Observations on apparent death from drowning, hanging, suffocation, etc, &c. and an account of the means to be employed for recovery. To which are added the treatment proper in cases of poison, with cautions and suggestions respecting various circumstances of sudden danger / [James Curry].

  • Curry, James, -1819.
Date:
1815
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Credit: Observations on apparent death from drowning, hanging, suffocation, etc, &c. and an account of the means to be employed for recovery. To which are added the treatment proper in cases of poison, with cautions and suggestions respecting various circumstances of sudden danger / [James Curry]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    would appear, that, within this period, the only circumstance which precludes the pos¬ sibility of a recovery, is, such a degree of in- jury being done to the Brain, Heart, or Lungs, as renders them incapable of having their pro¬ per functions again renewed. 4. The importance of this conclusion (the truth of which receives farther confirmation from every day’s experience) cannot be too strongly enforced; and the author willingly cherishes a hope, that in thus endeavouring to impress it on the minds of the public, he may animate the humane and benevolent to use every exertion, and not to cease from em¬ ploying the several means recommended, un¬ til several hours have elapsed; nor ever aban- don a case without trial, unless indubitable marks of complete and permanent death evi¬ dently appear. Of the Signs of Absolute Death. 5. Various are the appearances which have been pointed out by different writers, as signs of the Vital Principle being completely extin¬ guished ; particularly in the case of drowned persons. Thus, the cold and rigid state of the body; the livid and contracted, or the black