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HUMANE SOCIETY, ROYAL . This society was founded in See also:England in 1774 for the purpose of rendering "first aid" in cases of drowning and for restoring See also:life by artificial means to those apparently drowned. Dr See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Hawes (1736-1808), an
See also:English physician, became known in 1773 for his efforts to convince the public that persons apparently dead from drowning might in many cases be resuscitated by artificial means. For a See also:year he paid a See also:reward out of his own See also:pocket to any one bringing him a See also:body rescued from the See also:water within a reasonable See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of See also:immersion. Dr See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas Cogan (1736-1818), another English physician, who had become interested in the same subject during a stay at See also:Amsterdam, where was instituted in 1767 a society for preservation of life from accidents in water, joined Hawes in his crusade. In the summer of 1774 each of them brought fifteen See also:friends to a See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
meeting at the See also:Chapter See also:Coffee-See also:house, St See also:Paul's See also:Churchyard, when the Royal Humane Society was founded. The society, the See also:chief offices of which are at 4 See also:Trafalgar Square, See also:London, has upwards of 28o depots throughout the See also:kingdom, supplied with life-saving apparatus. The chief and earliest of these depots is the Receiving House in See also:Hyde See also:Park, on the See also:north See also:bank of the See also:Serpentine, which was built in 1 794 on a site granted by See also:George III. Boats and boatmen are kept to render aid to bathers, and in the See also:winter See also:ice-men are sent See also:round to the different See also:skating grounds in and around London. The society distributes See also:money-rewards, medals, clasps and testimonials, to those who See also:save or See also:attempt to save drowning See also:people. It further recognizes " all cases of exceptional bravery in rescuing or attempting to See also:- RESCUE (in Middle Eng. rescous, from O. Fr. recousse, Low Lat. rescussa, from reexcussa,reexcutere, to shake off again, re, again, ex, off, quatere, to shake)
rescue persons from See also:asphyxia in mines, See also:wells, See also:blasting furnaces, or in sewers where foul See also:gas may endanger life." It further awards prizes for See also:swimming to public See also:schools and training See also:ships. Since 18i3 the See also:Stanhope See also:gold See also:medal has been awarded " to the See also:case exhibiting the greatest gallantry during the year." During the year 1905 873 persons were rewarded for saving or attempting to save 947 lives from drowning. The society is maintained by private subscriptions and bequests.
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