[ Of Restoring a Drowned Person ] Handley Chipman
Date: Written in 1776 about a 1765 event. | 1776/01/12 to 1776/12/31
Source:
Handley Chipman's Notes, Vol. 2
Institution: Nova Scotia Archives
| Source Origin: Chipman Family Papers
| Reference: MG Vol. 218 / Microfilm Reel 10,154
An account of a drowned child restored by laying on ashes and salt. No. 162, p. 94.
Of restoring a drowned person
Which is related as follows [&ir], a Child of 3 ½
years old. Son of
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,
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