Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 180, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1920 — TO REVIVE SHOCK SUFFERERS [ARTICLE]

TO REVIVE SHOCK SUFFERERS

' - i Application of Artificial Respiration Must Be Kept Up Despite Baem- - , Ing Discouragement 5 ’ Dr. S/jellinek, analyzlng,the effects of severe electric shocks received by contact With the electrified wire fences during the World war. wrote in Elektrotecbnlk und Maschlnenban that an Important factor was the state of preparedness of the victim. , - A Experience, says the Scientific Amershown that a shock which was likely to prove fatal if received unexpectedly, was harmless when anticipated. Experiments on apimals have confirmed this Jmpreesloo and have been Instrumental In showing t>at physiological effects.of shocks administered with direfct and Indirect current are distinctly different. »’ It Is also remarked that a close resemblance to death after shock should not be accepted too readily as proof. Persons apparently dead have not lpfrequendy recovered when artificial respiration was applied. It is best to give too victim the benefit of top doubt