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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    animation have been recommended by different writers on the subject. The body should be carried carefully, with the head a little raised, to the most convenient house, placed in a warm bath, in the sun, or at a proper distance from a fire, and rubbed with hot flannels, flower of mustard, or other stimulants : heated bricks wrapped in a cloth, or bottles filled with hot water, should be applied. to the hands and feet. Sinapisms, or a hot- water blister, applied to the region of the heart, would, by the stimulus they occasion, probably be of service *. Pungent salts, pepper, or snuff may be rubbed upon the nose. Breathing- should be imitated by blowing air gently into the lungs, by the mouth of another person, or by means of a pair of bellows, if they can be * To make a hot-water blister, thrust a napkin into a pint cup, 60 as to fill it, leaving a convex surface, rising a little above the top. Let boiling water be poured on the napkin, till it is thoroughly wetted, then hastily invert it, ^nd hold it about a minute to the part intended to be blis- tered. I have several times used this when I have wished to produce a speedy blister, and have found it answer the in- tended purpose.