A text-book of practical therapeutics . Fig. 122.—Sylvesters method of artificial respiration. Third movement: the patientsarms are raised and the elbows approximated to contract the chest. movements should be at the rate of from sixteen to twenty perminute, about that of normal respiration, and be persisted in for atleast forty-five minutes, even though the case seems hopeless, as caseshave recovered after as long a period of apparent death as an these movements are being carried on the patulousness of the. Fig. 123.—Sylvesters method of artificial respiration. Fourth movement: the
A text-book of practical therapeutics . Fig. 122.—Sylvesters method of artificial respiration. Third movement: the patientsarms are raised and the elbows approximated to contract the chest. movements should be at the rate of from sixteen to twenty perminute, about that of normal respiration, and be persisted in for atleast forty-five minutes, even though the case seems hopeless, as caseshave recovered after as long a period of apparent death as an these movements are being carried on the patulousness of the. Fig. 123.—Sylvesters method of artificial respiration. Fourth movement: thepatients elbow and forearms are pressed forcibly upon the floating ribs to expel theair from the chest. upper air-passages is to be maintained, if possible, by the measuresdescribed below. The disadvantages of Sylvesters method are thatthe posture of the body does not drain the upper respiratory passage 688 DISEASES of fluid and, further, it rapidly exhausts the operator, since the armsof an unconscious patient are very heavy and difficult to move.
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