The connexion of life with respiration; or, an experimental inquiry into the effects of submersion, strangulation, and several kinds of noxious airs, on living animals: with an account of the nature of the disease they produce; its distinction from death itself; and the most effectual means of cure / By Edmund Goodwyn.

  • Goodwyn, Edmund, 1756-1829.
Date:
1788
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Credit: The connexion of life with respiration; or, an experimental inquiry into the effects of submersion, strangulation, and several kinds of noxious airs, on living animals: with an account of the nature of the disease they produce; its distinction from death itself; and the most effectual means of cure / By Edmund Goodwyn. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    It follows, therefore, that the water which enters into the lungs of animals in drowning, is not the caufe of the changes that take place in the body. From thefe experiments we draw the following conclufions: i°, A fmall quantity of water commonly palfes into the lungs in drowning. 2°, The water enters into the lungs du«* ring the efforts to infpire, and, mixing with the pulmonary mucus, occafions the frothy appearance mentioned by authors. 3°, The whole of this fluid in the lungs is not fufficient to produce the changes that take place in drowning. And hence it follows, 'That the water produces all the changes that take place in drowning, indirectly, by excluding the at mo- fpberic air from the lungs. To