gue, pull it forward just beyond lips, and hold it there. Let
another assistant grasp the arms just below the elbows and draw them
steadily upward by the sides of the patient's head to the ground, the
hands nearly meeting (which enlarges the capacity of the chest and
induces inspiration, Fig. 2). While this is being done, let a third
assistant take position astride the patient's hips with his elbows
resting on his own knees, his hands extended, ready for action. Next,
let the assistant standing at the head turn down the patient's arms to
the sides of the body, the assistant holding the tongue changing
hands, if necessary, to let the arms pass. Just before the patient's
hands reach the ground, the man astride the body will grasp the body
with his hands, the ball of the thumb resting on either side of the
pit of the stomach, the fingers falling into the grooves between the
short ribs. Now, using his knees as a pivot, he will at the moment the
patient's hands touch the ground throw (not too suddenly) all his
weight forward on his hands, and at the same time squeeze the waist
between them, as if he wished to force something in the chest upward
out of the mouth; he will deepen the pressure while he slowly counts
one, two, three, four (about five seconds), then suddenly lets go with
a final push, which will send him back to his first position. This
completes expiration. (A child or delicate person must be more gently
handled.)_

_At the instant of letting go, the man at the patient's head will
again draw the arms steadily upward to the sides of the patient's
head, as before (the assistant holding the tongue again changing
hands to let the arms pass, if necessary), holding them there while he
slowly counts one, two, three, four (about five seconds)._

_Repeat these movements deliberately and perseveringly twelve to
fifteen times in every minute--thus imitating the natural motions of
breathing. Continue the artificial respiration from one to four hours,
or until the patient breathes; and for a while, after the appearance
of returning life, carefully aid the first short gasps until deepened
into full breaths._

_Keep body warm with hot-water bottles, hot bricks to limbs and feet,
and blankets over exposed lower part of body._

_Rule 5.--Treat burn, if any. If skin is not broken, cover burn with
cloths wet with Carron oil (equal parts of limewater and linseed or
olive oil). If skin is broken, or raw surface is exposed, spread