Life-preserving manual, : comprising all the means most proper to be instantly adopted, ... with instructions and cautions calculated to prevent the occurrence of the most frequent and fatal accidents. / By S.G. Wilks, M.D.

  • Wilks, S. G.
Date:
1820
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Life-preserving manual, : comprising all the means most proper to be instantly adopted, ... with instructions and cautions calculated to prevent the occurrence of the most frequent and fatal accidents. / By S.G. Wilks, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Being himself a member of the medical profession, it is far from his intention to su- persede any application for medical assistance ; on the contrary, he begs leave earnestly to recommend, that, 2 every case of serious ac- cident, or sudden illness, the nearest, «or most approved, medical practitioner should be imme- diately sent for; and that the best account which can be collected, relative to the case in which his assistance is required, be transmitted at the same time for his nformation*. Unhap- pily, however, in most cases to which this * Although the necessity of sending full and correct information to the medical gentleman, whose assistance is ‘required, may be deemed self-evident, numerous instances have occurred within the author’s knowledge, where this important duty has been overlooked, and fatal consequences have ensued. One may suffice as an example and caution. A gentleman, who had the misfortune to be con-