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will be fuffici.ent in this Place: Thofe who clefirC an 
ampler Account may confult the Article itfelf. 
A Perfon fuffocated by the naufeous Steam arifing 
from Coals fet on Fire in the Pit, fell down as dead 5 he 
lay in the Pit between half an Hour and three Quarter s ; 
and was then dragged up 3 his Eyes faring and open, his 
Mouth gaping wide , his Skin colds not the leaf 
Pulfe in either Heart or Arteries , and not the leaf 
Breathing to be observed. 
In rhele Circumftances, the Surgeon, who relates 
the Affair, applied his Mouth clofe to the Patient’s , 
and-, by blowing flrongly, holding the Nojtrils at the 
fame time , raifed his Chef fully by his Breath. 
The Surgeon immediately felt fix or f even very quick 
Beats of the Heart j the 'Thorax continued to play , 
and the 'Pulfe was foon after felt in the Arteries. 
He then opened a Vein in his Arms which , after 
giving a fmall Jet , fent out the Blood in Hr ops 
only for a Quarter of an Hour , and then he bled freely. 
In the mean time he caufed him to be pull'd , pufh’d [, 
and rubb' d, as much as he could. In one Hour the 
Patient began to come to himfelfs within four Hours 
he walked home j and in as many Hays returned to 
his Work. 
There were many Hundred People, fome of them 
of Diftin&ion, p re fent at the Time. 
This is the Subftance of the Account ; from whence 
it naturally appears how much ought to be attributed 
to the Sagacity of the Surgeon in the Recovery of 
this Perfon. Anatomills, it is true, have long known, 
that an artificial Inflation of the Lungs of a dead or 
dying Animal will put the Heart in Motion, and 
continue it fo for fomc time 5 yet this is the fir ft 
Inftahce 
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