Hannibal journal. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1852-1853, 1853-04-07

used for the recovery, of those apparently dead
&c. ..Utf .IiN Wv BfAA
Being somewhat aiken to this subject, we are
reminded and may name the case Of Col. Town
send of England, and NJ. Boyle, physician OF
France, who possessed the singular faculty ~
stopping the pulsations Of the heart at will. In
the presence Of Drs. Cheyne, and Bay nard, and
Mr., Skrino, Col. +. remained for upwurdS-ot
one half hour in voluntary abOlitiOnJef the sp-
parent ection Of hfe.
Case |. The daughter Of merchant in Par
is, France, who was attached and engaged TO a
gentleman Of moderate circumstances, was af-
forwards addressed by man of fortune. Her
parents causing her TO marry the latter, she
soon went into state Of melancholy ,-died, and
was buried. Her first Iover,--brbng the seq
ton, disinterred her, conveyed her to his own
house privately. her To life and health
fled TO England with and married her, aud
she afterwards lived many years. See CGusss
celbrss d inieyess dnfes, vol. 3. 9.f aa"H
2. lie Clerk gives a ease from Dogenes Laer!
tilD, Of lady supposed 10 be dead, cured by
Empedccles. .... 4. .sg..t I.. ls.. IN
3. A man falling from an eminence and sup
posed to be dead, revived three days after
while his friends were conveying him to the
grave Plmarch. :. - odd. -...I
4. Johnas DuAs Sco,us, Of Cologne, was bu.
ried alive, revived, and tore his hands and
wounded his head.-l ManiIius.
5. The wife of Mervache, Of POctiers, was
buried with some rings OFT her fingers "A man
attempting that night to steal them. and having
to use some violence to get them or she was
aroused from the fit Of apeplexy, Of which She
was supposed 10 die,-returned kome-receV.
cred her health, and lived many years.-[Ib. "
g. The wife of magistrate Of Cologne, be-
L. IL ..,l IL II Il ~
night after, attempting 10 take il OFef0hf her
finger, she laid fast hold to him in order 10 get
out Of the cofin:--she returned home, was soon
restored 10 health, and lived 10 be the mother Of
three sons.--[Ib. .. 49,.
Z A lady of Touious, being inferred with dia.
mond ring on her finger, one of her servants,
the following night opened her coffin and ate
tempted TO pull it of-but failing,-from the
swelling of her finger, he attempted TO cut it Of,
which eXtortsd a shrek 1.-THE domestic fell
senSeleSS and died soon after, and the lady re-
vived and was very soon perfectly recovered.
This and some other cases are extracted from
an old book on The uncertainty Of The signs
Of death, minus the title page aid authors
name.
8. In 1866, young man in the canton Of
Fribourg, WAS supposed 10 die of plague.
On putting him into the coffin, eight hours after
wards, and finding him TO be neither cold nor
stiff, he was carefully examined, and it was as
| ceraned that there was u, small and languid
! degree of respiration. He was restored, and in
a months time was able 10 attend to his usual
business VIM. Fabri.
| g. Prof. Caldwell, Judge Cooper, and other
writers upon Med. Jur;spEudcEcc, mention TIE
case Of Swiss diver, who becoming enangled,
| remained under water nine hours,-Was drawh
out, and restored 10 life by NJ. de Egly, whs
reported the case TO the French Academy.
10. Anatomsts and surgeons have frequent
y, on opening subjects, discovered signs Of
life. Vcsaius, physician TO Charles ", open
ing the breast Of a young Spanish noblcman,
found the heart beating; he was thrown into
dungeon of The inquisitiOn; aud his life was
saved only by the interposition Of his friend,
the King. Med. History.
| II. A Spanish lady of distinction, being ssz-
ed with hy>teric suffocation. was supposed ts
be dead. Her friends employed celebrated
anatonistto open her body, with the design TO
discover the cause of her death. On the sec
}, ond plunge of the knife she was aroused, and
gave most lamentabe shrieks extorted ~ The
fatal instrument. He hid 10 quit the province
TO preserve his life ID.
IL. An English prisoner being carried 70 the
hall for dissection, student opened the iuguar
vein, the blood spouted FORTH and in short
time he revived and was restoreA.-GIb. .
l3. DR.. Wistar, of Philadelphia, on opening
the breast Of a subject which had been disntsr-
red for dissection, found the heart beating.
.... Prof. Caldwell.
H. Prof, Caldwell in his lectures on Med.
jurisprudence, related the case Of a mathema-
tician who was recalled to life by being asked
what was the square Of l2:--he answered l44.
Ii is worthy OF remark, in connection with
these cases, that the ear is the last ofths or
ganS 10 lose as sensibilHy.
10. The Prof. named the case OF Lady Rus
sell, of England, who lay eight days appsrsat-
ly dead, Cher husband refusing her burial, u.
when, on hearing the church bell, she spoke and
was restored case is also given by Byron |;
another by Scott, in his MArmiOn and another
by Falcony.
l6 In New Ipswich, h. H., in 1901 or 2,
ClarisSa Fox, aged / years, declining in health
For some time, suddenly became worse and died,
TO ell appearance. The day following, at about
the same hour, faint colsr ives seen to tings her
cheek, which led TO efforts for her restoration,
but 10 no purpose. This tinEs Of the cheek
continued every day about the zane hour, until
about the thirty third, when she revived sAa
spoke but the powers OF nature we're exhaust
ed She said she WOS vsVy Sisk, sAd should
die she lived about IN hour and expired.
I II. boy in Clifton, Eng, fell and remain
ed in the water quarter of an hour, and il was
another quarter after being taken out, before
any thing was done for him, when Dr. Fair
BROTHER restored him, by closing the mouth with
/, his hnger,---sucking off the foul air from tho
lungs through the nOstrils; promoting respira-
ton by pressure on the abdominal muscles, and
on the sides, initiating the lungs, Gel WOr-
ceSter Journal. . ....