr. Howard's method of treating the apparently drowned'; demonstration of the method of resuscitation used by Dr. Howard of New York.
  • A man being brought in by boat apparently drowned, his wife and family grieve on the shore. Engraving by R. Pollard, 1787, after R. Smirke.
  • A man being brought in by boat apparently drowned, his wife and family grieve on the shore. Engraving by R. Pollard, 1787, after R. Smirke.