Accidental injuries, their relief and immediate treatment : how to prevent accidents becoming more serious / by James Cantlie.

  • James Cantlie
Date:
1884
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Credit: Accidental injuries, their relief and immediate treatment : how to prevent accidents becoming more serious / by James Cantlie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TO INDUCE BREATHING. 82 measures alternately, deliberately, and perseveringly, fifteen times in a minute, until a spontaneous effort to respire be perceived. [By this means an exchange of air is produced in the lungs, similar to that effected by natural respiration.] When a spontaneous effort to respire is perceived, cease to imitate the movements of breathing, and proceed to induce circulation and warmth (as below). Fig. 34.—Inducing Expiration. Rule IV.—To excite respiration. During the employ- ment of the above method, excite the nostrils with snuff or smelling salts, or tickle the throat with a feather. Rub the chest a*nd face briskly, and dash cold and hot water alter- nately on them. Friction of the limbs and body with dry flannels or cloths should be had recourse to. When there is proof of returning respiration, the individual may be placed in a warm bath, the movements of the arms above described being continued until respiration is fully restored. Raise the body in twenty seconds to a sitting position, dash cold water against the chest and face, and pass ammonia under the nose. Should a galvanic apparatus be at hand, apply the sponges to the region of the diaphragm and heart G 2