Omaha daily bee., 1906-07-30
DROWNED RESTORED TO LIFE
story of Scientific Treatment suc-
cessfuIIy Applied by Life
saving crew.

Mr. II. NJ Knowles, the superintendent Of
the Third life saving district, has made
quite an interesting report to United states
treasury officials of the reSuscitation or
Robert Mooney from death by drowning.
Mooney was In a small sailboat near Wake
field. r L. which was upset in Point Judith
pond when the boat was overturned
Mooney was forced under the sail and was,
therefore. unable to come to tho surface.
Before aid reached the unfortunate man
he had been under the water for a period
OF about twenty-three minutes. When FIRST
aid was given from three and one-hah
quarts to a gallon Of water was expelled
A similar operation a few minutes later ex-
PEELED about pint OF water. Mooney at
the time bore the appearance Of a drowned
man. His Jaws were clenched tightly and
there were no signs OF life.
The artificial respiration was employed
for a period of about an hour and forty
minutes, when the patient showed signs Of
returning consciousness. and then heated
rocks were applied to the armpits, heart and
soles Of his feet.
In his report superintendent Knowles
says he reached the scene Of the cspsizing
in about twenty-eight minutes after the
boat had overturned and about five minutes
after MONEYS body had been dragged to
the shore. The party ashore had just ex-
PEELED the water from Moneys lungs for
the second time, and had commenced the
m, hod Of artificial respiration. The pa
tient was purple as a grape and was
lying on shore with HIS eyes. carr and
clothing filled with sand. where those on
shore had rolled him about the beach as
best they could. moment later superin-
tendent Knowles spread a small motor cover
OF canvas and removed the body to It, and
keeping up at the same time the bellows
movement and friction by rubbing the
limbs. FIRE was built and stones heated,
which in the course Of thirty minutes were
rolled In Jackets and applied to the arm
pits. heart and soles OF the feet. The bel
lows movement was kept up while others
worked at the arm movement.
Mooney Is a blacksmith by trade. and the
muscles OF his arms and legs we're so stlf
that a greater part OF the time II took the
strength Of a man with both hands at each
arm to maintain the arm movement. whiis
artificial respiration was being kept up.
The jaws were cienched and had to be re-
peatedly opened by prying them apart, and
then kept open by having sticks placed be-
tween them.
The frst sign Of life was observed after
the life savers had worked upon the patient
for an hour and twenty minutes. This was
noticed when a hot stone was placed
against the sole Of the patients bare foot.
The constant rubbing and artificial respira-
ton with renewed applications of hot
stones, showed marked development OF the
condition of the patient. About twenty
I'VE minutes later a physician arrived, and
after making a test with instruments re-
ported that there was an action of the
heart and pulse. The patient was then
taken IN the launch TO the boathouse some
distance away. All the time the bellows
movement and rubbing were kept up, This
had been going on for one hour and forty
eight minutes The patient had remained
unconscious all the time. After arriving
at the boathouse the patient was worked
on for some time, and later taken 20 his
home, where he regained consciousness
about $40 o'clock the next morning.-Ciu-
cinnau Enquirer.