The discovery of the physiological method of inducing respiration in cases of apparent death from drowning, chloroform, still-birth, noxious gases, etc., etc. / by Henry R. Silvester.

  • Silvester, Henry R. (Henry Robert), 1829-1908.
Date:
1863
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Credit: The discovery of the physiological method of inducing respiration in cases of apparent death from drowning, chloroform, still-birth, noxious gases, etc., etc. / by Henry R. Silvester. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Death may usurp on Nature many hours. And yet the fire of life kindle again The overpressed spirits. I have heard Of an Egyptian had nine hours lien dead. By good appliance was recovered.” Shakespere, Pericles, act [ The right of Translation is reserved.]