Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 266
isback as to raise thepit of the stomachabove the general levelof the body. Theoperator then kneelsor sits astride of thepatients hips, grasp-ing with his hand thesmall ribs, pressingwith the balls of thethumbs on the pit ofthe stomach, and fi-nally letting gohis holdafter a last push which forces… … INTERIOR OF SIGNAL TOWER. nostrils to fill it; this process is repeated fromfour or five to fifteen times a minute, and oftenis kept up for four or five hours—until the pa-tient breathes naturally or all hope is given up.The clenching of hands and jaws, formerlyconsidered signs of death, are now…
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