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A man recuperating from near-drowning at a receiving-house of the Royal Humane Society, 18th century. The Royal Humane Society is a British charity which promotes lifesaving intervention. It was founded in 1774 as the Society for the Recovery of Persons Apparently Drowned, [1] for the purpose of rendering first aid in cases of near drowning. [2]
A humane society is a group that aims to stop cruelty to animals.In many countries, the term is used mostly for societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals (SPCA). In the United Kingdom, and historically in the United States, such societies provide waterway rescue, prevention and recovery services, or may give awards for saving human life (e.g., Glasgow Humane Society and Massachusetts ...
The Royal Humane Society issues the Stanhope Medal as the highest of several heroism awards. The award is presented annually for the most gallant rescue of the previous twelve months. The first gold medal was awarded to Matthew Webb for an attempt to rescue a man drowning in the Atlantic Ocean in 1873.
Each of them brought 15 friends to a meeting at the Chapter Coffee-house in St. Paul's Churchyard in the summer of 1774, when the Royal Humane Society was formed. Cogan translated from the original Dutch in 1773 the Memoirs of the Society instituted at Amsterdam in favour of Drowned Persons, 1767–71, and prepared the first six annual reports ...
In the 1780s the Royal Humane Society installed resuscitation kits, including smoke enemas, at various points along the River Thames. [3] By the turn of the 19th century, tobacco smoke enemas had become an established practice in Western medicine, considered by Humane Societies to be as important as artificial respiration. [11]
The Honorary Testimonial has been awarded to David Kewley by the Royal Humane Society, in recognition of his humane exertions on the 2nd day of August, 1879. — Royal Humane Society (Instituted 1774). 4, Trafalgar Square, London W.C., 24th September, 1879.
Animal welfare organizations are concerned with the health, safety and psychological wellness of individual animals. These organizations include animal rescue groups and wildlife rehabilitation centers, which care for animals in distress and sanctuaries, where animals are brought to live and be protected for the rest of their lives.
He was a founder member of the Royal Humane Society in 1774, initiated the Sea-bathing Infirmary at Margate (1791), became a pillar of the Royal Jennerian Society (for vaccination), and gave his support to the Society for the Relief of Widows and Orphans of Medical Men, the Society for the Relief of Debtors, and the Philanthropic Society for ...