A lecture upon the Zopuron : as lately delivered at the Sunderland Infirmary / by William Reid Clanny.

Date:
1826
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Credit: A lecture upon the Zopuron : as lately delivered at the Sunderland Infirmary / by William Reid Clanny. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    GENTLEMEN, Agreeably to the wishes of the Committee of management of this Institution, I have to explain to you the method of using the Instrument which I have devised for the prevention of death in cases of suspended animation. I did not intend to trouble you with a formal lecture upon this sub- ject, could I have taxed my memory with all things which I thought needful to communicate ; and as some valuable facts have lately been made public upon the subject of respiration and circulation, I thought that something in a more connected form might prove serviceable to us all. From this, I trust, the most learned and experienced amongst us may derive some profit, and those who have lately commenced their studies may be prompted to prosecute these inquiries. In the course of a long experience I have too frequently observed that the apparatus recommended by the Royal Humane Society falls short of what I expected it to perform when I commenced my professional practice. And being sensible that something more efficient might and ought to be attempted, I have contributed my mite to snatch my fellow creatures from impending death. To enable you to understand more clearly, and to appreciate more truly, the important results to be expected from the process which I have now the honour to recommend to your attention, I shall make a few prefatory remarks: [A]