CHAPTER LXIVRESTORATION AFTER DROWNING
Shouldyour hawk fall into a stream and be swept away,[778]and when recovered be lifeless, the treatment, even though the hawk has been apparently dead for half an hour, is as follows.Treatment: light a fire and lay the hawk down by the side of it. Collect the hot ashes under the wings and heap ashes on the back, and as soon as the ashes cool, pile on other ashes, fresh and warm.The ashes must not be so hot as to burn the feathers. In a short time, by God’s decree, the dead hawk will come to life. This remedy is suitable for a man also, or, indeed, for any beast that has been drowned. It is efficacious even up to half or three quarters of an hour after insensibility. I have several times successfully tried this remedy on man, beast, and bird.
When a man is half-drowned, and with death is at strife,Hot ashes for him are the Water of Life.
When a man is half-drowned, and with death is at strife,Hot ashes for him are the Water of Life.
When a man is half-drowned, and with death is at strife,Hot ashes for him are the Water of Life.
When a man is half-drowned, and with death is at strife,
Hot ashes for him are the Water of Life.
FOOTNOTES:[778]A hawk that falls into deepstillwater can flap its way to shore—certainly for twenty or thirty yards.
[778]A hawk that falls into deepstillwater can flap its way to shore—certainly for twenty or thirty yards.
[778]A hawk that falls into deepstillwater can flap its way to shore—certainly for twenty or thirty yards.