Miners' Circular, Volumes 2-24

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Bureau of Mines, 1911 - Mines and mineral resources
 

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Page 14 - With arms held straight, swing forward slowly, so that the weight of your body is gradually brought to bear upon the patient. The shoulder should be directly over the heel of the hand at the end of the forward swing. Do not bend your elbows. This operation should take about two seconds.
Page 14 - BULLETIN 17. A primer on explosives for coal miners, by CE Munroe and Clarence Hall. 61 pp., 10 pis., 12 figs. Reprint of United States Geological Survey Bulletin 423. BULLETIN 20. The explosibility of coal dust, by GS Rice, with chapters by JCW Frazer, Axel Larsen, Frank Haas, and Carl Scholz.
Page 15 - After two seconds, swing forward again. Thus repeat deliberately twelve to fifteen times a minute the double movement of compression and release, a complete respiration in four or five seconds.
Page 66 - It is about 4£ inches long and is lined with mucous membrane, which is continuous with that of the nose and mouth. Extending from the lower part of the pharynx are the openings of the esophagus (gullet) and the larynx (voice box), the former lying behind, the latter in front. The larynx forms a part of the respiratory apparatus, but has also a more special function of being the principal organ of speech.
Page 54 - Truths. 1. It is easier, better, and cheaper to prevent than to cure disease. 2. Everything that protects the mother before her baby is born improves the health of the baby after its birth. 3. Many of the diseases observed in older children and adults begin in infancy. 4. Healthy babies make strong men and women. 5. The baby's food, home, and surroundings play an important part in keeping it well or making it sick. 6. Mother's milk is the best food for babies. 7. Cow's milk which has become infected...
Page 62 - The miner shall examine his working place before beginning work, and take down all dangerous slate, or otherwise make it safe by properly timbering it before commencing to mine or load coal.
Page 8 - Continue artificial respiration (if necessary, two hours or longer), without interruption until natural breathing is restored, or until a physician arrives.
Page 13 - Resuscitation, composed of authorized representatives of The American Medical Association, The National Electric Light Association and The American Institute of Electrical Engineers.
Page 30 - ... to have crossed the Sierra Nevada going west into California. Just after entering the mountains, Captain Walker chose George Nidever and Zenas Leonard to help him select a camping-place. They decided to take different routes. It was not long before Nidever discovered fresh signs of Indians. Alarmed not only for his own safety, but also for the safety of Walker and Leonard, he was looking around for more signs, when he happened to turn in the direction from which he had come and saw two Indians...
Page 11 - BULLETIN 44. First national mine-safety demonstration, Pittsburgh, Pa., October 30 and 31, 1911, by HM Wilson and AH Fay, with a chapter on the explosion at the experimental mine by GS Rice. 1912. 75 pp., 7 pis., 4 flgs.

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