An inquiry into the phenomena attending death by drowning and the means of promoting resuscitation in the apparently drowned : report of a committee appointed by the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society.

  • Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London.
Date:
1904
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Credit: An inquiry into the phenomena attending death by drowning and the means of promoting resuscitation in the apparently drowned : report of a committee appointed by the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    AN INQUIRY INTO THE PHENOMENA ATTENDING DEATH BY DROWNING AND THE MEANS OF PROMOTING RESUSCITATION IN THE APPARENTLY DROWNED Report of a Committee appointed by the Society, drawn up by Professor Schafer, Chairman of the Committee 1 Read May 26th, 1903 It became clear in considering’ the manner in which the question which was placed before the Committee might best be solved, that it would be necessary for the inquiry to be pursued along two different lines—the one having for its object the determination of the most efficient and most convenient mode or modes of carrying on artificial respira- tion in the human subject; and the other, the investigation of the physiological phenomena (in connection especially with respiration and the vascular system) which attend asphyxia produced by the introduction of water in place 1 The other members of the Committee who have taken an active part in the investigation, and concur in this report, are Mr. Pickering Pick. F.R.C.S., and Mr. Henry Power, F.R.C.S.