asphyxy
n . 窒息;昏厥
窒息;昏厥
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n . [
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asphyxia ,
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to throb ,
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Med .)
Apparent death ,
or suspended animation ;
the condition which results from interruption of respiration ,
as in suffocation or drowning ,
or the inhalation of poisonous or irrespirable gases .
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1913 Webster ]
ASPHYXY ,
med .
jur .
A temporary suspension of the motion of the heart and arteries ;
swooning ,
fainting .
This term includes persons who have been asphyxiated by submersion or drowning ;
by breathing mephitic gas ;
by the effect of lightning ;
by the effect of cold ;
by heat ;
by suspension or strangulation .
In a legal point of view it is always proper to ascertain whether the person who has thus been deprived of his senses is the victim of another ,
whether the injury has been caused by accident ,
or whether it is .
the act of the sufferer himself .
2 .
In a medical point of view it is important to ascertain whether the person is merely asphyxiated ,
or whether he is dead .
The following general remarks have been made as to the efforts which ought to be made to restore a person thus situated ,
1st .
Persons asphyxiated are frequently in a state of only apparent death .
2d .
Real from apparent death ,
can be distinguished only by putrefaction .
3d .
Till putrefaction commences ,
aid ought to be rendered to persons asphyxiated .
4th .
Experience proves that remaining several hours under water does not always produce death .
5th .
The red ,
violet ,
or black color of the face ,
the coldness of the body ,
the stiffness of the limbs ,
are not always signs of death .
6th .
The assistance to persons thus situated ,
maybe administered by any intelligent person ;
but to insure success ,
it must be done without discouragement for several hours together .
7th .
All unnecessary persons should be sent away ;
five or six are in general sufficient .
8th .
The place where the operation is performed should not be too warm .
9th .
The assistance should be rendered with activity ,
but without precipitation .
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