The Nation - News from Feb. 16, 1986

Public outrage has forced the University of Florida to delay experiments in which 22 dogs would be nearly drowned, school officials said. University Vice President Al Alsobrook said the experiments were needed to test the effectiveness of the Heimlich maneuver--a quick, upward press below the rib cage to force objects out of the windpipe--on drowning victims. The Gainesville school will mount a campaign to convince the public that the project is necessary, Alsobrook said.