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A dissertation on natural and suspended respiration
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- Description
- Medical advances in resuscitating drowning victims, with additions to 1791 edition. The folded plate illustrates several instruments, including a gullet occluder, which consisted of a gum elastic catheter (stimulants such as brandy then might be introduced into the stomach); and an endotracheal tube, with side holes to reduce the risk of the catheter being blocked.
- Publication date
- 1802..
- Call number
- 655747
- Provenance
- Gift of Dr. W. Bruce and Lois B. Fye, June 2021. Ms. signature of Charles Walker, dated 1820.
