The value of life and charitable institutions : a discourse delivered before the Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, at their semi-annual meeting, June 11th, 1805. ... / By Thomas Gray, minister of the Church of Christ on Jamaica Plain, Roxbury.

  • Gray, Thomas, 1772-1847.
Date:
1805
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Credit: The value of life and charitable institutions : a discourse delivered before the Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, at their semi-annual meeting, June 11th, 1805. ... / By Thomas Gray, minister of the Church of Christ on Jamaica Plain, Roxbury. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    What thou doest—do quickly* Occidit, qul non ser*vat. Convey the person to the nearest convenient house, with his head raised : Strip and dry him as quick as possible; clean the mouth and nostrils from froth and mud. If a child, let him be placed between two persons naked, in a hot bed. If an adult, lay him on a hot blanket or bed, and, in cold weather, near a fire—In warm weather, the air should be freely admitted into the room. The body is next to be gently rubbed with wami woolen cloths sprink- led with spirits, if cti hand, otherwise dry : A heated warm* ing-pan may be now lightly moved over the back, proper¬ ly covered with a blanket—and the body, if of a child, is to be gently shook every few minutes : Whilst these means are using, let a clyster of warm water with as much com¬ mon salt as it will dissolve,' be thrown into the bowels : Bathe the breast with hot rum, and persist in the use of these means for several hours. If no signs of life should then appear, let the body be kept warm several hours long¬ er, with hot bricks, or vessels of hot water, applied to the palrps of the hands, and soles of the feet, and this for a longer or shorter time, as the circumstances of the case may didate. The too customary method of rolling on a barrel, sus¬ pending by the feet, and every other violent mode of agit¬ ation, particularly in removing the body from the water, should be most carefully avoided. To restore breathing—Introduce the pipe of a bellows, (when no apparatus is at hand) into one of the nostrils, the other, and mouth being closed, inflate the lungs, till the breast is a little raised ; the mouth and nostrils must then be let free. ■ Repeat this process till life appear. Eledricity is recommended to be early employed by judicious Praditioners,