PHYSIOLOGY. 



patient on his face, with the head down hill ; stand astride 

 the hips with your face toward his head, and, locking your 

 fingers together under his belly, raise the body as high as 

 you can without lifting the forehead off the ground (Fig. 

 96, Position i), and give the body a smart jerk to remove 

 mucus from the throat and water from the windpipe ; hold 

 the body suspended long enough to count slowly, one, 









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Fig. 97- Resuscitation from Drowning. 

 (Position 2.) 



two, three, four, five, repeating the jerk more gently two 

 or three times. 



RULE 2. Place the patient on the ground face down- 

 ward, and, maintaining all the while your position astride 

 the body, grasp the points of the shoulders by the clothing, 

 or, if the body is naked, thrust your fingers into the arm- 

 pits, clasping your thumbs over the points of the shoulders, 

 and raise the chest as high as you can (Fig. 97, Position 2) 



