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was also a special way of rubbing the arms and legs. The limbs were always
rubbed upward, or toward the body, with the bare hands, or a dry cloth if
there was one at hand, but this all had to be done without interfering
with the pumping action. "If the patient doesn't come around in five
minutes," he said, "turn him on his face again over the roll of clothing,
or any other suitable substitute, and press out the water from the
stomach, rolling him first to one side and then to the other; be sure to
get all the water out." When we had learned our lesson well, Uncle Ed took
Dutchy for his patient, and proceeded to show us how a man could work over
him alone. First he went through the operation of squeezing the water out
of him, and drying his nose and mouth, much to the patient's discomfort;
then he drew Dutchy's tongue out of the corner of his mouth, holding it
there by closing the jaws on it, and holding the jaws together by passing
a handkerchief over his chin and lapping it over his head. After that he
began to pump, seizing the patient's arms and swinging them up over the
head and back, as before. Just as the arms were dropped back to the sides
of the body, he squeezed them in against the ribs, at the same time
drawing upward toward the head and counting four each time, as he had done
before.
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