The ship captain's medical guide / compiled by Harry Leach ; revised and enlarged by William Spooner.

  • Leach, Harry.
Date:
1901
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: The ship captain's medical guide / compiled by Harry Leach ; revised and enlarged by William Spooner. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and nostrils with a handkerchief. Put hot bottles to the arm-pits, between the calves of the legs, and to the feet. To excite breathing, apply snuff or S])irits of Hartshorn to the nose, or tickle the throat with a feather. Pub the chest and face briskly with hot cloths, and dash hot and cold water alternately on them, or beat the chest wdth a wet towel. Should these efforts not prove successful in the course of from two to five minutes, proceed to imitate breathing by Mr. Silvester’s method, as follows, from National Lifeboat Institution :— Place the patient on the back on a flat surface, inclined a little upwards from the feet; raise and support the head and shoulders on a small firm cushion or folded article of dress placed under the shoulder-blades. Draw forward the patient’s tongue, and keep it projecting beyond the lips ; an elastic band over the tongue and under the chin wfill answer this purpose, or a piece of string or tape may be tied round them, or, by raising tlie lower jaw, the teeth may be made to retain the tongue in that position. Remove all tight clothing from about the neck and chest, espe- ciallv the braces. To Imitate the Movementf< of Breathing.—Standing at the patient’s head, grasp the arms just above the elbows, and draw the arms gently and steadily upwards above the head, and heejp them stretched upwards for two seconds. (By this means air is
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