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Bernt's Work with 5 Copperplate Engravings

Title: Vorlesungen über die Rettungsmittel beim Scheintode und in plötzlichen Lebensgefahren
Author: Bernt, Joseph
Description: [viii], 206, [2] pp. 5 folding copperplate engravings. 8x4¾, original tan boards, pale green endpapers. First Edition.Handsomely illustrated early work on resuscitation, i.e., the restoration to life after apparent death. Among the techniques are: mouth to mouth and nose to mouth breathing; insertion of a breathing tube via laryngeal cut; administering pure oxygen; exposure to tobacco fumes, ammonium hydroxide or camphor; stimulation of the chest. Bernt headed the University of Vienna's department of forensic medicine, the first such program in the world.
Heading: Place Published: Vienna
Publisher: Carl Gerold
Date Published: 1819