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RULE 3. After breathing has commenced, restore the animal heat. 

 Wrap him in warm blankets, apply bottles of hot water, hot bricks, or 

 anything to restore heat. Warm the head nearly as fast as the body 

 lest convulsions come on. Rubbing the body with warm cloths or the 

 hand, and slapping the .fleshy parts, may assist to restore warmth, and 

 also the breathing. If the patient can surely swallow, give hot coffee, 

 tea, milk. Alcoholic liquors are liable to produce depression. Place 



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Resuscitation from Drowning. 

 (Position 3.) 



the patient in a warm bed, and give him plenty of fresh air ; keep him 

 quiet. 



Avoid Delay ! A moment may turn the scale for life or death. Dry 

 ground, shelter, warmth, stimulants, etc., at this moment are nothing 

 artificial breathing is everything is the one remedy all others are 

 secondary. Do not stop to remove wet clothing. Precious time is 

 wasted, and the patient may be fatally chilled by the exposure. 



First restore Breathing. Give all your attention and effort to re- 

 store breathing by forcing air into, and out of, the lungs.' If the breath- 

 ing has just ceased, a smart slap on the face or a vigorous twist of the 

 hair will sometimes start it again, and may be tried incidentally. 



