Treatment Of The Drowning

Dr. Iloward, medical oflieer of New York harbor, reeently explained at the receiving-house of the Royal Humane Society, lus metbod of resuscitating persons taken from the water in a state of insensibility. The principies upon which he acts are those of clearing awa.v the water and mucus which prevent the entrance of air into the lungs, and the imitatiou of the movement of the chest in respiration. Heflrst empties the stornach and passages of water. For tlrs he places the patiënt face downward, puts a roll of soinething hard under the stomach, so that it is above the level of the niouth, and tlien presses with all his force on the back. Afterward to set up artincial breathing, instead of the partía] rolling of the body or the pumping actlon of the arms now practiced, the body islaid upon the back with the clothes stripped to the waist. The pit of the stomach is now raised to the bighest point by something under the back. A bundie of clothes or the body oí' another man will do 4or this. The head is thrown back and the tongue is drawn forward by an assistan't, so as lo keep open the entranco to the air tubes. The hands are passed over the head, the wrists crossed, the arms kept firmly extended. The operator hen kneëls astride the body, places his hands on the lower part of the ribs, and steadily and gradually makes compression. Balancing on his knees he inclines nimself forward till his face nearly touches that of the patiënt, and so Iets fall the whole weight of the body upon the chest, When this has yielded as much as it will, he throws himself back by a sudden push, to his lirst erecl position of kneeling, and the elastic ribs by their expanding bellows action draw air into the lungs. These manceuvers must be ropeated regularly twelve to fifteen times in a minute. A boy had always declined to eat oalmeal, although his mother had urged it upon him as a strengthening diet. Suddenly he surprised her by one morning eating a liberal plateful and calling for more. When she asked for an explanation, he replied, "I am bound to eat oatmeal till I get strong enough to whip Georgy Scott." A family is like an equipage. First, tlie father, the draught horse; next, the boys, the wheels, for they are always running around ; tlien the girls, they are surrounded by fellows. The baby occupies the lapboard ; and the mother- well, what's a wagon without a tongue, anyhow?