smells, &c. &c.

2676. 2. _Drowning_.--This is one of the most frequent causes of death
by suffocation.--Treatment. Many methods have been adopted, and as some
of them are not only useless, but hurtful, we will mention them here,
merely in order that they may be avoided. In the first place, then,
never hang a person up by his heels, as it is an error to suppose that
water gets into the lungs. Hanging a person up by his heels would be
quite as bad as hanging him up by his neck. It is also a mistake to
suppose that rubbing the body with salt and water is of
service.--_Proper Treatment_. Directly a person has been taken out of
the water, he should be wiped dry and wrapped in blankets; but if these
cannot be obtained, the clothes of the bystanders must be used for the
purpose. His head being slightly raised, and any water, weeds, or froth
that may happen to be in his mouth, having been removed, he should be
carried as quickly as possible to the nearest house. He should now be
put into a warm bath, about as hot as the hand can pleasantly bear, and
kept there for about ten minutes, artificial breathing being had
recourse to while he is in it. Having been taken out of the bath, he
should be placed flat on his back, with his head slightly raised, upon a
warm bed in a warm room, wiped perfectly dry, and then rubbed constantly
all over the body with warm flannels. At the same time, mustard
poultices should be put to the soles of the feet, the palms of the
hands, and the inner surface of the thighs and legs. Warm bricks, or
bottles filled with warm water, should be placed under the armpits. The
nose should be tickled with a feather, and smelling-salts applied to it.
This treatment should be adopted while the bath is being got ready, as
well as when the body has been taken out of it. The bath is not
absolutely necessary; constantly rubbing the body with flannels in a
warm room having been found sufficient for resuscitation. Sir B. Brodie
says that warm air is quite as good as warm water. When symptoms of
returning consciousness begin to show themselves, give a little wine,
brandy, or twenty drops of sal-volatile and water. In some cases it is
necessary, in about twelve or twenty-four hours after the patient has
revived, to bleed him, for peculiar head-symptoms which now and then
occur. Bleeding, however, even in the hands of professional men
themselves, should be very cautiously used--non-professional ones should
never think of it