A physical dissertation on drowning: : in which submersion, commonly call'd drowning, is shewn to be a long time consistent with the continuance of life, ... To which is subjoined, the proper measures for recovery and relief; ... With an appendix, containing some methods for the recovery of those who hang themselves, and of children supposed to be born dead. / By a physician.

  • Jackson, Rowland, 1720-1784.
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MDCCXLVII. [1747]
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A physical dissertation on drowning: : in which submersion, commonly call'd drowning, is shewn to be a long time consistent with the continuance of life, ... To which is subjoined, the proper measures for recovery and relief; ... With an appendix, containing some methods for the recovery of those who hang themselves, and of children supposed to be born dead. / By a physician. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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London : Printed for Jacob Robinson, at the Golden-Lion in Ludgate-Street, MDCCXLVII. [1747]

Physical description

4 unnumbered pages, 80 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations (engr.) ; 8vo.

Edition

The second edition.

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ESTC T74955

Notes

Engraved plate of apparatus for resuscitating a drowning victim.
Copy 2. Imperfect: Lacking half title.
Copy 3. Gift of Royal Humane Society. Bound with: Kerr, G. Medical sketches. 1818. ; Orfila, M.P. Directions for the treatment of persons who have taken poison. 1820. ; Wilks, S.G. The life preserving manual. 1820. ; Leigh, J. Directions for insuring personal safety during storms of thunder and lightning. 1835. Imperfect: Lacking half title.
Copy 4 Note: Lacks half-title.

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