They are not dead : Restoration by the "heat method," of those drowned, or otherwise suffocated / by T.S. Lambert.

  • Lambert, T. S. (Thomas Scott), 1819-1897.
Date:
1879
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Credit: They are not dead : Restoration by the "heat method," of those drowned, or otherwise suffocated / by T.S. Lambert. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    are as likely to fall into tlie water as the hearty, perhaps more so, and will be certainly more apt to drown. Such will not only be more apt to be frightened, but the fright will be much more likely to be fatal. Yet again, in many such cases, restoration will only require more time. The syncope of mere fright will not usually be fatal if time enough is used in restoration. But as, in the absence of evident de- structive injury, it is impossible to say, before the signs of death appear, who is and who is not restorable, the drown- ed must always have the benefit of the doubt, and perse- vering efforts must be made for his restoration. THE THEEE RULES. The first rule is to produce and to maintain proper tem- peratures in the body ; if a part is too warm, cool it ; if too cool, warm it. The second rule is to try, after producing projDcr temper- atures, not before, to induce circulation and the heart's ac- tion. The third rule is to try and excite breathing. These three rules include all that can be done toward re- storing suspended animation, no matter from what cause or in what way it has been brought about. How shall these three things be done, is the sole ques- tion. It has evidently been ordained in the structure of man, that as all sorts and conditions of men are subject, beyond their control, to contingencies and their consequences, pro- ducing suspended animation, so all sorts and conditions of men should be, and are, able to understand and to control the means necessary for the restoration of animation. In- deed, ingenuity, tact, and common sense are, as a rule, much more important in these cases than professional knowl- edge. Only occasionally will it be essential, yet it should