Of Restoring a Drowned Person

[ Of Restoring a Drowned Person ] Handley Chipman

Contributors
Contributor Role
Compiler
Contributor Name
Handley Chipman

Date: Written in 1776 about a 1765 event. | 1776/01/12 to 1776/12/31

Publication Format
Manuscript

Type
Medicine

Symptoms
no respiration
no pulse
drowning

Ingredients
ashes
salt

Places
Nova Scotia

Source: Handley Chipman's Notes, Vol. 2
Institution: Nova Scotia Archives | Source Origin: Chipman Family Papers | Reference: MG Vol. 218 / Microfilm Reel 10,154

Description

An account of a drowned child restored by laying on ashes and salt. No. 162, p. 94.


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            Of restoring a drowned person
Which is related as follows [&ir], a Child of 3 ½
years old. Son of^oneMeyor, fell into the water wa[s]
carried 200 paces, He when taken up had no
respiration, no pulse beat, his head and hands
Swelled, his Eyes Closed, is Lips Livid, his body cold
and for ¾ of an hour Appear’d to be dead, 
but he being Laid on beds of ashes impregnated
with Salt & frictions &c, and being rubbed with
hot Cloaths about 15 Minutes he made a Motion
with his mouth in about 15 minutes more rubbing
he breathed, his pulse beat, and he recovered
his Senses, &c this in AD 1765,