Preservative plan; or, hints for the preservation of persons exposed to those accidents which suddenly suspend or extingui[s]h vital action, and by which many valuable lives are prematurely lost to the community / by A. Fothergill.

  • Fothergill, A. (Anthony), 1732?-1813.
Date:
1798
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Preservative plan; or, hints for the preservation of persons exposed to those accidents which suddenly suspend or extingui[s]h vital action, and by which many valuable lives are prematurely lost to the community / by A. Fothergill. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    [ *0 ] 2. Every large town ought to fupply the inhabitants with a commodious pleafure-bath, where thcfc falutary exercifes might, in their refpeftivc feafons, be carried on in perfed fafety, and free of expenfe. 3. All fords and watering-places, through which horfemen and carriages pafs, and which become dangerous on every fudden flood, ought to have polls with water-marks, denoting the depth, in ^ legible charaders. 4. The rapid increafe of navigable canals, which now interfed this ifland in almoft every diredion, cannot but increafe the number of accidents from drowning. Confequently, the eftablilhment of Humane Societies will become more than ever necelTary;—an undertaking in which the proprietors, as well as the public at large, it is hoped, will not fail to intereft themfelves. 5. In the ad of drowning, when two or more are prefent, it, alas! often happens, that he, who haftens to refcue his companion, lofes his own life in the generous attempt, and that without being able to accomplilh his benevolent purpofe! For, a drowning perfon, in grappling with his alTiftant, wherever he catches hold, never lets go his tenacious grafp while life remains. To prevent this, the alTiftant fhould, before he plunges into the water, make a running noofe on a handkerchief, cravat, or garter then, cautioufly approaching his llruggling companion, without fuffering