I^gi.- on drowued persorn. 2)5 



son lying down beside it, by hot bricks, or bottles fill-r 

 ed with hot water, and covered with flannel, i^c; or 

 it may be laid on a mattrafs at a proper nearnefs 

 to any common lire ; or, if convenient, it may be 

 placed to the neck in warm water. P"or this last pur- 

 pose, one part of boiling water to four parts of cold 

 spring water will produce a sufficient degree of heat, 

 since the Ikin need never be made warmer than its 

 usual temperature in health, about 96''. or 98*^. of Fah- 

 renheit's thermometer, or that of new drawn milk. 

 The heat fliould be always gradually, generally, and 

 equally applied, and may be kept up as long as mea:n3 

 are used. 



II. Inflation OF THE LUNGS. Air must be blown iu 

 either from the mouth of some person, or by a pair of 

 bellows, through one nostril, the mouth and other 

 nostril being kept lliut. The air thrown in by bel- 

 lows is preferable to that from the mouth, if as easily 

 managed. The muzzle of the bellows will keep the 

 nostril open, but a quill, or small pipe of any kind, 

 or a piece of strong paper or pasteboard rolled up for 

 a pipe, will be of use to distend the nostril when the 

 mouth is applied. 



On throwing in air, to prevent it from getting in- • 

 to the stomach instead of th; lungs, it is necefsary to 

 apply the hand to the foresidc of the upper firm 

 head of the wind-pipe, (con.monly called Adam's 

 apple,) and with a moderate force to prcfs it directly 

 backwards ; for in this manner the gullet will be 

 comprefsed, and the pafsage to the stomach stopped, 

 while tliat to the lungs will remain open. When tha 

 breast is observed to rise by as much air having en- 



