The Humane Society of the Whitehaven Dispensary. : President. The Right Honourable James Earl of Lonsdale. ... The presidents and governors of the Whitehaven Dispensary, desirous of extending the aids of that department which administers relief to the unfortunate cases of suspended animation, have procured, from the ingenious and benevolent register of the Royal Humane Society, the latest and highly improved plans of instructions; which are intended for general distribution.
- Humane Society of the Whitehaven Dispensary
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- [1790?]
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Credit: The Humane Society of the Whitehaven Dispensary. : President. The Right Honourable James Earl of Lonsdale. ... The presidents and governors of the Whitehaven Dispensary, desirous of extending the aids of that department which administers relief to the unfortunate cases of suspended animation, have procured, from the ingenious and benevolent register of the Royal Humane Society, the latest and highly improved plans of instructions; which are intended for general distribution. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![The Humane society o* the whiteh * —-—«}><>* VEN DISPENSE 1 Tohn'CMftiw Cunven, Efq. | Anthony Benn, Efq. VThos. Irwin,’ Efq. | Win. Brownrigg, M. D, & F. R.S. J Rev. Wjfoi Hudlefton, | Rev. C. C. Church. President. ^The Right Honourable J les Earl of Lonfdale. Tie PRESIDENTS mi GOVERNORS Hf flu VHlTEIIAVEN DISPENSARY, defirms of extendi,:gWhe AIDS of that Department -which adminiflers Relief to the unfortunate Cafes of SUSPENDED y. HMATION, have procured, from the ingenious and ben^ and highly improved Plans of InJlruSlions; i ich are intended for general di_ ■ dijlribution; efpecially Mikitt Regijlcr of the Royal Humane Society, the lalcjl Mfe fitualicms where Accidents of this Nature may mall proved Plans of InflntSlions probably o'ccur. Theyardently trujl by thefe M ns not only to effeSuatfy prevent the improperUJe of ^-ieUmg, Violent nguavM: ma-aar^juaer Moa, of injurious Treatment; but alfo, as a further A, mlage, to amply dfplay the Meafurcsbejl adapted to gratifM anxious EypeRalions of Humam/y,and happily rcjlot fuch deplorable ObjcRs • ■ - ’ •«'>- -~ i their Emilies and I.* 3 n sfor the RECOVERY of the APPARENTLY DE HD,by Drov M removing the body to >a coa venient place, great cave mul be taken that it be not bruifejl fliaken violently, roughly hand- led, nor carried fhoulders with the h£ad hanging downwards ; not rolled upon the ground, or over a barrel, nor lifted up by the heels; for, experience proves all thefe method! are injurious. On the contrary, it Will be bed •conveyed in tire-arms of two porfons, whilft a ‘I’™ , „ __ : objeft be found al i confiderable difiance from any houfe, it fhoulfc be laid in a cart upon flraw, on one fide, with the head and fhoulders alittle railed ; when thus kept in as natural and eafy a pofition as poffif ’ brilk motion will do no harm. If naked at the ’ time Of the accident,,it mu ft be covered with ■or three coats, a blanket, or any article anfwe •tlie purpofe, that cam be eafily procured. II. The RESTORATION of HEAT being] of the great eft confcquence to the return of LI FE, I thedoaths fhould be immediately flopped off, ■ and the body flill retained in the fame elevated I ■pdftare, laid upon a warm bed in a room that is 1 moderately heated, efpecially in cold and damp weather. In fummer it may lie more properly •expofed to the rays of the fun, with the windows j open and not more than fix people admitted; a \ areater number retarding the ufeful operations. The otfieft is now to be expedieioufly and‘tho- roughly dried, and gently rubbed with coarfe _ warm cloths, or flannels, fprinkled with rum, 1 lbrandy tfin/tfr-flour ctf muftard. Fomentations & of fpirits may be-applied to thepitof the ftomach. with advantage. A warming pan covered v«th g flannel, fhould heligKtly moved up anddownlhe i 'baeki bladders or bottles filled with hot water, heated bricks or tiles, wrapped in flannel, are to he , applied to the foies of the feet,.paling of tbeJianas,^ aiid’othcv parts 6f theliotly. -11 Til. If the perfon has been taken out of the j) Water in frofty weather, efpecially if it has been ijl afterwards long expofed to the air, the heat, at ;; firft,ought:to be applied in a -Very low degree : and if itTeels intchfefy bold, and nearly m a con- ,11 dition with tlipfe that are frozen, fritlions, with : friow or'cold applications, arc indifpenfabiy lie- | ceflary; heat in luch cafes being highly perni- cious. It muit, however, in a little time, be gradually employed. IV, Updn tile whole, great cave itnd nicety fhould he obfervei 'in the application of heat; which, on every emergency, ought to bepropor-| tioned to the powers of life ; for if this circurn- ] fiance is hot attepded.ro, it may more probably ; d.lliov than iccovrr the p.tlr.rt. V. ftESFtRATION will be greatly pro- moted, by clofing tlie ftiouth and one no .‘‘h whilfl with a roll of ftrdng paper, a wooden P'Pjj., or that of a bellows, you blow into the other witty moderate, yet fuflicient force* to inflate tiielungjjl Another perfon fhould then gently prels m| projefting part of the wind-pipe backwards, ml order to prevent the air getting into the ftomach^ When the lungs arefilled,theperfonmuft removes | his hand from, the ‘fnejuth and nofe> and prefs the belly and cheft fo as to le^ the air pafs out. The lungs having thus emptied thenifelves, the opera* ation is to be repeated in the faitie manner, as far as poflible to imifitfe natural breathing. If thefe endeavours pi'ove Frhitlcfs it may be rieceflaH with a view to remove any interruption at tne opening of the wind-pipe, to pull the tongue for- wards, before another attempt is nfadfe to inflate 'tJVe 1 tings. This moft reprative expedmt fhould be inftantly employed. When thepulfe can be feltj or any other token of returning animation is perceived, the inflation might be gradually leffened, and in a little time totally laid afide. VI. the BOWELS Are birty to be inflated with the fumes of tobacco,, by means of the proper inftrument, or a common pipe, and repeated three or four times within the firfl hour j but, if cir- ciimftaricefc prevent the life of tlii$ vapour, thbii CLYSTERS of thifc herb, or other acrid infufu with fait, may be aclvantagediifly tii^ftUute45y One take hbld of the legs and annsj particularly of boyS] And fliake their bodies for five Or fix minutes! liary to the other means ot recovery; of the afliftants fhould therefon and and fliake i This may be frequently repeated. When the K body is wiped perfectly dry, it fliould be placed B* in bed between two healthy perfons, and the1 ■ friftioh chiefly dire&ed in this cafe to the left ■ fide, where it will be moft likely to excite the mo- If tion of the heart. ! VIII. When -thefe methods have been cm- ployed for an hour-, if any brew houfe, bake houfe, H or elafs houfe be near, where waiVn grains, allies, B 1 —1 ^^^-’dbe M ieof 1 min lees. See. procured, the body fliould be placed in any of thefe, moderated to a degree very little exceeding that -of a perfoi health. If the warm bath can poftibly be obtain- ed, it ought to be admitted in conjunftion with the earlieft modes of treatment. To children, this Iffi •laft expedient is moft conveniently and bene- M ficially applicable. ; j IX. ELECTRICITY, the moft powerful of 1 all ftimulants, fhould be very foon employed, as it would promote the efficacy of the other means D of recovery on the fyftemt t Shocks,, therefore, m may be tratifitlitted through the heart, the head, * * | and fpinal marrow, but they ought neither to be fo gentle as to produce no -elFett, nor lo violent m astodomifehiet i X. If fighing, gafping, convutfioiis, or other f figns of returning life, appear, a tea-fpoonful or I two of warm water may be put into the mouth-; and if the power of fwallowing is returned, alittle | warm wine, brandy and water, diluted -aether, or a fpirit of hartfliorn, may be ufefally given. When g this gradual approach towards recovery is obfer-2| 0| ved, and breathing Riid fenfibility Teftored,, let the , ^ perfon be put into a’warm bed, and if difpofed to 3 I fleep, as is generally the cafe, give no diftufbancea and he will awake, after a fhort time, almost per- . | feftly recovered. A The above methods are to be’ufed with vigour for three or four hours; for it is a vulgar and- [| dangerous epiuion to fuppofe perfons are irre— A coverable becaufe life docs not loon make its ap- T peavadee : an. •OWTn'lon that has coh/ighcd an Inf-. 1 men're number of the Jecmingly dead, to the graVe, \ who might have been RESTORED TO LIFE 1 by refolulion ahd perjcvcrance. Y The followiiigCAUTI An and INJUNCTION g ! . . are eani^flly.recommended. > ^ . BLEEDING (iVlliciI ■ IS NOT TO BE I USED PROFUSELY). OUGHT NEVER TO 1 BE EMPLdYED.IN.SUCII CASES,UNLESS BY THE DIRECTION OF SOME RESPECTf, jL i ABLE GENTLEMAN OF THE FACULTY. X | On the firfl alarm of any perfonheing droiy'n- | cdjor accidentally fuffocated, let hot water,four of M- mufard, warm llaiil&ls, hot fannels, bottles filed with hot water, ah heated warming pan);.afair of ’bellows, brandy, hartfhoyn drops, and fnelcllrjfyind machine be inftantly procured, Thefe, articles;; being in readiii'cfs. and immediately employed, j may be productive of reftpring many ufeful and valuable lives. -The common people' wihvifrm ■ reftore life by purfuing the plans noiv recoinbj mended i hut if Gentleihetr of the Faculty can; be obtaincc!, their attendance'ought to be requeft;- ; ed ; as their (kill will lead them tojudicioufly vary the methods of treatment; and, in a variety of; accidents, many.marc lives will be reftored to tlie • community; and to their families; j* The above means of reftoration have proved efficacious in APPARENT SUDDEN DEATH from hanging, fuffocation by damps', noxious vapours, whether proceeding from coal mines, the confined air pf wells, ff erns', eaves, or the inujl offermenting liquors. Alfo in cafes ofl the apparently Dead, ing ciiara&criflic of 5, pe id a recaneraile , there can.rid doubt nd pofltlvely dead;” various Kinds of Suffocation. apoplexy, 'conimlfioils, intenfe cold, the tremendous ftroke of lightning, and intoxication. In the lat- ter, the action of the ftomach might perhaps be powerfully excited by the external application of tobacco leaves moiftened in warm water, when no internal remedy could be poffibly exhibited. —When perfons are FROST BITTEN, they •fhould be rubbed with Snow,' previous to their being brought into a warm room. In SUFFO- CATION, occafioned by the fumes of charcoal, ffilphm; burning, quid-lime, and of metals during • .their calcination, it will be requifite to remove ’tile body into the open air, immediately inflate the lungs (which„as the belt, fhould in all cafes be the firfl REMEDY) and fprihklc the face and bread with -cold -water. . V INSTRUCTIONS for RECOVERING CHILDREN Who have been accidentally SMOTHERED, and filch as are STILL-BORN. I. When children are accidentally S M O-- T H E R E D in bed, the moft xffea-ual means of recovery confifts in blowing air i and if the body be to to a current of-cool air; throwing, t able force, cold water on various parts of the body, .rubbing the fkin gently, and in fupporting a moderate degree of heat. II. In STILL-BORN children, who come ;n- to the world in otherrefpeashealthy, great hopes of recovery may be expefted from inflating the .lungs, by blowing air through a qmll, or any final] pipe, infevted into the mouth; keeping up at the fame time the temperature of the body by moderate warmth, and,by rubbing the fkin gently with the fofteftcloths, or with awarrn hand; but, if life fliould not return, in this as the former cafe, ths various means of RESUSCITATION arc to be employed for fevera! hours. CAUTIONS A»Sftlft the DA’N-CEROUS CliftonJ of tOO SASTILlf O u f perfons fuppofed ! 5 be dead'. onvulftons', fevers, and other iifcdfts, patient! lie in a Rate exaffly rcfemblmg death.; ore, inftead of expof.ng the body to ; the bed-clothes (houla riot ben cold, ved for fevSral hours; hartfhofn might be applied to ®e; nof- trils, and the temples frequently rubbed with the fame, or any otlier kind of volatile fpirits; Bot- tles, filled with hot water; areneceffary to the feet, &c; ±Iie body fhould be- well,rubbed with wAl-m flannels, and the breaft fomented with hot bfandy.-1—If breathirig;is not reftorod by thefe means, the lunjrs fhould be inflated. * : eligible MODES s may the perfon be faid I ftate ; but when (hat effeft has ccal'cc remain of tlie party being abfolutcly ; Marj-porti« Royal Ilutr Royal pro*- Pli( .. machint lately ir plifh t efpedally requifite, >o\v amply furnifi nftrumetits qualified to facilitate and a tivb endoivdurs o'1 1 ppllcd perfc^ly applicable to tli*c ufeful purpofes jnfpiration, and expiration, inflating the lung noflriis, and glottis. [N.B. The raachihe mi Difpcnfaly in Whitehaven, the Affing Si Difpenfitry in Cockermouth; and at Mr. Bar nfrdrc tIicr-fitrdTes-'of-perroDS' - -futfering a,ftate of interrupted animation; or uU low the requifitb means of recovery till the coro- ner’s inqueft had beeti.lield. The Huma-ne 'Society', feduloufly.attentive to this important fubjeS, have obtained the decifive opinion of an; eminent l'pecial pleader refpeaing it; which po- sitively attefts the legality of previoufly removing ruefi appareritlV.dead body; for tlie purpofe of benevolently arid afliduoufly executing any mc'aL fure dbvioiifly calculated to reftbre or preferve life. Any publican, or other, perfon, refidmg withill the limits of the Dilpenlary.whp will rea- dily admit the body into Mi hpufe, and furUSlh the rieceflary accommedations, ffiall be adequately rewarded, and the unavoidable expcnces irt mr- fuccefsful cafes paid by the direftors of this charity DOCTOR HAWES, the celebrated REGISTER of the ROYAL HUMANE SO- CIETY, very jttdiciouflyrecommends, under the direftion of any prudent perfoh, the immediate aftive execution of the means requifite for the recovery Of the DROWNED or otherwife SUF- FOCATED ; as a few moments mifapphed, or neglefled, generally produce effeas, which (un- happily) are irretrievable. [j, WARE and SON, Frint WHlTEHAVi*],](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22043147_0003.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
