. The best thing to do in these cases is to keep the
head well raised, and cool with a lotion such as that recommended above
for sprains; to administer an aperient draught, and to abstain from
giving anything that stimulates, such as wine, brandy, sal-volatile, &c.
&c. As a general rule, a person dies in three minutes and a half after
he has been under water. It is difficult, however, to tell how long he
has actually been _under_ it, although we may know well exactly how long
he has been _in_ it. This being the case, always persevere in your
attempts at resuscitation until actual signs of death have shown
themselves, even for six, eight, or ten hours. Dr. Douglas, of Glasgow,
resuscitated a person who had been under water for fourteen minutes, by
simply rubbing the whole of his body with warm flannels, in a warm room,
for eight hours and a half, at the end of which time the person began to
show the _first_ symptoms of returning animation. Should the accident
occur at a great distance from any house, this treatment should be
adopted as closely as the circumstances will permit of. Breathing
through any tube, such as a piece of card or paper rolled into the form
of a pipe, will do as a substitute for the bellows. To recapitulate: Rub
the body dry; take matters out of mouth; cover with blankets or clothes;
slightly raise the head, and place the body in a warm bath, or on a bed
in a warm room; apply smelling-salts to nose; employ artificial
breathing; rub well with warm flannels; put mustard poultices to feet,
hands, and insides of thighs and legs, with warm bricks or bottles to
armpits. _Don't bleed_. Give wine, brandy, or sal-volatile when
recovering, and _persevere till actual signs of death are seen._

2677. Briefly to conclude what we have to say of suffocation, let us
treat of _Lightning_. When a person has been struck by lightning, there
is a general paleness of the whole body, with the exception of the part
struck, which is often blackened, or even scorched.--_Treatment_. Same
as for drowning. It is not, however, of much use; for when death takes
place at all, it is generally instantaneous.

2678. CURE FOR THE TOOTHACHE.--Take a piece of sheet zinc, about the
size of a sixpence, and a piece of silver, say a shilling; place them
together, and hold the defective tooth between them or contiguous to
them; in a few minutes the pain will be gone, as if by magic. The zinc
and silver, acting as a galvanic battery, will produ