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Title: They are not dead : Restoration by the "heat method," of those drowned, or otherwise suffocated
Year: 1879 (1870s)
Authors: Lambert, T. S. (Thomas Scott), 1819-1897
Subjects: Resuscitation Resuscitation Drowning Drowning Asphyxia Asphyxia
Publisher: New York : Wright & Schondelmeier
Contributing Library: Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
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Fig. 19. followed up through the neck. 5 is the great pneumo-cardio gastric (lung-heart-stomach,) nerve ; (trace down to ita connections). Back and to the right ofthe stomach, as ij; is shown here, is a part of the great nervous plexus, whichmakes it so dangerous to strike a person over the stomach, especially whenit is full. Nervous substance can oear almoet anything better than it can ablow or concussion. If it happooie in drowning the case is usually hopeless. 91 begin or end are represented in the centres, a fact worthy ofcontemplation, (see Fig. 20.) All the nerves appear to be alike in all respects exceptlocation and connections, and they doubtless act alike, and Fig. 20
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Pig. 20 IS a beautiful representation of the superficial nerves of €heright Head and Neck, which will be particularly interesting to thosetroubled with neuralgia of the face, since they can appreciate the fact thatif a main branch of the nerves is affected, the pain may seem to be atmany points, though most of the nerves shown are motory; 1, being thoFacial, through which the muscles of the face are controlled by the will,and the avenue through which they are acted upon by the emotions andexpressions caused. The bunch of nerves, 25, Infra-orUtal, and 27, Infe-rior-dental, extending to the upper and lower lips, are especially noticeable. 92 could change places with each other. They are apparentlyquite passive, like telegraph wires, are mere conductors, un-dergo changes slowly, need but little blood, and have fewblood tubes, hence their whiteness. Their outer extremitiesare often exposed to severe cold, are sometimes quite frozenyet easily recover. There can be no objection, therefore

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