BOTANIC PHYSICIAN. — 
id without risk, such as the bursting of a blood vessel, apoplexy, 
idiotcy, blindness, abortion, &c., which have been known to result 
. from excessive straining and vomiting? 
a ple of delicate constitutions are known to derive considerable 
sailing on the sea; though frequently the good they 
ved has been more than counterbalanced by the injurious 2 
that have been caused by the violent sickness thereby ocea- 
Those who intend to travel by sea, and are apprehensive of sick- 
ess, shoul previously use gentle aperients; and afterwards, to 4 
alleviate the nausea and vomiting, drink soda water in a state well 
effervescence, or the mixture of sal wratus and rhubarb, or a full 
dose of laudanum ; live sparingly ; take up their station as near the 
ddle of the ship as possible ; sleep in a hammock or cot, in pre- 
“toa cabin, with their head towards the stern of the vessel; 
ley are upon deck to look always inthe directiontheship 
Persons of a plethoric constitution should purge. Many 
on the least motion of the vessel, are instantly taken with 
vomiting. Whenever the latter occurs, it should be en* 
i the contents of the stomach are ejected, by copious _— 
warm water, after which, alkalies, or Jaudanum, may 3 
ras 
: aus en, 
_ SUSPENDED ANIMATION, FROM DROWNING, &c. 
Tue suspension of the vital powers, produced by immersion in 
_ water, called drowning, and that by strangulation and suffocation by 
‘noxious vapors, and lightning, are very similar, and require the same 
ve means. As in poisons, so in cases of suspended anima~ 
necessary to be done should be done quickly ; therefore — 
on the first alarm of any person being drowned, or suffocated, while 
. the body is searching for, or conveying to the nearest house, the fol- 
__Jowmg articles should be got ready, viz.: warm blankets, flannels, @ — 
large kettle of warm water, heated bricks, a pair of small bellows, 
volatile salts, clyster pipes, and if convenient, an electrifying ma- — 
chine. In conveying the body to the house, the head and chest 
_ should be placed rather in a reclining position, that in “case any 
_ water should have got into the lungs, it may run off at the mout 
_which-the motion in carrying the body, will accelerate. The head, 
= er, should not be kept much lower than the shoulders, or even 
In areclining position many minutes, otherwise the blood will gravie 
tate in such quantity into the vessels of the head, as. side 
bly to impede the restoration of life, by compressin 
The body being brought into a house, or some con 
should be wiped perfectly d 
it on the right side. The 
room, with a good fire ; 
_Jation of the blood by friction, with warm flannels, or bladders fi 
with warm water to the pit of the stomach, and hot bricks tot 
Afiee circulation of air is to be admitted into the rooms. 
