An Essay on Suspended Animation (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Samuel Colhoun

9780484503068: An Essay on Suspended Animation (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0484503065 ISBN 13: 9780484503068

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This Essay is conducted upon the following plan: The general nature and causes of Asphyxia are first detailed; the species from submersion is then considered; next, the mode in which its causes Operate; for this purpose, Respiration, as the function more particularly concerned, is first introduced, in volving the examination of the effects of the Various gases; of animal temperature, and of death from cold. After this preparatory discussion, the cure of as phyxia from submersion, with that of its other spe cies, is given; and a history of the progress of resuscitation, authors, and humane societies, with the necessary apparatus, concludes the Essay.

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