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Title: Anatomy, physiology and hygiene
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Walker, Jerome, 1845-
Subjects: Physiology Health
Publisher: Boston, Allyn and Bacon
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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nd, with his forehead on his flexed arm, theneck straightened out, and the mouth and nose free.Place your elbows against your knees and your handsupon the sides of his chest (Fig. 118), over the lower ribs,and press downward and inward, with increasing force, longenough to count slowly one, two. Then suddenly letgo, grasp the shoulders as before, and raise the chest(Fig. 117); then press upon the ribs, etc. (Fig. 118).These alternate movements should be repeated ten to EMERGENCIES. 387 fifteen times a minute. Use the same regularity as innatural breathing.1 Second Method. After getting rid of the water, turnthe patient quickly on his back, placing a roll of cloth-ing under the back, so that the short ribs bulge promi-nently forward and are raised a little higher than thelevel of the mouth. Have the tip of the tongue heldout of a corner of the mouth by a handkerchief in thehand of a bystander, and the arms stretched forcibly backabove the head. Then kneel astride or beside the patients
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Fig. 119.Artificial Respiration — Government Method. hips, with your hands resting on the abdomen; spread outyour fingers so that you can grasp the waist about the shortribs. Throw all your weight steadily forward upon yourhands, squeezing the ribs at the same time as if you wishedto force everything in the chest upward out of the mouth.Continue this movement while you count slowly one, two,three ; then suddenly let go with a. final push, whichsprings you back to your first kneeling position. Remain 1 This is the method advised by the Michigan State Board of Health, and has the merit that it can be carried out by one person, if the patientis of light enough weight to be lifted readily. 388 EMERGENCIES. erect upon your knees while you count one, two, thenthrow your weight forward as before. Repeat all thesemotions with regularity : at first, four or five times a

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