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A pamphlet detailing a method of saving people who have drowned by blowing smoke up their bottom, with an example of the treatment seen in Paris; accompanied by a print illustrating the story; On the shore of a river, a sailor blows smoke up the bottom of a woman who has drowned, while her husband and a small child look on;Engraving and Etching with Letterpress
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