. Biennial report of the Board of Health of the State of Delaware. the means now considered the most available for therecovery of those thus unfortunate. Many of the plans used for the recovery of the drowned havebeen ill-directed, or ill-timed, if not entirely useless, or worse 45 than useless, as leading to the loss of valuable time; such as roll-ing the person on a barrel or hanging the patient up by the feet,stripping the body, and rubbing the hands and feet and trunk;some of which are good in a degree, but only partially, and notto be depended upon alone. The following instructions by Doc
. Biennial report of the Board of Health of the State of Delaware. the means now considered the most available for therecovery of those thus unfortunate. Many of the plans used for the recovery of the drowned havebeen ill-directed, or ill-timed, if not entirely useless, or worse 45 than useless, as leading to the loss of valuable time; such as roll-ing the person on a barrel or hanging the patient up by the feet,stripping the body, and rubbing the hands and feet and trunk;some of which are good in a degree, but only partially, and notto be depended upon alone. The following instructions by Doctor Beech, of Michigan, areplain and easily practiced: THE TWO THINGS TO BE DONE -{ RESTORE BREATHING;RESTORE ANIMAL HEAT. Rule i. Loosen all neck and waist-bands quickly—by un-buttoning or cutting them. Rule 2. Turn the patient on the face, with the head downhill, if possible. Rule 3. Stand astride the hips, with your face towards hishead, and locking your fingers together under his belly, raise thebody as you can without lifting the forehead from the ground,. and give the body a smart jerk to remove mucus from the throatand water from the wind-pipe, holding the body long enough tocount slowly one-two-three-four-five, repeating the jerk gentlytwo or three times. Rule 4. Next, with patient and operator in same position, 46 grasp the clothing at the points of the shoulders, or if the bodyis naked, thrust your finger into the armpits, and, claspingbiennialreportof69dela
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