The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-18 00:00:00

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The following instructions for the restoration of the ap-
parently dead from drowning are now being issued by the
National Lifeboat Institution. They are the result of ex-
tensive inquiries recently made by the institution amongst
medical men, medical bodies, and coroners throughout the
United Kingdom. Possessed of this valuable information
the committee of the Lifeboat Society have felt justified in
acting on it. After having been carefully considered, and
the several opinions thus collected compared one with
another, the committee have caused the following instruc-
tions, based on the plans of Dr. Marshall Hall and Dr. H.
It. Silvester, to be printed, and the same are about to be
extensively circulated on the coast and elsewhere. Aided
by four excellent illustrations the plan of the institution for
the restoration of the apparently dead from drowning is
made intelligible to every one, and this additional important
service rendered by the Lifeboat Institution cannot fail to
elicit the approbation of the community at large:—
1.--DIRECTIONS POR. RESTORING THE APPARENTLY

PRICE ...... ...4d.
STAMPED ....sd.

THE CONFERENCE,

The Conferenea met yesterday at one o'clock.
All the members were present, Considerable dis-
cussion took place, and the meeting lasted until
four o'clock, when it was adjourned until Saturday,
the 28th inst.—a very long postponement consider-
ing the gravity of the aituiticn both at home and
abroad. As the term of the auFpension of hostilities
nears its end the public anxiety as to the turn
matters are likely to take naturally increases. We
understand, however, with regret, that the Confe-
rence has np to the present moment made little or
no progress towards a pacific result ; and that the
views of tLe belligerent powers are as irreconcile-
able as ever. We have good reason to believe that
Prussia and Austria have formally announced that
the war has put an end to the treaty of 1852. The
neutral powers, equally parties to that treaty, have
now therefore to deoide whether they will allow
this bold violation of a solemn engagement to be
carried out with impunity.—Herald.

DROWNED.
Send immediately for medical assistance, blankets, and
dry clothing, but proceed to treat the patient instantly on
the spot, in the open air, with the face downward, whether
on shore or afloat; expnsieg the face, neck, and chest to
the wind, except lit revere weather, and removing al! tight
clothing from the neck and chest, especially the braces.
The points to be aimed at are—first and immediately, the
restoration of breathing; and secondly, after breathing is
restored, the promotion of warmth and circulation. The
efforts to restore breathing must be commenced immediately
and energetically, and persevered in for one or two hours,
or until a medical man has pronounced that life is extinct.
Efforts to'promote warmth and circulation, beyond remov-
ing the wet clothes and drying the skin, must not be made
until the first appearance of natural breathing. For if cir-
culation of the blood be induced before breathing has re-
commenced, the restoration to life will be endangered.

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