Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-02-17
Saving Apparently Drowned People.

A correspondent of the New York Sun
writes | beg the favor of you to publish the
following instructions for the recovery of
the apparently dead from drowning. They
are based on principles of the late DR..
Marshall Hall, combined with those of DR..
H. r. Sylvester, and are the result of ex-
tensiye inquiries made among the prin-
cipal medical bodies in England, France,
and this country. l have known cases of
persons being recovered after having been
in the water fifteen minutes and over by
following these rules. | would recon-
mend every one of your readers TO cut out
the instructions and carry them in their
pOcketbook, so that in cases of emergency
they might have them handy for use.
These instructions are printed ON large
placards and are used all over England and
in many of her colonies, and also in many
other countries, being translated into the
various foreign languages.
Yours, HUMANITY
TREATMENT OF THE APPARENTLY
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 exposing the
| face, neck and chest to the wind, except in
severe weather, and removing all tight
! clothing from the neck and chest, especially
| the braces.
The points to be aimed at are: First
and Immediately, the restoration of breath.
ing; and secondly, after breathing is re-
stored, the promotion of warmth and cir
culation.
The efforts to restore breathing must be
commenced Immediately and energetically
aud preserved in for one or two hours, OF
until medical man has pronounced that
| life is extinct. Efforts to promote warmth
and circulation beyond removing the we
clothes and drying the skin, must not be
made until the first appearance of natural
breathing; for if circulation of the blood
be induced before breathing has recon
menced, the restoration of life will be en-
dangered.
TO RESTORE BREATHING.
To Clear the Tbr0dt.-Place the patient
on the floor or ground with face down
ward, and one of the arms under the fore
head, in which position all fluids will more
readily escape by the mouth, and the
tongue itself will fall forward, leaving the
entrance into the windpipe free. Assis
this operation by wiping and cleansing the
mouth. If satisfactory breathing com
mences, use the treatment prescribed be
low TO promote warmth. If there be only
slight breathing-or no breathing-Or Il
the breathing fail, then
TO Ercite Breathing. ng.-Turn the patient
well and instantly ON the side, supporting
the head, and excite the nostrils with snuff
hartshorn, mild smelling salts, or tickle the
throat with a feather etc, if they are al
hand. Rub the chest and face warm, and
dash cold water, or cold and hot water al
ternately on them. If there be no success
lose not a moment. but instantly
TO Initiate Breatting.- Replace the pa
tient ON the face, raising and supporting
the chest we'll on folded coat or other
article of dress. Turn the body very gent
ly on the side and a little beyond, and
then briskly on the face, back again,
repeating these measures cautiously, eff.
ciently and perseveringly about fifteen
times in minute, or once every four OF
five seconds, occasionally varying the side
BY placing the patient on the chest, the
weight OF the body forces the air out
when turned on the side, this pressure is
removed, and air enters the chest On
each occasion that the body is replaced on
the face, make united but efficient pressure
with brisk movement on the back, be
tween and below the shoulder-blades OF
bones on reach side, removing the pressure
Immediately before turning the body on
the side. During the whole of the opera
tions let one person attend solely TO the
movements Of the head and arm placed un-