Cary S. An address to the members of the Merrimack Humane Society : at their annual meeting in Newburyport, Sept. 2, 1806.

Catalog Record: Cary S. An address to the members of the Merrimack Humane Society : at their annual meeting in Newburyport, Sept. 2, 1806.

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Title: An address to the members of the Merrimack Humane Society : at their
annual meeting in Newburyport, Sept. 2, 1806 / by Samuel Cary.

Author: Cary, Samuel, 1785-1815.

Corp. Author: Merrimack Humane Society.

WLM Call Number: WO 250 C258e 1806 RB

Publisher: Newburyport [Mass.] : Edmund M. Blunt, printer, 1806.

Edition: Second edition.

Physical Descrip: 42, [4] p. ; 21 cm.

Language: eng

Subject: Near Drowning.
Subject: Merrimack Humane Society.
Subject: Resuscitation – methods.
Subject: Death, Apparent.

Abstract: Merrimack is in New Hampshire, and Newburyport is in Massachusetts. The
focus of Cary’s lecture was on the physiology of apparent death, its
common causes and methods of restoration to life. He also provides a
historical account on the concept and founding if humane societies.
Resuscitation techniques included bloodletting, electrical stimulation,
and warming the victim.

General Notes: Digitized by Northern Micrographics in Batch 15, December 2014.

General Notes: List of members [4] p. at end.

General Notes: The appendix contains one page of financial transactions of the
Merrimack Humane Society, a list of its officers and trustees, and a
roster of its members. It also provides a concise summary of the
origins of the formation of humane societies.

General Notes: In a protective wrapper.

Note Bib: Footnotes.