. The American homoeopathist . sults than any gargle I everused. It dissolves the diphtheritic depositand prevents the accumulation of newformations of the same. Since using it Ihave had no case of diphtheria run into thecroupous stage. NEW METHOD OF ARTIFICIAL RESPIRA-TION FOR THE NEWBORN.* DR. J. HARVIE DEW describedbefore the New York Academy ofMedicine a method of artificial respirationin cases of asphyxia in the newborn, amethod which he has employed for morethan twenty years, and which is stronglyendorsed by Lusk, Grandin, and othereminent New York physicians. The fol-lowing brief descri
. The American homoeopathist . sults than any gargle I everused. It dissolves the diphtheritic depositand prevents the accumulation of newformations of the same. Since using it Ihave had no case of diphtheria run into thecroupous stage. NEW METHOD OF ARTIFICIAL RESPIRA-TION FOR THE NEWBORN.* DR. J. HARVIE DEW describedbefore the New York Academy ofMedicine a method of artificial respirationin cases of asphyxia in the newborn, amethod which he has employed for morethan twenty years, and which is stronglyendorsed by Lusk, Grandin, and othereminent New York physicians. The fol-lowing brief description, with the accom-* Modem Medicine and Bacteriological Review. panying cuts, will make clear this newmethod, which impresses us as beingsuperior to the methods generally em-ployed : My directions for its practice are : Tograsp the infant with the left hand, allow-ing the neck to rise between the thumb andforefinger, the head falling far over back-ward, straightening the mouth, with thelarynx and trachea, thereby serving to. Fig. i. raise and hold open the epiglottis. Theupper portion of the back and scapulasrest in the palm of the hand, the otherthree fingers are inserted in the axilla ofthe babys left arm, raising it upward andoutward. (See Fig. i.) Then with the right hand, if the babyis large and heavy, grasp the knees in sucha way as to hold them with the right kneeresting between the thumb and forefinger,the left between the fore and middlefingers. The position will allow the backof the thighs to rest in the palm of theoperators hand. If the infant is smalland light, it will be found to be more con- THE AMERICAN HOMEOPATHIST 167 venient and easier to hold it in the sameway by the ankles instead of the knees,allowing the calves instead of the thighs torest in the palm of the hand. The next step is to depress the pelvisand lower extremities, so as to allow theabdominal organs to drag the diaphragmdownward, and with the left hand to gentlybend the dorsal region of the spi
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