The physiological method of inducing respiration in cases of drowning, stillbirth, suffocation from chloroform, etc. etc / by Henry R. Silvester.

  • Silvester, Henry R. (Henry Robert), 1828-1908.
Date:
1862
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The physiological method of inducing respiration in cases of drowning, stillbirth, suffocation from chloroform, etc. etc / by Henry R. Silvester. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    DIRECTIONS FOR TREATING THE ASPHYXIATED AT THE RECEIVING HOUSE, HYDE PARK. Wipe the mouth and nostrils directly the body is taken from the water. Use Dr. Silvester’s Method; at the same time let the body be taken as quickly as possible to the Receiving House, and placed in the warm bath up to the neck. Raise the body in twenty seconds from the bath, and dash cold water against the chest and face. Pass ammonia under the nose; use again Dr. Silvester’s Method, and, if it fail, the Inflating Apparatus. Remove the body from the bath and rub the surface with dry, hot towels, perseveringly continuing the other treatment.