Farther hints for restoring animation, and for preserving mankind against the pernicious influence of noxious vapours, or, contaminated air, in a second letter to Dr. Hawes.

  • Fothergill, A. (Anthony), 1732?-1813.
Date:
1783
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Credit: Farther hints for restoring animation, and for preserving mankind against the pernicious influence of noxious vapours, or, contaminated air, in a second letter to Dr. Hawes. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    “ without a drop having iffued from it Four hours being elapfed before |eled;ricity was tried, it will not' appear wonderful that no farther progrefs could be made to- wards reiforation. In cafes of drowning, /' indeed, the recovery feems to be more difficult than in other accidents. This dif- ficulty is yet more obfervable in the canine than in the human fpecies. De Haen, in his numerous experiments on thefe animals, / was fcarcely able to recover above one in eighteen. All the approved modes of treat- ment (we are told) proved extremely un- fuccefsful, and among the reft, electricity. Are we to conclude from thence that all hu- man efforts to reftore drowned perfons are fruitlefs, and that eleClricity is equally-in- effectual ? By no means; the former con- clufion is contrary to experience, and alfo flatly contradicted by the authentic Reports of