Annual report of the Royal Humane Society for the Recovery of Persons Apparently Dead.

  • Royal Humane Society (London, England)
Date:
1816
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Annual report of the Royal Humane Society for the Recovery of Persons Apparently Dead. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    J- * * » \ ( “1 ) CONTENTS. INTRODUCTION. Pasre Rise and Progress of the Royal Humane Society, with a Tribute to its Co-founders.. 1 SECTION I. Rules and Orders of the Royal Humane Society. 6 SECTION II. Institution of other Humane Societies,................. 10 1. British United Empire...................... ib. 2. --- Foreign Settlements.. 11 3. Foreign.... ib. SECTION III. Directions for the Recovery of Persons apparently Dead, in consequence of Submersion, Suspension, and Suffocation , and for the Prevention of Premature Death .. 12 1. Treatment of the Drowned .. 13 2. Explanation of the Society’s Apparatus... ib. 3. Resuscitative Process . 16 4. Treatment of Persons apparently Dead from Hanging. 24 5. Treatment of Persons Suffocated. ib. 6. Prevention of the dangerous Effects of Noxious Vapours from Wells, Cellars, Fermenting Liquors, &c. 33 SECTION IV. Injurious or hazardous Methods of Treatment in suspended Animation . 38 a. Hanging by the Legs. 38 b. Rolling on the ground, boards, or casks . .. 39 c. Tobacco