As it is considered that the cause of Science would be greatly benefited if the results of the Treatment in eases of Apparently Drowned Persons were col- lected for comparison and future consideration, it is requested that Answers to the following Questions on the subject may be immediately forwarded to the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION :— QUERIES. ANSWERS.

1. Date and place of occurrence ? 1.

2. Sex, name, and age of person ? 2.

3. Length of time immersed ? 3.

4. Time from rescue to first sign of life ? 4.

5. Time from rescue to recovery ? 5.

6. State of the weather, if warm or cold ? • 6.

7. State of the water? 7.

8. What mode of treatment adopted, whether 8.

the rules of the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION or those of others—if the former, whether the "Marshall Hall" system or the "Silvester" was adopted, or a combination of both ? 9. If treatment successful or not ? 9.

10. Length of time persevered with ? 10.

11. How long were the efforts to restore 11.

respiration continued ? 12. Was much fluid discharged from the 12.

mouth, and at what intervals ? 13. Was a medical man in attendance ? 13.

14. Remarks, if any ? 14.

Date 188 Signature.

To the Secretary of the Of. ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, John Street, Adelphi, London, W.G. County of..

*** If practicable, it would be desirable to have these Questions answered by the Medical Practitioner who attended the case.