The Indianapolis journal., 1902-09-07

bringing the person TO, artificial breathing
can be brought about by turning the patient
on his face, a large bundle of tightly rolled
clothing being placed beneath his stomach.
and pressing heavily over it upon the
spine for half a minute. Then turn the
patient quickly on his back, the roll of
clothing being so placed beneath ii as to
make the short ribs bulge prominently for
ward, and raise him little higher than the
level of the mouth. Let some bystander
hold the tip OF the tongue out of one cor
ner of the mouth with a dry handkerchief,
and hold both hands of the patient to-
gether. the arms being stretched forcibly
back above the head. Kneel astride of the
patients hips and with your hands resting
on his stomach, spread out your fingers so
that you can grasp the waist about the
short ribs. Now, throw all of your weight
steadily forward upon your hands while at
the same time squeeze the ribs deeply. as If
you wished TO force everything upwards
out of the mouth. Continue this while you
can slowly count one-two-three; then sud-
denly let go with final push. which
springs you back to your kneeling position.
Remain erect upon your knees while you
count one-two; then throw your
weight forward again as before, repeating
the entire motions-at first about four or
five times a minute, increasing the rate
gradually to about fifteen a minute. This
operation must be continued with perfect
regularity, and often 1t is the case when ap-
parently unsuccessful for two hours the
operation will cause the patient to be-
gin to breathe. During all of this opera
th4 nf he trf1h
kept up so that the blood will circulate.
After the patient is perfectly restored some
kind of stimulant, such as brandy and
water, should be given.
RESCUES DIFFICULT.
"Since 1 have been connected with this
school there has never been a case of
drowning, although there have been some
very close calls. Lots of times it has been
hard work to get people out, but, as some
of the instructors are always here. II any
thing should happen there is some one
ready to go to the rescue. 1t is very dam
gerous thing to rescue anyone from the
water, for the chances are If he gets you
around the neck he will drag you down
with him. 1t not only takes person who
is an expert swimmer to be a life saver. but
one who knows how to handle the one being
rescued. Often when you are trying to save
a person he will fight so that it is necessary
to knock him unconscious before you can
land him. In speaking of this 1t reminds
me that saw an article the other day by a
so-called swimming expert In an Eastern
paper who takes exceptions to all of the
old-establshed rules in regard to the saving
and trea atment of drowning persons. Among
the things he says is that it is impossible
to knock person out while in the water.
Now. whether this man is merely contrary,
or whether he doesn't know what he is talk
ing about, am unable to say, but IL he has
ever had any experience as a swimmer he
knows that sometimes 1t is impossible to
rescue a person without first hitting him
between the eyes or behind ear hard
enough to make him insensible. In this
way the body becomes perfectly limp and is
entirely under your control, where before
he is made unconscious he will fight like a
tiger. / have often seen II the case that
men who were expert swimmers would re-
fuse to go to the rescue of a drowning per-
son. / have further noticed here al
the school that when an. accident of this
kind happens the pool may be full of good
swimmers, but just as soon as they hear
| the cry Of "Helpl" every one of them will
start for the platform. Whether they be-
| come excited or fear risking their lives
don't know.
'T have noticed" the instructor went on
that the newspapers this summer have
| been filed with articles on swimming and
| speak Of ii as though the sport is just be.
| coming popular They further speak oil
| women swimming though it was some
thing strange: but the fact is women have
| always taken as much interest in this ex
, ercise as men. and ever since 1 have beer
| in the business I have had a class made
up of women. / have been In Indianapolis
now for over six years and there was one
prominent society woman who. at the tim,
l came here, gave swimming parties, ant
she has continued II up until the present
time. Now, this season / had class o.
eighteen girls and ten women, and ever,
| one Of them displayed the keenest interes
in the work, and after they had acquired
enough confidence in themselves, all mad,
| good swimmers. Besides these classes o.
| girls and women 1 also had class of boy.
that numbered thirty-nne and out of thi.
| class thirty-five are better than the aver
age swimmer. 1t is seldom you find girl.
or women who give up their swimming les
sons after they have commenced. 1t gen
| orally takes a great amount of courage fol
| them to get started, but after they do the,
stay with 1t until they learn. 1t has al
ways been my experience that they TAX,
| more interest in this kind of sport thar
| men.
SWIMMING is HEALTHFUL.
There is no better exercise In the worlt
| than swimming if it is not overdone. Be
| cause with this sport 1t brings ever,
muscle into play and it is also yer.
Strengthening. 1 know of a case of lit
tie boy, twelve years old, who was in bat
| health. His father had tried everything
but nothing seemed to strengthen him unit
he conceived the idea of swimming. H.
came here and 1t was no time until he ha,
learned, and now he is as strong ant
| healthy as anybody. The fact Is, he stay
in the water very nearly all the time. Tn
other day he made a record of mile in al
hour and thirty minutes, which is yer.
good time considering his age.
''I have always found that people max
a mistake in exerting themselves too much
The correct way to swim is to make tn
motions as easily as possible and with a
little exertion-go slow, but use force. l
the best way to make time in the water
| BY this slow movement, which also mean
that the arms should be stretched to thei