A list, or short account, of various charitable institutions in Great-Britain, for the benefit of the poor and infirm, &c. : recommended to all benevolent persons.

  • Grimstone, Henry.
Date:
1794
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A list, or short account, of various charitable institutions in Great-Britain, for the benefit of the poor and infirm, &c. : recommended to all benevolent persons. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    '( ) Bitten, they ffiould be rubbed with Snow, previous to their being brought into a warm Room. In Suffoca- tion, occalioned by the Fumes of Sulphur, Charcoal, &c. dafhing the Face and Bread with cold Water has been known to reftore Life. ”%* Publicans and others, who have been deterred from receiving the apparently Dead into their Houfes, or giving immediate Affiftance, under an Apprehenfio’n of legal Puniftiment or Penalties, are now informed, that the Committee have obtained the following Opi- nion of an eminent Special Pleader :—a It is a <c Mifdemeanour by the common Law, and an indict- <c able Offence, to prevent the Coroner from doing his tc Duty, or to obftrucf him in the Execution of it; but tc the meddling with a Body apparently dead, for the tc Purpofe of preferving Life, is not a Tranfgrejfion of the “ Law in either of thefe Refpefits ; nor do I know any iC Statute by which fuch an Act is prohibited/’ All Perfons who immediately admit the Drowned, or otherwife Suffocated, and afford Affiftance in the various Inftances of apparent Death, will be indemnified by the Managers of this Inftitution ; and are informed, that the Charges of Burial, in unfuccefsful Cafes, will be paid by the ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY. THE END.