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...slapping their rumps with a wet towel, tossing them, artificial respiration. Dr. Wilson: "The lapse of one minute may be enough, through the absence of oxygen, to damage permanently the cells of the respiratory centre. Once the drug reaches the new born infant's general circulation, the respiratory gasp takes place in less than twelve seconds. Three constant reactions occur within one to four seconds before the respiratory gasp-an increase in muscle tonus, a stiffening of the arms, and a slight opisthotonos [arching of the back]." Commented Dr. George William Kosmak, conscientious editor of the American Journal...
...Irish votes by promising to "bust King George in the snoot" if that monarch did not mind his own business. With the submergence of Chicago's blatant Mayor in 1931, the Irish Question seemed to have become virtually extinct in U. S. politics. Last week a dying gasp was heard in the U. S. House of Representatives...
Strong nurses stripped him of his clothes, lifted him writhing and shrilling, plumped him into a tub of warm water. He gave a gasp, ceased struggling. His eyelids fell halfway down over his popped eyes. He was dead...
Coach Wes Fesler was the victim of a practical joke by the stork when that obstetrical bird, in the guise of a Western Union messenger, brought him another little one between the halves. The mentor blushed prettily, but was seen to give an audible gasp of relief when closer inspection showed that 'twas but a doll...
...Boston stockholders on their original investment. But in 1907, when copper enjoyed one of its booms, the Michigan Copper Country was already on the down grade. Again during the War all the mines started up full blast. In 1929, as a last triumphant gasp, C. & H. made 90,000,000 lb. of copper. The rest is drabness. The 100,000,000 tons of ore remaining among the lava flows probably average no more than 1% copper. To the West are bigger companies with richer ores. And Canada, Chile and South Africa, with huge 3% and 4% ore-bodies close...