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Rub the body briskly with the hand ; do not, how 

 ever, suspend the use of the other means at the same 

 time ; but if possible immerse the body in a warm 

 bath at blood heat, 98 or 100 of the thermometer, 

 as this is preferable to the other means for restoring 

 warmth. 



Volatile salts or hartshorn, or liquor ammonia, to 

 be passed occasionally to and fro under the nostrils. 



No more persons to be admitted into the room 

 than are absolutely necessary, as they will consume 

 the oxygen of the atmosphere. 



Electricity was formerly found of great use in these 

 cases when it could be applied ; but, except at the 

 Royal Humane Society's establishment, in Hyde Park, 

 it was seldom available. Now the application of 

 electro-magnetism is, or ought to be, in the power of 

 every general practitioner, and no one ought to be 

 without such an useful apparatus, which can be 

 transported without the least delay or difficulty, to 

 the spot where the body is lying, and by the adoption 

 of the improvements which I have made in the ap 

 paratus, and modes of applying it, whereby it is ren 

 dered more effective, useful, and always ready for 

 immediate service by following these directions. 



First, have two pieces of German silver or copper 

 wire, gauge No. 14, form them into this shape 

 These are to be placed in the orifices 



