Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1834-07-10
MISCELLANY.
From the N. Y. Commercial Advertiser.
EEUrVing Alive.

We have been furnished by French
gentleman, with whom we happened to
converse few days ago on the subject
to which it refers, with the following
facts collected from medical history. -
They arc painfully interesting, yet pro-
per to be known, in order to prevent, if
possible, their recurrence. Premature
intermcnts may take place in this coun-
try as probably as elsewhere. Physical
organization is nearly the same through
out the whole Of the human family, and
we can conceive Of no selfupbraiding
more deep or bitter, than that which must
be felt from the consciousness that dear
I departed one had terminated lifc-not by
the ordinary course Of mortality, but by
an unnecessary premature consignment
to the grave.
The diseases in which partial and
momentary suspension Of life, most often
maniiosts itself, are Asphyxia, Hyster-
! les, Lethargy, Hypochondria, Convul-
, sons, Syneope, Catalupsis, Excessive
Loss of Blood, Tetanus, Apoplcxy, Ep-
lepsy and Ecstasy.
Among many cases which have been
recorded, the following arc particularly
, striking:--
!, Chancellor Bacon relates that DIR.
Scott, nicknamcd the SUBTLE, was buried
alive at Cologne, and that, recovering
from his apparent death, he gnawcd his
Y hands and broke his head in his tomb.
r AT Toulouse, a lady having been bu-
ried in the Church of the Capuchin
Friars, with diamond ring on her fin
ger, a servant entered the vault to steal
i the ring, and, as the finger was swclleG
c and the ring could not come off, he be-
q gan cutting tho finger; on hearing loud
shrek from the deceased, the thief fell
: senscless. AT the time Of the morning
J. prayers, the monks having heard some
: groans, found the lady alive and the SER
O want dead. Thus death had her prey
there was but change of victims.
A street porter in Paris, having died
{ at the Hotel Dieu, was carried with the
@ other dead into the same grave; recov-
r, ering his senses towards at night, he
n tore open his winding sheet, made his
way to his house, knocked at the door
- which was not opened to him without
J. some difficulty, and took new posses.
!; sion of his lodgings.
,s In 1856, woman in Paris was though
~ to be dead, and the body put on some
:" straw with a taper at the feet; some
al young men who sat up round the corpse
d. in irolc overturned the taper. Thi
n set tho straw on fire. The deceased
n, whose body the flames now reached, ut
= tered piercing shrek. Timely assis
VI tanco was rendered, and she so well re
es covered, that, after her resurrection, sh,
in became the mother Of several children
nj On the 2lst Of Nov, 1863, the abb,
Prevot, we'll known for his Literary pro
ductions, was taken with an apoplcti,
re fit as he was travelling through the fores
er Of Chantilly. Being supposed dead, h
is was carried to the house of the mayor O
or the village, and the magistrate directed
post-mortcm examination to be com
10 menced. A piercing shrek uttered b,
lll the unfortunate man, proved that he wa
b. alive. lie expired under the scalpel.
# DIR. Dovaux, a surgeon of St. Com
:. Hospital, in Paris, had a maid-servani
U" who had three times been carried to bu
n rial. She did not recover her senses, tn
es last time, till they were lowering tn
al coffin into the grave. That woman hav
hs ing died anew, the body was kept 81
- =, days, lest they should have to bring he
back fourth-timc.
a A Mr. Rousseau, Of Roucn, had maj
cs riod young lady Of fourteen, whom b
ne left in perfect health, at his starting on
short journey. After a few days, h
81 heard that, unless he returned imm,
as diately, he would find his wife buried
rs On reaching home, he saw the funer'
ready In an agony Of grief, he had III