An epitome of juridical or forensic medicine ; for the use of medical men, coroners, and barristers / By George Edward Male.

  • Male, George Edward.
Date:
1816
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An epitome of juridical or forensic medicine ; for the use of medical men, coroners, and barristers / By George Edward Male. 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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    esuscitation after the body has been immersed a considerable time. Some, however, who have been only a few minutes under water, cannot be restored even by the immediate application of the proper means. Monsieur d'Egli is said to have reanimated a person w^ho was under water nine hours; there are many incredible stories told on this subject, which I shall not repeat * : the longest period recorded in the Reports of the Humane Society is three quar- ters of an hour. Dr. Halley thinks drowning begins in half a minute; this, however, must depend upon the habits of the person. Those who have been accustomed to dive will remain under water much longer than others ; and the Indian divers employed in the pearl fisheries in the East In- dies are immersed three, four, and in some in- stances even five minutes, without injury f. Different methods of restoring suspended * See Kite's Essay on the Means of recovering drowned Persons. f See PercivaP* History of Ceylon.