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The HYDROGEN has a strong Affinity for Oxy-
GEN, with which at a certain Temperature
it unites, and Water is formed, -
PILATRE DE ROSIER'S CELEBRATED EXPERI

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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
abounds with HYDROGEN, the more the
Blood attracts the OXYGEN from the AIR,

Many Experiments related to prove THIS IM-
PORTANT POINT,

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
waiting for the Return of Deglutition,
Of the Cordials (or Subftances abounding
with HYDROGEN), good old Wine ought to
be preferred,

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579

ib.

580

581

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The Reafon for THIS PREFERENCE according

to the BRUNONIAN THEORY,

PROP. V. AFTER THE INFLATION OF THE
LUNGS, AND THE STIMULATION OF
THE HEART AND STOMACH, The Pa-

TIENT SHOULD BE PUT INTO A WARM

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The Heat must be adjusted according to the
QUANTITY of LIFE in the Subject,

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JOHN HUNTER obferves, that when the
LIVING PRINCIPLE is nearly exhausted or
low, the POWERS OF ACTION are in-
creased, -

581

582

ib.

ib.

This he discovered from,

1. Attending to Perfons who were Frost-
bitten, -

583

2. From Experiments on dormant Ani

mals,

ib.

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Of the Coincidence of JOHN HUNTER's Do&rine and the
BRUNONIAN THEORY,

ib.

The Application of EXTERNAL HEAT of little
confequence unless the Lungs be firft in-
flated,

The Method of refloring VITAL HEAT is by
reftoring the Powers which generate it,

586

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ib.

As the Temperature of the Body is confider-
ably reduced a Small Degree of HEAT pro-
duces powerful Effects,

Thus a dormant Animal, or one benumbed with
Cold, is revived by a MODERATE DEGREE of
HEAT, whereas a LARGER QUANTITY OC-
cafions fpeedy Deftruction,

Might not Friction with cold Water be there-
fore more fafe and effectual than that fudden
Tranfition fo generally adopted by modern
Practitioners ?

{On the Mode of applying Warmth,

PROP. VI. MOTION, OR AGITATION, OF THE

BODY, SHOULD BE EMPLOYED.

{A Caution on this Head,

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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

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PROP. VIII. FRICTIONS SHOULD BE EMPLOYED.

{The Reafon for THIS APPLICATION,

{CAUTIONS with regard to it,

VOL. III.

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593

ib.

PROP

PROP. IX. OF THINGS TO BE AVOIDED.

{Blood-letting,

{Emetics and naufeating Subftances,

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595 ib.

Enemas that are likely to produce an Evacu

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ation, particularly the Fumes of Tobacco, ib.

SECT. XLVIII. A SUMMARY OF THE WHOLE
DOCTRINE RELATIVE TO THE RE-

COVERY OF DROWNED PERSONS,

SECT. XLIX. OF ASPHYXIA FROM UNRE-
SPIRABLE AIRS.

A PARALLEL between the Effects of Drown-
ing, and thofe from unrefpirable Airs.

1. The Pulse becomes weak and frequent.

2. The Lips become blue as well as the
coloured Parts of the Skin.

597

3. The Skin and Body become flaccid, 605

The UNRESPIRABLE AIRS have different De-
grees of Power,

The more Powerful of THESE AIRS act pro-
bably not only by excluding the Vital Air of
the Atmosphere, but also by combining with
the Blood,

607

ib.

Hence

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