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the tongue better by using a dry handkerchief or towel. If 

 you have no help, draw forward the tongue and secure it by 

 a string, a rubber band or a strip of handkerchief fastened 

 round the lower jaw. 



24. Artificial Respiration. These preliminary efforts 

 should be the work of but a few moments. Now you are 

 ready for the main part of the treatment to keep up arti- 

 ficial respiration until the natural breathing comes. 



FIG. 50. Second Position: for the purpose of drawing air into the lungs. 



Stand or partly kneel at his head, and grasping the arms 

 near the elbows, draw them up over the head until they 

 meet, extending them upward with a good pull (Fig. 50), and 

 hold them there for a couple of seconds. This increases the 

 cavity of the chest, expands the lungs, and the air is drawn 

 in to fill the space. 



Now draw down the arms and press them firmly against 

 the sides of the chest. (Fig. 51.) This tends to force air out 

 of the lungs, and thus you complete the act of respiration by 

 artificial means. 



Repeat this process steadily at the rate of about fifteen 

 times in a minute until he begins to breathe. Do not get 



