Directions for an extension of the practice of recovering persons apparently dead taken from the instructions at large, published by Alexander Johnson, M.D. (Introducer of the practice in England,) and confirmed by reports received from abroad: Tending to shew, that more benefit will arise to the nations, from extending the knowledge of the original treatment here set forth, to be exercised generally by men of all denominations, than from its being restrained to the efforts of a comparatively small number of medical assistants and country practitioners, recommended by the several humane socienties in this kingdom; and who, professionally occupied, cannot be at hand to give that instantaneous assistance upon which the hope of success is founded, at that critical moment when fleeting life exists but like a spark

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Johnson, Alexander
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[London] printed and distributed at the Logographic Press 1785, [1785?]
Subjects:	First Aid In Illness And Injury / Early Works To 1800 Lifesaving / Early Works To 1800 Resuscitation / Early Works To 1800
Online Access:	http://nl.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/0001602000?orig...
Collection:	Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa