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I WISH to show how drowning might, under ordinary circumstances, be avoided even in the case of persons otherwise wholly ignorant of what is called the art of swimming. The numerous frightful casualties render every working suggestion of importance, and that which I here offer I venture to think is entirely available.
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MACCORMAC, H. How to Prevent Drowning . Nature 24, 62–63 (1881). https://doi.org/10.1038/024062a0
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