. Biennial report of the Board of Health of the State of Delaware. is naked, thrust your fingers into the armpits, clasping thethumbs over the points of the shoulders, and raise the chest ashigh as you can, without lifting the forehead from the ground,and hold it long enough to slowly count one-two-three. Rule 5.—Replace the patient on ground, with his foreheadresting on his arm. or on anything to support it from the ground;straighten out the neck, and free the mouth and nose: thenplace your elbows against your knees, and your hands upon thesides of his chest over the lower ribs, and press dow
. Biennial report of the Board of Health of the State of Delaware. is naked, thrust your fingers into the armpits, clasping thethumbs over the points of the shoulders, and raise the chest ashigh as you can, without lifting the forehead from the ground,and hold it long enough to slowly count one-two-three. Rule 5.—Replace the patient on ground, with his foreheadresting on his arm. or on anything to support it from the ground;straighten out the neck, and free the mouth and nose: thenplace your elbows against your knees, and your hands upon thesides of his chest over the lower ribs, and press downward andinward with increasing force, long enough to count slowly one,two. Then suddenly let go, grasp the shoulders as before, andraise the chest; then press upon the ribe as lief ore: again raisethe chest and repeat these alternate movements in the same 60 Order ten 01 fifteen times a minute for an hour at least; unlessbreathing is restored Rule 6.—After breathing has commenced (or before if con-venient), cover the body with warm blankets—to restore theanimal heat—also, use bottles of hot water or hot bricks tothe extremities. Warm the head nearly as fast as the body, lestconvulsions come on. Rubbing and slapping the fleshy partsassist in restoring heat. Rule 7.—When the patient can readily swallow, givesparingly hot coffee, tea, milk, or a little spirits and water. Ifthe power of swallowing return very slowly, two tablespoonsfulof spirits in two or three tablespoonsful of warm water may beinjected into the bowels and held there by pressure. Rule 8.—As soon as strength will permit, place the patientin a warm bed, give plenty of fresh air and keep him quiet. Inall the treatment keep away the crowd. If the above means fail galvanism ma} be tried by currentspassed through the diaphragm, or lower part of the chest. Beware of losing a moment of time. Cover the lower halfof the body; and apply heat, if you can, by as
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