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On the return of sense, motion^, and warmth, 

 aromatic spirituous applications may be externally 

 used; the temperature in which the body is 

 placed may be raised, and cordials at the same 

 time administered. Richter advises us, even to 

 cover the body with snow, or lay it in ice cold 

 water, in such a manner, that the mouth and 

 nostrils be not obstructed, care being taken not 

 to break any frozen part. Signs of vitality are 

 then to be awaited ; when these appear, strong 

 volatiles and sternutatories are to be applied to 

 the nostrils, and air is to be blown into the 

 lungs. The fauces are to be tickled with a 

 feather. He also recommends the introduction 

 of tobacco fumes up the rectum; a practice, 

 however, the propriety of which is questionable, 

 in all cases of suspended animation, on account 

 of the well-known noxious, debilitating, and 

 even deleterious effects of that plant. 



It might be better, perhaps, to throw warm 

 wine into the large intestines, or inject it by 

 means of a hollow bougie down the sesophagus. 



