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• Discurso medico de las señales que distinguen al hombre verdadero ahogado del sumergido en las aguas despues de muerto : y modo mas verosimil de encontrar el motivo de su muerte con algunas advertencias en favor de los que pueden ser socorridos ... (Sevilla : Imprenta de la Regia Medica Sociedad, ò de los recientes, 1776), by Cristóbal Nieto de Piña (page images at HathiTrust)
• Petri La Sena I.C. Neap. Cleombrotvs, siue, De ijs, qui in aquis pereunt, philologica dissertatio (Typis Iacobi Facciotti, 1637), by Pietro Lasena and Giacomo Facciotto (page images at HathiTrust)

• Sad news from Oxford shier, and Berke-shier, &c. (London : printed for R. Vaughan, in the Little-old-Baily, 1674) (HTML at EEBO TCP)

• Sad and lamentable newes from Holland Being a true relation of the great and wonderful inundation of waters, that brake in at the town of Gorkham, in the night-time, near the city of Amsterdam, where many stately houses became bnried [sic] in the violent waves; both men, vvomen and children perishing in the raging billows. Also, the manner how the waters brake in again with great violence, on Munday last about noon, at the two strong sluces of Bonmel and Thieler, where about thirty villages were drowned and not any thing to be seen, but the tops of some few steeples and chimneys, many perishing in the vvaters; some escaping in boats, and the poor infants floating upon the raging vvaves in their swadling-bands and cradles together with the sad and wofull cries and groans of the poor distressed inhabitants; and the ringing of the bells backward, to prevent the perishing of others. (London : printed for J. Johnson, 1663) (HTML at EEBO TCP)

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• La pendaison, la strangulation, la suffocation, la submersion. (Baillière, 1897), by P. Brouardel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hypothermia and cold water survival : instructor's guide. (Dept. of Transportation, Coast Guard, 1977), by United States Coast Guard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Drowning; historical-statistical methods of resuscitation ... (Lungmotor Company, 1920), by Boston Lungmotor Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• An experimental inquiry into the proximate cause of death from suspended respiration in drowning and hanging, with the means of resuscitation. : Submitted as an inaugural essay to the public examination of the trustees and professors of the College of Physicians and Surgeons in the University of the State of New-York, Samuel Bard, M.D. president, for the degree of Doctor of Medicine, on the 3d of May, 1814. (Printed for the author., 1814), by Ansel W. Ives (page images at HathiTrust)
• An inquiry into the phenomena attending death by drowning and the means of promoting resuscitation in the apparently drowned (Longmans, Green, 1904), by Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London (page images at HathiTrust)
• Contribution à l'étude expérimentale de la mort par submersion (Delord-Boehm et Martial, 1901), by Henri Blanc (page images at HathiTrust)
• An inquiry into the phenomena attending death by drowning and the means of promoting resuscitation in the apparently drowned : report of a Committee. (The Society, 1904), by Royal Society of Medicine (Great Britain) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Investigation of a fatal accident which occured at Lahaina, Maui, on May 1, 1915, in which Chow Soy (Male and S. Ushi Kuwaye (Female) were drowned while being transported to the landing from the S.S. "Kilauea" operated by the Inter-Island Steam Navigation Co., ltd. conducted by the Public Utilities Commission of Hawaii. (Honolulu, 1915), by Hawaii. Public Utilities Commission and Inter-Island Steam Navigation Co (page images at HathiTrust)
• White River investigation and analysis of other controlled rivers (The Department, 1976), by Washington (State). Dept. of Ecology (page images at HathiTrust)

• An elegy, on the death of Mr. Buckingham St. John, tutor of Yale College, who was drowned in his passage from New-Haven to Norwalk, May the 5th, 1771. ([New Haven : Printed by Thomas and Samuel Green, 1771]), by John Trumbull (HTML at Evans TCP)

• Charlie Scott, or, There's time enough ([London]: Religious Tract Society, 1875) (page images at Florida)
• Under the water (Bristol: J.W. Arrowsmith, 1886), by Maurice Noel and Marshall and Co Simpkin, illust. by E. A Lemann (page images at Florida)

• Threnodia, or A mournfull remembrance, of the much to be lamented death of the worthy & pious Capt. Anthony Collamore, who together with five persons more were cast-away in a sloop going from Scituate harbour toward Boston, on the 16. day of December 1693. (Printed at Boston : by Bartholomew Green,, 1694), by Deodat Lawson (HTML at Evans TCP)

• History of the Humane Society of Massachusetts : with a selected list of premiums awarded by the Trustees from its commencement to the present time : including extracts from the correspondence, a statement of the funds, and a list of the officers and members. (Samuel N. Dickinson, printer, 1845), by Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (page images at HathiTrust)

• The institution of the Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts : with the rules for regulating said Society, and the methods of treatment to be used with persons apparently dead : with a number of recent cases proving the happy effects thereof. ([s.n.], 1788), by Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (page images at HathiTrust)
• Persistence in efforts to resuscitate the drowned (W.S. George & Co., state printers and binders, 1878), by R. C. Kedzie and Michigan. State Board of Health (page images at HathiTrust)
• Directions for restoring the apparently drowned and instructions for saving drowning persons by swimming to their relief, as adopted by the United States life-saving service in 1877. (Massachusetts Humane Society, 1881), by Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, YA Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress), and United States Life-Saving Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• Play it safe : six rules to reduce drowning. (US Army Corps of Engineers, Huntington District, 1986), by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Huntington District (page images at HathiTrust)
• Drownproofing. (s.n., 1969), by Physical Education California. Bureau of Health Education (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rip currents! : break the grip of the rip (NOAA's National Weather Service, Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services, 2007), by Water United States. National Weather Service. Office of Climate (page images at HathiTrust)
• The institution of the Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: with the rules for regulating said Society, and the methods of treatment to be used with persons apparently dead; with a number of recent cases proving the happy effects therof. (Boston: : [s.n.], Printed in the year 1788), by Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (HTML at Evans TCP)

• New tools for Coast Guard research in the rough water performance of Personal Flotation Devices (PFDs) (U.S. Coast Guard, Marine Safety and Environmental Protection ;, 1997), by Gilles Gareau, Bert N. Macesker, United States. Coast Guard. Marine Safety and Environmental Protection, Canada. Transport Canada, and U.S. Coast Guard Research & Development Center (page images at HathiTrust)
• How to plan for the unexpected : preventing child drownings. (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, 1994), by U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (page images at HathiTrust)

• CPSC warns of drowing hazard with baby "supporting ring" devices. (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, 1988), by U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• Four children drown and more are injured from hair entrapment in drain covers for spas, hot tubs, and whirlpool bathtubs. (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, 1988), by U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• Diving safety manual (University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 1990), by Scripps Institution of Oceanography and San Diego University of California (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Child Safety Protection Act and the Bucket Drowning Prevention Act : hearing before the Subcommittee on Consumer of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, first session, July 1, 1993. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1993), by Science United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce (page images at HathiTrust)
• Look out! : be careful where you walk or run. (US Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, 1991), by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Detroit District (page images at HathiTrust)
• Operation Water Watch, 1990 ([U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission], 1990), by U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and United States. White House Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• News splash for safety : drowning prevention for parents with pools. (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, 1993), by U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• Manual for diving safety : Sept. 1989 (University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 1989), by Scripps Institution of Oceanography (page images at HathiTrust)

• Minnie Mermaid teaches Sam to lock out drowning (The Bureau, 1992), by Nevada Safe Kids Coalition and United States Bureau of Reclamation (page images at HathiTrust)

• Opere del dr. Giulio Ceradini ... (U. Hoepli, 1906), by Giulio Ceradini, Arturo Scartazzi, Leonardo Loria, and Adriano Ceradini (page images at HathiTrust)
• Directions for restoring the apparently drowned, for saving drowning persons by swimming to their relief and for the treatment of frostbites, as practiced in the United States Coast Guard. (Govt. Print. Off., 1916), by United States Coast Guard (page images at HathiTrust)
• The institution of the Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts : with the rules for regulating said Society, and the methods of treatment to be used with persons apparently dead : with a number of recent cases proving the happy effects thereof. ([s.n.], 1788), by Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (page images at HathiTrust)
• Directions for restoring the apparently drowned, for saving drowning persons by swimming to their relief and for the treatment of frostbites as practiced in the United States Coast guard. (Govt. print. off., 1922), by United States Coast Guard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Persistence in efforts to resuscitate the drowned (W.S. George & Co., state printers and binders, 1878), by R. C. Kedzie and Michigan. State Board of Health (page images at HathiTrust)
• Life-saving hand-book of the Royal Canadian Humane Association containing special directions for rescuing drowning persons, with suggestions as to the best means of resuscitating the apparently dead, either from drowning, lightning, dynamic electricity, etc. (Printed for the Association by W. Briggs, 1895), by J. George Hodgins and Royal Canadian Humane Association (page images at HathiTrust)
• Treatment of the apparently drowned (The Institution, 1864), by Royal National Life-Boat Institution (page images at HathiTrust)
• Directions for restoring the apparently drowned and instructions for saving drowning persons by swimming to their relief, as adopted by the United States life-saving service in 1877. (Massachusetts Humane Society, 1881), by Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, YA Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress), and United States Life-Saving Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• Directions for restoring the apparently drowned, for saving drowning persons by swimming to their relief and for the treatment of frostbites, as practiced in the United States Life-Saving Service. (Govt. Print. Off., 1899), by United States Life-Saving Service (page images at HathiTrust)
• The scout swimming and water safety program, introducing the seascout reserve plan for organized instruction in every troop, and for camps and hikes. (Boy scouts of America, 1924), by Boy Scouts of America (page images at HathiTrust)
• Swimming, water sports and safety; a book of aquatic fun. (Boy Scouts of America, 1938), by Boy Scouts of America (page images at HathiTrust)
• Directions for recovering persons, who are supposed to be dead, from drowning, also for preventing & curing the disorders, produced by drinking cold liquors, and by the action of noxious vapours, lightning, and excessive heat and cold, upon the human body. / Published by order of the Humane Society of Philadelphia; to which is prefixed the constitution of the said society. ; [One line in Latin] (Philadelphia: : Printed by Joseph James, in Chesnut-Street., [1788]) (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The institution of the Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: with the rules for regulating said Society, and the methods of treatment to be used with persons apparently dead; with a number of recent cases proving the happy effects therof. (Boston: : [s.n.], Printed in the year 1788), by Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (HTML at Evans TCP)

• Come list ye bold lads, and a story I'll tell (Oliver Ditson Company, 1906), by Louis F. Gottschalk, John P. Wilson, and Oliver Ditson Company (page images at HathiTrust)

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