, 1879-03-21

As the season Is al hand for tho us,,ul crop of
accf,cnts nv drowning. ,nl tovs. tn sntc of ~.
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ON "oauhe ,n1u"s.'ol' WIZ ~ ''''o t''e "ater
belore theS ieaFo nov 10 BSli1l, aotno interest
Will be felt In tic new method Of reausrLtatlng
uersons taken tpscnetblc iron, tho water. br n
writer tn lin Nav York EtrIiuy 1io.t ,yl,,,
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"F'n3s 10 t''c Shppotb VI Ills tl'eorles variety ol
successful practice.
liz does not claim 10 briur to lIfo pcrsous
onrr tle,tl, TEcro ID no,hfnv ah,rt ~ H., A.
,,s,.,s .,st .,.. T. ..'. s"u.' ~ "'' ~
-"Ii '1"s .'s ss''' w '"a'' n''' "o e'as tnae
many reraons given up for ueati, autl IN whom
TO MI Outward appeatitccs fite IL rcay extinct,
lns ttcEi Is auoplod; Animation, sleep, hbcr-
hat1oi ntu aro~nl'lg nre only different
stntcs of pos!tlvc tc thc last be!l, IN Ills vte%
"World-"iie from dcatl," uni III fact " tho
wsscst l'ossioit tntc VI preserving potential lte
until laVoraeio contlt!ons a1atu permit tie innr1-
ilestntons ol aetlEfty'" LII dTownitlt, animation
y mercy saspcHuea; tEc spaFA OIL llto IS hot eI-
tlneMibhed. ~ i1o says:
"Ille sloscu Ws!dF,pe protects The lungs, res
p!ratloti ceases, tl!e blood everywhere stops In
'ts co'lrse, Us soldier Oh d nlareh halts Ut the
worG. but ready to n'nyo on; while IN ordinary
acatn sl,e arter,Ss aeting altor !llc heart STUBS
nearly cinnty themselves: THUS quiet rclgna
throughout lug t'o.!Y, which, though Frtstukcn
l0r thu calm ol ueatll, Ia merely tue sl!spclse uf
asttyo l!fe, tendt,gIniost essential, 'cn, Of III
~. se1G as soss , o. & sa sseea
Tic pnpu!As tdc't that watcr gets Into the
lungs tl drowning, which would cause acath
| boyond u9!tht, IS erroneous. Tl!e lungs are
cosed against 't automatically by tale larynx, rs
It closes against ttle Intrusion ot my foreign
suhssl'see, a'l rc,alnS closed ut least for long
period utter tFownanE, anh ut icast till death
ol ucc ID droSs s sseFf In @ al
ior nrt,lca rcsplr.tion "o arc toltl to draw 1or-
ward ll'e tonEt,n an thus ralso tho cniglotts nr
eart!lagiaous covering Of tlie Winlpipc, hot to
lgt out "nief 1'tlt to ut Ill mir, thus showing
| tltt tlls wi''uptpe ''as uscn rsosta.
| AS no Trustworthy Indication Of thu cxact mo-
iNent Wien life, in case of auiloclto, IL extinct
Is given, Efforts 10 rcstnro suspended ammunition
ought not Y it!e writer's optn'nl, DC susnenlc,!
t'rG0nlposhon. llo elites Il gasu where II young
ll9ds' lru"aeu N tho Nor'salk disaster, wns re-
slorctI several iIunrs after thu boy wns rccpvcr-
to HE nfter much fongcr lime ind clapscd.
III drowning, brent!!l!Ig, circulation mud the
production ol nnlnlai heat are stop3tu. Tie
enorts ui f'n,su who undertake. to rrstore col'-
Tho restoration Of rcspirattun,, circulation, a.lsl
lltnt. Consciousness lntl motion Will inevitably
io,lnW. ~ icat ls ltle. tho writer BaSs:
~ should ierrfote bu tlIo trst tnctor to &C.
cure attention IN c'isc OF drowning. 10 rub tho
Indy hcfort j. " wurln, hopht, to cxcltu that
circulation wlell l!atre las suspended, Ia nut
ouly not Useful, but Injurious. To circulate
| coht blood. II II could he dullc, would quicken
to their activity; nt circulation of sold blood,
by Sill! faster ctolins tit body, wuulu ba sadly
t!etrlAacntal: Fortunately, then. 1t can't bo
u01e. For like rcasolFs artificial rpsptrlltou bu-
fore the l'u'y IL warm a the circulation stnrt-
cd oly docs harm, excupl fur iew tInlcs dustr-
nlo 10 clnpty The lungs Wien Buifocatlon tias
leeu gause4 by slnoke ur poisonous gas i'll
ha!Gd."
The directions for restoring tho drowned alul
those othrrwlsc suIocntetl aru given UY iI,u
writer, md tHyc been fnl!uwe! by linn IN lllany