The ship captain's medical guide / compiled by Harry Leach.

  • Leach, Harry.
Date:
1874
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Credit: The ship captain's medical guide / compiled by Harry Leach. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    FAINTING. This may occur from loss of blood, from fatigue, or from excessive weakness produced by any exhaust- ing disease. Treatment.—The patient must be laid down, with his head as low as the rest of the body. Give him plenty of air, and sprinkle cold water smartly over his face and chest. D 2