The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1893-07-15
Re.uacitating the, Drowned,

recognize Its importance.
ResuacitatinE the Drowned.
Any method which promises success
In cases OF asphyxia due to submersion.
or in cases of apparent death, is wosl
thy Of a careful trial. more especially
when this method has proved efica.
cious both in the physiological labora-
tory and In actual cases of drowning.
A new method, the general principle
Of which is Indicated by its name, "the
traction of the tongue" has been intro
duced by Prof. ]. v. Iaborde, Of Paris.
1t Is exceedingly simple and has been
attended with striking results. In n
person who has been long Immersed
in water. or otherwise asphyxiated, it
sufiices to seize the tip OF the tongue
and pull upon the tongue r~hythmically
90 as to cause rythmical traction In
imitation OF the respiratory rhythm.
Abe process should be kept up for a
long time. It It IS successful the pei.
son gives a deep sigh-and sometimes
vomiting occurs-and after that, IL the
traction be o0Atinued. respiration Is
VMAA 0EO~AAy ~ sCNSOKCus %%#5 IEOI. lxu~
horde has had occasion to employ the
process, and with almost invariahle
success, In oaAea ct apparent death
from drowning, and DR.. Billot has Oh.
tanned excellent results In testing its
~effioacYein cases OF aewer.gas~ poisoning.
The process has been used by Prof.
Lahorde for some time In cases OF an
parent death under the action Of chic
rofOrm In the case of animals operated
on In the labAratary. It Is cnoueh for
the public to know that the method
Ia effective, but the learned doctors are
still fighting as to its rationale. Prof.
Laborde suggests that It Ia a reflex
act excited by the rflythmical traction
OF the superior laFyngeal nerve. More
prAhably tt is due to stimulation OF the
glosSorpharyngeal nerve or lngual. or
both, hberating q reflex from the res.
piratoFy center,
Good Work OF the riah Conmissien.
1t ia not generally known that the
United States fish commission Is carry.
Ing out q work that Is OF inestimable
value to the country. During the year
1892 the total distribution or eggs, fry
and yearlings Numbered a~Oa5sO432.
This includes all kinds OF Ash. The
TT" are young fish hatched by the
commission and retained until they are
at least n year old. The most ex-
teAded op erations are In shad. OF this
hsh there We're distributed I1.OOO.OOO
Try, Including 1,O0O,OOO y~earlings, and
nearly 3.OO0O0u eggs. OF the shad fry
nearly 1a,OOQ,0O0 were distributed in
Maryland waters A.4Ga,OOO III those Of
pennsylvania. and $4,000 Id those of
New Jersey. Next to shad cod il the
fish mott distributed. OF this species
AhOoA,OOO try We're distributed last year
along q New England coast. The fol-
lowing figures represent the operations
or the commission In the species most
handled: Pike perch, 4J,OOO,OOO eggs
and. 5O,OOO,O00 fry; white fish, 21,OOO,-
mo eggs and 45.JDO,OOO fry; lake trout.
100000 eggs and 100000 Try; nat fish,
100000 fry; lobster. 100000 fry;
salmon, 100000 eggs, 1,7l7,O0O fry
and 2 oQa syeafIings; pollock, 2,5OO.-
600 fry: trout, 342,3OO egys. S46OOO
yearlinga and 1000 fry. The distribu.
ton was made In every state and ter
ritory Of tile Union.
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