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  • Resuscitation apparatus: mahogany chest
  • Royal Humane Society Resuscitation apparatus.
  • Resuscitation techniques for somebody who was drowning.
  • A body covered with a blanket lying on a heated bath for the purpose of resuscitation. Etching, 1790.
  • Saint Amadio degli Amidei and the miracle of the resuscitation of the drowned boy. Engraving after B. Poccetti.
  • 'Dr. Howard's method of treating the apparently drowned'; demonstration of the method of resuscitation used by Dr. Howard of New York.
  • A man and a boy with bare torso in a rowing boat grounded on a beach: the man is demonstrating artificial resuscitation on the boy. Photograph.
  • 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.
  • Elisha resuscitating a boy by artificial respiration
  • Elijah prays to resuscitate the widow's son (?). Etching.
  • Saint Bonaventure resuscitates a dead child. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after F.G. Gessi.
  • Elijah prays to resuscitate the widow's son. Line engraving by C. Heath, 1821, after R. Westall.
  • Three vignettes: a man rescued from beneath the ice in Hyde Park, a man, apparently drowned, being brought in by boat, a man resuscitated and recovering in bed. Wood engraving, 1821, after R. Smirke.
  • Three vignettes: a man rescued from beneath the ice in Hyde Park, a man, apparently drowned, being brought in by boat, a man resuscitated and recovering in bed. Wood engraving, 1821, after R. Smirke.
  • (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.
  • Important recommendations to rescuers / Royal Life Saving Society.
  • Important recommendations to rescuers / Royal Life Saving Society.
  • Christ raising the widow's son. Stipple engraving by J. Godby after R. Smirke, 1808.
  • 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.
  • The apparent revival of a dead man by galvanism. Drawing attributed to G.M. Woodward.
  • A man being brought in by boat apparently drowned, his wife and family grieve on the shore. Watercolour by R. Smirke.
  • An essay on the recovery of the apparently dead / By Charles Kite ... Being the essay to which the Humane Society's Medal was adjudged. To which is prefixed, Dr. Lettsom's address on the delivery of the Medal.
  • An essay on the recovery of the apparently dead / By Charles Kite ... Being the essay to which the Humane Society's Medal was adjudged. To which is prefixed, Dr. Lettsom's address on the delivery of the Medal.
  • An essay on the recovery of the apparently dead / By Charles Kite ... Being the essay to which the Humane Society's Medal was adjudged. To which is prefixed, Dr. Lettsom's address on the delivery of the Medal.
  • An essay on the recovery of the apparently dead / By Charles Kite ... Being the essay to which the Humane Society's Medal was adjudged. To which is prefixed, Dr. Lettsom's address on the delivery of the Medal.
  • An essay on the recovery of the apparently dead / By Charles Kite ... Being the essay to which the Humane Society's Medal was adjudged. To which is prefixed, Dr. Lettsom's address on the delivery of the Medal.