TO CLEAR THE THROAT.--Place the patient on the floor or ground with the
face _downwards_, and one of the arms under the forehead, in which
position all fluids will more readily escape by the mouth, and the
tongue itself will fall forward, leaving the entrance into the windpipe
free. Assist this operation by wiping and cleansing the mouth.
If satisfactory breathing commences, use the treatment described below
to promote warmth. If there be only slight breathing, or no breathing,
or if the breathing fail, then:--
TO EXCITE BREATHING--Turn the patient well and instantly on the side,
supporting the head, and excite the nostrils with snuff, hartshorn, and
smelling salts or tickle the throat with a feather, etcetera, if they
are at hand. Rub the chest and face warm, and dash cold water, or cold
and hot water alternately, on them.