FISHES AND FISHING. 368 



SUSPENDED ANIMATION. 



IT may be useful to give the rules published by the 

 Royal Humane Society for restoring those apparently 

 drowned, to which I have made some explanatory, 

 and I hope useful additions. First send for a medical 

 man immediately. 



Cautions. Lose no time ; avoid all rough usage ; 

 never hold the body up by the feet ; nor roll the body 

 on a cask ; nor rub the body with salt or spirits ; nor 

 inject tobacco smoke, or infusion of tobacco. 



Convey the body carefully (and quickly) with the 

 head and shoulders supported in a raised position, 

 to the nearest house, where the following methods of 

 treatment can be adopted. Strip the body as soon 

 as possible, and rub it dry with hot cloths, then wrap 

 it in hot blankets, and place it in a warm bed, in a 

 warm chamber, free from smoke. 



In order to restore the natural warmth of the body 

 move a moderately-heated, covered (with flannel) 

 warming-pan over the back and spine. 



Put bladders or bottles of hot water, or heated 

 bricks, all covered with flannel, to the pit of the 

 stomach, the arm pits, between the thighs, to the soles 

 of the feet, and each side of the neck. Foment the 

 body with hot flannels. 



