Plan and reports of the Society, etc.

  • Royal Humane Society (London, England)
Date:
[1774]
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    [ 3* J ftanders * the child was fupported in an horizontal pofture, with its head a little elevated. Then I began the recovery, by comprefiing with my hands the abdomen, fo as to force the vifcera towards the diaphragm* that the lungs might receive fome preffure, and expel the ftagnated air in their veffels ; as it is generally allowed, that people who die by fubmerfion, die in infpiration. By continuing this preffure a fhort time, and making a ftrong friCtion with warm cloths upon the abdomen, thorax and extremities (by the help of a proper affiftant who was at hand) the child foon Ihewed fome figns of life by little gafpings. I alfo evidently felt a pulfation from the heart. As foon as fbe was ca¬ pable, of fwallowing, I got down acetum fcilliticum \fs< in order to ftimulate nature by puking, which had the defired effeCt, and flie foon recovered. The coldnefs of the limbs prevented my ufing the lancet, and I believe it was a full hour before the pulli at the wrift could be perceived. 1 am> Sir, your obedient humble Servant, T. CLOWES, CASE IX. B We (hall take the liberty of inferting, in this col¬ lection, the following inftance of the furprifing ef¬ fects of electricity, communicated to the Rev. Mr. SvwdQ&> and Mr. Hawes, apothecary, in the Strand, by Mr. Squires, of War dour -Jlreet, Soho. For al¬ though we are obliged at prefent to confine our re¬ wards to cafes of drowned perfons, yet one part of our defign is to manifelt the poffbility of recovery in every inftance of fudden death, where the vital powers