 The heaviest person in the party lies down upon two chairs, his legs being supported by the one, and his back by the other. Four persons, one at each leg, and one at each shoulder, then try to raise him, and they find his dead weight to be very great,...  The American Journal of Science and Arts - Page 2241834Full view - About this book
 | Medicine - 1832 - 628 pages
...more than once in my presence, I shall describe as nearly as possible the method which he prescribed. The heaviest person in the party lies down upon two...experience in supporting him. When he is replaced in the chair, each of the four persons takes hold of the body as before, and the person to be lifted... | |
 | Civilization - 1832 - 406 pages
...more than once in my presence, I shall describe as nearly as possible the method which he prescribed. The heaviest person in the party lies down upon two...experience in supporting him. When he is replaced m the chair, each of the four persons takes hold of the body as before, and the person to be lifted... | |
 | Andrews Norton, Charles Folsom - American periodicals - 1833 - 530 pages
...more than once in my presence, I shall describe as nearly as possible the method which he prescribed. The heaviest person in the party lies down upon two...experience in supporting him. When he is replaced in the chair, each of the four persons takes hold of the body aa before, and the person to be lifted... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Americana - 1833 - 548 pages
...lifted up the instant that his own lungs and (hose of the persons who raise him are inflated with air. The heaviest person in the party lies down upon two...difficulty they experience in supporting him. When ”je is replaced in the chair, each of the four persons takes hold of the body as before, and the person... | |
 | 1834 - 222 pages
...in the party lies down upon two chairs, his less being supported by the one and his back by th • other. Four persons, one at each leg, and one at each...experience in supporting him. When he is replaced in the chair, each of the four persons takes hold of the body as before, and the person to be lifted... | |
 | 1835 - 538 pages
...American Navy. The heaviest person in company lies down upon two chairs, his legs being supported by one and his back by the other. Four persons, one at...experience in supporting him. When he is replaced in the chair, each of the four persons takes hold of the body as before, and the person to be lifted... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1835 - 546 pages
...own lungs and those of the persons who raise him are inflated with air. The heaviest person in thn party lies down upon two chairs, his legs being supported...then try to raise him ; and they find his dead weight ^o be very great, from the difficulty they experience m supporting him. When he is replaced in the... | |
 | 1835 - 298 pages
...heaviest person in company lies down upon two chairs, his legs being supported by one and his bark by the other. Four persons, one at each leg, and one...experience in supporting him. When he is replaced in the chair, each of the fo«r persons takes hold of the body as before, and the person to be lifted... | |
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