1. Handle the body gently.
  1. Carry the body face downwards, with the head gently raised, and never hold it up by the feet.
  1. Send for medical assistance immediately, and in the meantime act as follows:
  1. Strip the body, rub it dry: then wrap it in hot blankets, and place it in a warm bed in a warm room.
  1. Cleanse away the froth and mucus from the nose and mouth.
  1. Apply warm bricks, bottles, bags of sand, &c., to the armpits, between the thighs, and to the soles of the feet.
  1. Rub the surface of the body with the hands enclosed in warm dry worsted socks.
  1. If possible, put the body into a warm bath.
  1. To restore breathing, put the pipe of a common bellows into one nostril, carefully closing the other, and the mouth; at the same time drawing downwards, and pushing gently backwards, the upper part of the windpipe, to allow a more free admission of air; blow the bellows gently, in order to inflate the lungs, till the breast be raised a little; then set the mouth and nostrils free, and press gently on the chest: repeat this until signs of life appear. The body should be covered the moment it is placed on the table, except the face, and all the rubbing carried on under the sheet or blanket. When they can be obtained, a number of tiles or bricks should be made tolerably hot in the fire, laid in a row on the table, covered with a blanket, and the body placed in such a manner on them, that their heat may enter the spine. When the patient revives, apply smelling-salts to the nose, give warm wine or brandy and water.

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