A new inquiry into the suspension of vital action, in cases of drowning and suffocation : being an attempt to concentrate into a more luminous point of view, the scattered rays of science, respecting that interesting though mysterious subject : to elucidate the proximate cause, to appretiate the present remedies, and to point out the best method of restoring animation / by A. Fothergill, M.D. F. R. S. member of the Royal College of Physicians, honorary member of the Medical Societies of London, Edinburgh, and Paris; also of the Philosophical Societies of Manchester, Philadelphia, &c.

  • Fothergill, A. (Anthony), 1732?-1813.
Date:
1795
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Credit: A new inquiry into the suspension of vital action, in cases of drowning and suffocation : being an attempt to concentrate into a more luminous point of view, the scattered rays of science, respecting that interesting though mysterious subject : to elucidate the proximate cause, to appretiate the present remedies, and to point out the best method of restoring animation / by A. Fothergill, M.D. F. R. S. member of the Royal College of Physicians, honorary member of the Medical Societies of London, Edinburgh, and Paris; also of the Philosophical Societies of Manchester, Philadelphia, &c. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    epitome with juftice to the original DilTertation.— This, however, I regret the lefs, as I hope the Pub- lic will be favoured with fo intercfting a work on Suspended An im at ion, by the ingenious author, to whom has been adjudged the Prize Medal of the Humane Society. A reward the most honourable in itspower to bellow, and which is as honourably acquired; but I mall not dwell upon a theme, to which, if my abilities were adequate, my feelings of pleafure and joy crowd on too tumultu- oufly, to allow me to give expreffion :—I mail there- fore now declare the decifion of the council of the Medical Society. The Dissertations on the questions having been read, and on a ballot being taken to determine their merits, the Prize Medal offered by the Royal Humane Society was unanimous- ly adjudged to that, which had for its motto, Vita brevis—Ars longa—Occafio praceps—Experientiafal- lax—Judicium difficile ! The sealed packet being opened, it was discovered, that Anthony Fothergill, M. D.—F. R. S. of Bath, - is the author of the /aid diJJ'ertation. You, gentlemen, who have been formed in the fchool of philanthropy, know how to eftimate the enjoyment of friendfhip, and will participate with me in the pleafure of prefenting your medal to one