Description of the construction and uses of a portable apparatus for the recovery of the apparently dead; as recommended ... by Mr. Charles Kite ... and approved by the London Humane Society / [Made] By John Savigny. [Written by C. Kite. Repr. from appendix to his 'Essay on the recovery of the apparently dead', 1788].

  • Savigny, J. (John)
Date:
1789
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Credit: Description of the construction and uses of a portable apparatus for the recovery of the apparently dead; as recommended ... by Mr. Charles Kite ... and approved by the London Humane Society / [Made] By John Savigny. [Written by C. Kite. Repr. from appendix to his 'Essay on the recovery of the apparently dead', 1788]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Xj [ II ] derable delay in being removed to any diftance : but it is liable to another, much more fo; for it contains little more, of any confequence, than one inftrument, the ufe of which (although the inftrument is acknow¬ ledged to be perfectly competent to its in¬ tended purpofe) mu ft be attended with very doubtful, if not very pernicious, confe- quences. - / From thefe confiderations it evidently appears that a regular and complete apparatus, comprehending a colleftion of all the articles and inftruments which are requifite on thefe occafions, is much wanting; and that, if they can be comprifed in a cafe which will admit of being conveniently carried about, it will prove a very confiderable acquifition to the refufcitating art. These dejiderata are now, I conceive, accomplifhed; and I have the pleafure of offering, to the confideration of the Society, a B 2 collection