Richmond Enquirer

Long Suspended Animation Restored.—On Monday, the 11th instant, while some boys were bathing in Linlithgow Loch, at a part where the water deepens upwards of fifty feet in the space of a yard or two, one of them, in attempting to swim, got into deep water and went down. His companions immediately ran off to give the alarm; a considerable time elapsed before the body was got out, when it appeared as if the vital spark had fled, the body having been half an hour in the water. The following means were used to restore animation :-Without losing one moment, the body was placed by some gentlemen on a sloping bank, the head being nearly eighteen inches higher than the feet, and in this position one of the gentlemen instantly put his hand on the boy's mouth, having the other on the abdomen, and applying his mouth to the nose, commenced blowing with all his might, allowing the water to escape betwixt every blast, which came in great quantities from both nose and mouth, being forced out by the injected air and a slight pressure on the abdomen with the other hand; this operation being repeated for ten or fifteen minutes, with continual rubbing of the legs, arms, abdomen and chest, a draught of air appeared to be inhaled, and in a little time restoration slowly and feebly commenced; warm water and flannels were now got and applied to the feet and body, which appeared to give excruciating pain, the muscles of the face becoming much distorted, followed by the vomiting of considerable quantities of water, writhing and crying hysterically; fully an hour and a half elapsed before the boy recovered the use of his eyes, which were fixed during the process of resuscitation. Great praise is due to the two men who, at the risk of their lives, brought the body out of the water, all three having gone down several times before reaching the shore. The boy is recovering slowly.