Farther hints for restoring animation, and for preserving mankind against the pernicious influence of noxious vapours, or, contaminated air, in a second letter to Dr. Hawes.

  • Fothergill, A. (Anthony), 1732?-1813.
Date:
1783
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Credit: Farther hints for restoring animation, and for preserving mankind against the pernicious influence of noxious vapours, or, contaminated air, in a second letter to Dr. Hawes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [• s» ] terccpting the influx of refpirable air into the lungs, equally tend to abolifh their ac- tion and that of the other vital organs. This being acconxplilhed, the rnufcles be- come paralytic, and the epiglottis is ren-' , dered'incapable of performing its ofhce. Is it to be wondered at then, if, in this ' flate, a portion of the fluid in which an , animal is immerfed, fhould infinuate itfelf into the lungs ? This however does not feem ‘ to take place, at leaf! in the human fpe- cies, till the powers of life are entirely fufpended, and even then in but fmall quantity. For if the apperture of the glottis ever remained open, as reprefented in De Haen’s experiments, it is difficult to conceive how the windpipe could efcape being completely filled with water during ;; fubmerflon, or why there fhould be any refiftance met with in the introduction of ' ‘ ii N 2 the •A * <