Swimming Scientifically Taught: A Practical Manual for Young and OldFunk & Wagnalls Company, 1912 - 195 pages |
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alongside the body American crawl arm movements arm straight ahead arms and legs Australian crawl back dive back stroke backward ball bath beginner bend breakers high breast stroke breathing Cæsar CATHERINE WHEEL Charlestown Bridge chest crawl stroke Dalton stroke distance diver doubling the body drawn dropt drowning person elbows ENGLISH RACING STROKE enter the water face feat feet FIGURE FLOATING POSITION forward front heels instructor Julius Cæsar keep the head keep the mouth kick knees Lars Porsena left arm left leg leg drive leg movements long-distance swimming lungs ments method miles minutes mouth open one's palms player plunge possible propel racing dive right side roll SACK TRICK scissor kick shoulders side stroke sink slowly speed spring springboard straightened surface swam swimmer Sylvester's Method-Figure tackle tance tank thrash thumbs Tiber toes touch TREADING WATER trick water polo wrists York Athletic Club
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Page 18 - We both have fed as well ; and we can both Endure the winter's cold, as well as he. For once, upon a raw and gusty day, The troubled Tiber chafing with her shores, Caesar said to me, Dar'st thou, Cassius, now Leap in with me into this angry flood, And swim to yonder point ? — Upon the word, Accouter'd as I was, I plunged in, And bade him follow : so, indeed, he did.
Page 18 - Upon the word, Accoutred as I was, I plunged in, And bade him follow : so, indeed, he did. The torrent roared, and we did buffet it With lusty sinews, throwing it aside And stemming it with hearts of controversy ; But ere we could arrive the point proposed, Caesar cried, 'Help me, Cassius, or I sink.
Page 18 - The torrent roar'd ; and we did buffet it With lusty sinews, throwing it aside. And stemming it with hearts of controversy : But, ere we could arrive the point proposed, Caesar cried,
Page 19 - Curse on him!" quoth false Sextus; "Will not the villain drown? But for this stay, ere close of day We should have sacked the town ! " "Heaven help him!" quoth Lars Porsena, "And bring him safe to shore; For such a gallant feat of arms Was never seen before.
Page 194 - Should a warm bath be procurable, the body may be placed in it up to the neck, continuing to imitate the movements of breathing. Raise the body, in twenty seconds, in a sitting position, and dash cold water against the chest and face, and pass ammonia under the nose. The patient should not be kept in the warm bath longer than five or six minutes.
Page 190 - Replace the patient on the face, raising and supporting the chest well on a folded coat or other article of dress. Turn the body very gently on the side and a little beyond, and then briskly on the face, back again; repeating these measures cautiously, efficiently, and perseveringly, about fifteen times in the minute, or once every four or five seconds, occasionally varying the side. (By placing the patient on the chest, the weight of the body forces the air out; who turned on the side, this pressure...
Page 187 - The points to be aimed at are : first, and immediately, the restoration of breathing ; and secondly, after breathing is restored, the promotion of warmth and circulation. The efforts to restore life...
Page 188 - ... warmth and circulation. The efforts to restore breathing must be commenced immediately and energetically, and persevered in for one or two hours, or until a medical man has pronounced that life is extinct. Efforts to promote warmth and circulation, beyond removing the wet clothes and drying the skin, must not be made until the first appearance of...
Page 195 - On the restoration of life, a teaspoonful of warm. water should be given; and then, if the power of swallowing has returned, small quantities of wine, -warm brandy and water, or coffee should be administered. The patient should be kept in bed, and a disposition to sleep encouraged.
Page 189 - ... 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...