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mach rubbed with warm spirits; the temples shouldalso be rubbed with volatile spirits; and stimulants,as tobacco, blown up the nostrils.

A person should blow with all his force into thepatient's mouth, holding his nostrils at the same time.When from the rising of the chest or belly it appearsthat the lungs are thus filled with air, the blowingshould be suspended, and the person press the breastand belly, so as to dispel it; and alternately inflateand depress the lungs in this manner for some time,so as to imitate natural breathing. Or a pair of bellowsor blow-pipe may be used, more powerfully thanthe mouth (but none so efficacious in other respects,)stopping the nostrils as much as possible.

To stimulate the intestines, the smoke of tobaccomay be thrown up as a clyster, and for want of aproper apparatus, a common tobacco pipe may beused for this purpose. The bowl of the pipe must befilled with tobacco well kindled, and the small tubebeing introduced into the fundament, the smoke maybe forced up by blowing through a piece of paper fullof holes, wrapped round the mouth of the bowl, orby blowing through an empty pipe, the mouth ofwhich is applied close to the other. Should it befound impracticable to throw up the fumes of tobacco,clysters of warm water, with a little salt, or somewine or spirits, may be repeatedly administered, bymeans of a common clyster bag and pipe, or stillbetter by a pretty large syringe.

In the mean time a warm bath should be prepared,and the patient put into it, should the above meansfail; or, where this cannot be had, the body shouldbe covered with warm salt, ashes, sand, grains, orsuch other substances as are at hand.

Till the patient show signs of life, no attempts mustbe made to pour liquors into his mouth, but his lipsand tongue may be wetted with a feather dipped mwarm spirits, and as soon as he has recovered the powerof swallowing, a little warm wine or cordial oughtevery now and then to be administered. After the

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