Cogan T. Memoirs of the society instituted at Amsterdam in favour of drowned persons : for the years 1767, 1768, 1769, 1770, and 1771.

Catalog Record: Cogan T. Memoirs of the society instituted at Amsterdam in favour of drowned persons : for the years 1767, 1768, 1769, 1770, and 1771.

Title: Memoirs of the society instituted at Amsterdam in favour of drowned persons : for the years 1767, 1768, 1769, 1770, and 1771 / translated from the original by Thomas Cogan.

AccessKey: acil

Author: Cogan, Thomas.

WLM Call Number: WO 250 C655 1773 RB

Accession NO.: 829

Publisher: London : G. Robinson, 1773.

Physical Description: vii, 84 p. ; 20 cm.

Subject: Drowning – history – Netherlands.
Subject: Near Drowning.
Subject: Resuscitation.

Type of Trace: Not Applicable

Abstract: The Amsterdam report translated here was the second English
translation. Alexander Johnson’s “A Short Account of a Society at
Amsterdam” instituted in the year 1767 for the Recovery of Drowned
Persons, 1773, was the first to be translated into English. However,
Cogan’s translation was direct and more detailed, while Johnson’s was a
paraphrase and summary.

General Notes: Digitized by Northern Micrographics June 22, 2010.

General Notes: This work was instrumental in the formation of the Royal Humane Society.
Dr. Cogan and his co-founder, William Hawes, formed the Royal Humane
Society based upon this translation of the activities of the Dutch
Society.