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Show Life Saved hy Hanging Upside Down. A singular affair occurred recently in one of the plea3antest homes in the suburbs sub-urbs of our city, the relation of which mav not only be of some interest, but also of some use to the reader. A few davs ago the .family physician visited the " same residence, and in the course of conversation conversa-tion mentioned that, while attending a sick child, the child had suddenly begun to suffocate, owing to a quantity of mucus getting into its windpipe, and he had turned the child upside down, in order to' relieve it. This story passed almost unnoticed, except ex-cept by the sister of the lady of the house. The family, consisting of the husband, wife and wife's sister, were at the table eating. Suddenly the wife began to show signs of suffocation. Her husband resorted re-sorted to the familiar remedy of patting her smartly on the back; but it was unavailing. un-availing. She could not speak; her face became of a purple hue, and she was evidently at the point of death. At this moment, her sister, remembering the doctor's story, seized her bv the ankles. The husband caught the idea instantly! and the lady twas scon in an inverted position, whereupon she immediately coughed up the food which had nearly caused her death. The husband blesses himself for the story which the doctor so casually told, without anv thought that it might help to save a life. Providence Journal. |