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Synopsis
Excerpt from Accidents, Emergencies, and Poisons: Keep This Where You Can Readily Find It
As said above, this is Asphyxia from submersion in water or other fluids. This accident is' of such frequent 9 Or to the University Hospital, in West Philadelphia.
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Synopsis
Excerpt from Accidents, Emergencies, and Poisons: Keep This Where You Can Readily Find It
It will be seen there can be several varieties of Asphyxia, as, (1) Asphyxia from submersion, as in the ordinary drowning in water or other fluids (2) Asphyxia from mechanical causes, as by strangulation, or hanging, and by foreign bodies in the windpipe or its approaches; (3) Asphyxia by inhalation of gases, known as suffocation; (4) Asphyxia from torpor of the medulla oblongata (an important portion of the brain, at the junction of the spinal cord and what is called the brain), produced by the introduction into the blood of certain poisons.
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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.