The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-07-12
MAN APPARENTu
DEAD BROUGHT
TO LIFE
WHEN HOT ROCKS WERE Ar
Piled TO HIS BODY AND
HIS MUSCLES RUBBED.
WAS UNDER THE WATEI
For Nearly Half an Hour RI
Money Was Saved by Scientific
Treatment-Report Made to
Washington.


Washingtog. D. G., July III Mr.
NJ. Knowles, the superintendent Of th
Third Life Saving District has mad
quite an interesting report to UnitaI
States Treasury officials CT the resuN
citation Of Robert Mooney from dead
by drowning Mooney was In a SINAI
salboat near Wakefield r I, whid
was upset in Pont Judith Pond Whe.
the boat was overturned Mooney wd
forced under the sil, and was, fherN
fore. unable to ceme to the surface.
Before aaid reached the unforfuna
man he had been under the wats
for a period Of about 22 minuteI
When first aid was given from third
and one half quarts to a gallon
water was expelled A similar oper
ton a few minutes later expelld
about a pint Of water. Mooney Al IL
time bore the appearance Of a drow
ed man. His Jaws wore clenchs
tightly, and there were no g.gns
life.
Used Heated Rocks.
The artificial re piration was e5
Dloyed for period Of about an hul
and forty-eight minutes. when the
tient showed signs of returning co
sciousness. and then heated roc
were applied to the armpits. hea
and soles OF his feet
In his report Superintendent Knoy
4 ~ says he rgnched the seeene of
| lsapfi2ing In about twenty-eight n
ties after the boata had been on
urned and about Ave miniues AZ
| Moneys body had heen dragged
the shore. The party ashore
INST expelled the water from Moon
lungs for the second time. and
mmenced the method Of artin
respiration. The patient was al
1le as a grape and was lying on II
with his eyes. ear and clothing Il
with sand. where those on shore
oiled him about the beach as
hey could A moment later Snnaf
| endent Knowles s9read a sn
motor cover of canvass snd remox
the body to il and keeping up at
same time the bell~ws movement a
frict on by rubbing the limbs
was built and stones heated. VIII
IN the course of 30 minutes were n
"a in Jackets and applied to the az
uits heart and soles Of the feet
bellows movement was kept up VIII
others worked AT the arm moveme
Required Hard Work.
Money Is a blacksmith by trade.
The muscles of his arms and legs WI
SO stiff thata greater part of the "A
u took the strength of man "
both hands at each EARN to ma
tain the arm movement. VIII Ie ar'
cial respiration was being kept
The jaws were clenched and
20 be repeatedly opened hy pry
hem apart. and thcn kept opea
having sticks placed between them
The first sign Of life was obserj
lafter the life savers had worked u
the patient for an hour and tive
minuter This was noticed whef
hot stone was placed against The
i0f the patients bare fo~f The
slant rubbing and artificial resp
tion. with renewed applications Of
stones. showed marked developm
of the condition of the patient. AZ
- minutes later a physician arrif
and after making a test with ins
Iments reported that there was an
ton Of the heart and pulse The
tient was thea taken in the lau
Ito the buaihnuse some distance aN
I All the time the bellows moveu
and rubbing were kept up. This
! been going on for one horr and fa
eight minutes The patient had
mained unconscious al the time
ter arriving at the bcaihouse the
ltient was worked on for some Il
and later taken 10 bis home. where
rcEaincd consciousness about
O'Clock the next morn nE.
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