St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1869-08-06
From the Educational Gazette
'FOWHiIiD ana ReSUSciftffjOH.
Il DIR. CHARLES LANCASTER.

''''''' '''' 'NSl submerged III water 10
any indefinite tlme-from two minute
TO haii IN hour, or for time longer thai
Il person can ordinarily hold his breatl
-he must necessarily be drowned an,
dead, and re>uScitaliUn is hopeless. Blu
this l. not the case.
My object in this article is briefly (,
explain the cause and the process O
drowning. whether partial or compile
AM also to add Il few sensible ;S well Il.
scientific hints as to the best mode of rc.
storing the patient. 1t Is to be observed
at lie outset, that the human lungs, like
the lungs OF all terrestrial and air-breath-
IN" animals, are the organs by means oi
which the blood i purified of its carbon
and other dciclriou> substances. and pre-
served ia Il condition fit for free and easy
circulation throughout the system. Til,
circulation l. necessary for the purpose of
nutrition, and, with It's coordinate fllnc-
tIom oi respiration, i indispensable for
the maintunaucc of life.
Now, the lungs, under ordinary condi-
tiomS, are never durin" life wholly cN-
hau>trd oi atmospheric air. We will
suppoer that with each expiration or ex-
puislon of I'll" air from the lungs almost
"-.'''d> "I Inc "l'"It Volume INSPIRED
or taken in arr expelled, the remaining
oh'-tilid hcIn= retained 10 hc exchanged
ia ih' nrNt inhalation tor IT. equivalent
"i fresh air. Ini> provision possesses the
tMu-iulH merit of rr,\i,iu,r. e. r,..,,J,- ,,,.,,,
"i 'NP'''iI- any lorrI5n body which, by
"cc!'"'t' may Temporarily "b>trurt the
Pa~>A2r "i the trarhr's or wind-pipe (a>
WIG" one swallows substance 1.-THE
"r"h- WAY !. amt 81 herPng IN store a
supply oi ar HuiIIcIrnt Tor the decarboui-
/'I'"h "i 80 hurH blood a. shall pass
through til" lung- under a retarded cir
cniHiI": caused 10y a temporary drpriva-
u"h "l lrr~" ar
II VIII now hr easily comprchended
that u. III the ordinary healthy condition
- much - two ounces OF blood pass
i"'""-" the lung from the heart al cv-
or! PGI>hu"n. AMI It about one In>pira-
'I'n "t fresh ar ~niIicc> tor the purilica
H." "i IL mucn hi"'d ~ p $50 the lung-
ia '''r pHI-.il"'i>, IN the same ratio will
" i'-- quantity "l ar complete the dccar-
h"ii.|.'i'on "i a les quantity oi blood IN
'''f iIt retarded circulation winch l. IN
-rI"I1u.r from the condition OF Il drown
M person. h;'Nr already limited at the
r""-e NOW LIT u" 'Aaln.me the process
"I drowning.
hy u Wise ANA h'"vi''rnt provision OF
-NainI'' al Ihr moment "l ~llhmrr2rnc" III
water '''' ''''~' .'.'' exclusion "I '''r
= III -. '".'- 0.''''." "' '''
~,
-, '''
'''''''' i''"'- ',.'" '"''' "''.'' o. 'i'' .''''-
,,,,y ''''"'''i 'i.'',''''' - " -EI ''r breath
-" '''' az VIII '''i''' win
''' ~ - '','" ,""''l''-r'.'
ana '''' ~ '''''',''- (''Ii'" ''"' '"'Fe l.
HUMP, '''' III 'o',-
l,'I, ..',';'r -.
.I'f'0' 'I
.,...,-,.,.. 49,.
.,,.,;..- ,i,,,,,,. .,,.,,I, I.,,, Tr.-I'.I..'I
.i.,
,,.'l ,I.',. 'I'.,;,..l,,. rfH'
......I., ~, ~
'V'' "
''''''''''1 'C''
- 'NE -" ''
-, d.. I,,,,'. ...,t,'I....I,,
: ,r,.,. L....,,.,, tI,,, ,..,.r'a,. a'.I M
'''''t ''"c'
-: .,,IINi ~. ','i'''"S III
...'.r.I. i"''''
,......, ,I.;r ,,.l,l,,. ,,'..''t '''''i ' ~.
J,"J r'a ,;,,,,,,,, .,1y ~ .t 'ii' II
~ ',''''''''''''7 f,'"0'' '''V VIZ
I o''''''' ''' ''3t'''"'lon
i' n' ',.,'',, ''''' me . 'N','''''
'''' ''''' '"' ''uN iil''''ls Il Sinlliar