{ The HYDROGEN has a strong Affinity for Oxy- PAGE 577 MENT. A Pound of HYDROGEN AIR being burnt, melted 295 Pounds of Ice, ib. Whereas a Pound of WAX CANDLE under fimilar Circumftances melted only 135 Pounds, 578 Now HYDROGEN is conveyed into the System by the Stomach, and the OXYGEN is derived from the Atmosphere by the Lungs, ib. And it is found, that the more the System Many Experiments related to prove THIS IM- HYDROGEN in Cafes of suspended Animation ought therefore to be conveyed into the Stomach, while OXYGEN is impelled into the Lungs, This ought to be speedily done, and without ib. 579 ib. 580 581 The PAGE The Reafon for THIS PREFERENCE according to the BRUNONIAN THEORY, PROP. V. AFTER THE INFLATION OF THE TIENT SHOULD BE PUT INTO A WARM The Heat must be adjusted according to the JOHN HUNTER obferves, that when the 581 582 ib. ib. This he discovered from, 1. Attending to Perfons who were Frost- 583 2. From Experiments on dormant Ani mals, ib. { Of the Coincidence of JOHN HUNTER's Do&rine and the ib. The Application of EXTERNAL HEAT of little The Method of refloring VITAL HEAT is by 586 ib. As the Temperature of the Body is confider- Thus a dormant Animal, or one benumbed with Might not Friction with cold Water be there- {On the Mode of applying Warmth, PROP. VI. MOTION, OR AGITATION, OF THE BODY, SHOULD BE EMPLOYED. {A Caution on this Head, PAGE 586 587 ib. 588 ib. {The beft Method of performing it, - 589 PROP. VII. THE STEAM OF SOME STIMULAT ING SUBSTANCES SHOULD BE USED BY PROP. VIII. FRICTIONS SHOULD BE EMPLOYED. {The Reafon for THIS APPLICATION, {CAUTIONS with regard to it, VOL. III. 1 593 ib. PROP PROP. IX. OF THINGS TO BE AVOIDED. {Blood-letting, {Emetics and naufeating Subftances, PAGE 595 ib. Enemas that are likely to produce an Evacu 3 ation, particularly the Fumes of Tobacco, ib. SECT. XLVIII. A SUMMARY OF THE WHOLE COVERY OF DROWNED PERSONS, SECT. XLIX. OF ASPHYXIA FROM UNRE- A PARALLEL between the Effects of Drown- 1. The Pulse becomes weak and frequent. 2. The Lips become blue as well as the 597 3. The Skin and Body become flaccid, 605 The UNRESPIRABLE AIRS have different De- The more Powerful of THESE AIRS act pro- 607 ib. Hence Some curious Phænomena arifing from the Exhibition of [Of the two Species of noxious Air which infest ib. ib. Some Years back a Scheme was projected at WHITE- HAVEN, to light up that Town by means of Inflammable As Chemistry advances, may not the Water of the THAMES be decompofed in certain appropriated Places, and the Inflammable Air conveyed throughout the Strand and City, and this Part of the Town be splendidly illu- |