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

Date:
1900
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Licence: In copyright

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

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    tion. If this does not succeed, press the client and stomach against a tabhi and i^ive iwo or three smart O O blows oil the back. This may remove it. FAINTING. This may occur from loss of blood, from fatigue, or from excessive weakness produced by any exhaust- ing disease. Treatnitiil.—Tin* patient must be laid down, luitJt his head as law as the rest of the hod>j. Give him plenty of air, s])rinkle cold water smartly over his face and chest, and apply spirits of hartshorn to the nostrils. Give also a few tea-spoonfuls of weak brandy and water.
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