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Pieter Schenk

1767

Dutch Society for Recovery of Drowned Persons

Amsterdam: 400 morti/anno per annegamento da caduta nei canali

1. Warming the victim (which sometimes required transporting the body to a
different location) by lighting a fire near the victim, burying him in warm sand,

placing the body in a warm bath, or placing in a bed with one or two
volunteers;

2. Removing swallowed or aspirated water by positioning the victim head
lower than his feet and applying manual pressure to the abdomen, vomiting
was induced by tickling the back of the throat with a feather;

3. Stimulation of the victim, especially the lungs, stomach and
intestines by such means as rectal fumigation with tobacco

smoke, or the use of strong odours;
In 4 anni:
4. Restoring breathing with a bellows; 150 persone

5. Bloodletting. salvate !