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duced into one of the nostrils, and the lungs 

 were inflated about 35 times in a minute. Six 

 minutes after the commencement of artificial 

 respiration, he moved his head and legs, and 

 made an effort to breathe. He then was seized 

 with convulsions, and again lay motionless, but 

 continued to make occasional eiforts to breathe. 

 Sixteen minutes after its commencement, the 

 artificial respiration was discontinued. He now 

 breathed spontaneously 70 times in a minute, 

 and moved his head and extremities. After this 

 he occasionally rose, and attempted to walk. In 

 the intervals he continued in a dozing state, but 

 from this he gradually recovered. In less than 

 two hours he appeared perfectly well, and he 

 continued well on the following day. 



The inflating the lungs has been frequently 

 recommended in cases of suffocation, where the 

 cause of death is the cessation of the functions 

 of the lungs : As far as I know, it has not been 

 before proposed in those cases in which the cause 

 of death is the cessation of the functions of the 

 brain.* It is probable that this method of treat- 



* Since this paper was read, I have been favoured by the 

 Right Hon. the President with the perusal of a Dissertation 

 on the Effects of the Upas Tieute, lately published at Paris 

 by M. Delile, by which I find that he had employed artificial 

 respiration for the purpose of recovering animals which were 

 under the influence of this poison, with success. M. Delile 

 describes the Upas Tieute as causing death by occasioning 

 repeated and long continued contractions of the muscles of 

 respiration, on which it acts through the medium of the 

 spinal chord, without destroying the functions of the brain. 



