New Shock Treatment
LONDON. April 28 A new form of treatment for persons trapped in wrecked buildings was given by doctors for the first time at a south coast town after an air raid early yesterday.
A fire guard had his left foot pinned under the debris and it took seven hours to release him. During this time doctors gave him. in addition to morphia, two pints of bicarbonate of soda solution to counteract shock and ward off kidney trouble, which is inclined to follow the crushing of a limb. A doctor explained that bicardonate of soda solution neutralised poisons that passed from the bruised tissues.
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Northern Advocate, 29 April 1944, Page 4
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106New Shock Treatment Northern Advocate, 29 April 1944, Page 4
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