AND ANIMAL LIFE. 25 



from struggles or other causes, attended by in- 

 spiratory actions. 



XXXI. The opinion is also much strengthen- 

 ed by the experiments and observations of Dr 

 CURRIE. The first individual which he subject^ 

 ed to cold immersion was Richard Edwards, 

 whose temperature was very soon and considera- 

 bly diminished. " To my surprise/' he says, 

 " although the attendants were rubbing him dry 

 with towels, during this time the mercury fell 

 rapidly. He was put into a warm bed, and his 

 heat, when examined under the tongue, was 87, 

 at the axilla 89. Frictions were used, and 

 brandy mixed with water administered ; but I 

 found on this, as on all future occasions, the best 

 mode of counteracting the cold was to apply a 

 bladder with hot water to the pit of the stomach, 

 a fact which I think important : This being done, 

 his shiverings, which before were severe, soon 

 ceased, and he became more comfortable.*" 



In another experiment on one Richard Sut- 

 ton, Dr CURRIE remarks : " In the last experi- 

 ment, when the heat sunk rapidly, Sutton said 

 that he felt a coldness and faintness at his sto- 

 mach, which he had not perceived before, and 

 when I felt the motion of his heart it was feeble 

 and languid. In some future trials of the effects 



* Medical Reports on the Effects of Water, cold and 

 warm, as a Remedy in Fever and Febrile Diseases. Appen-* 

 dix, p. 26. 



