The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-03-23
Tuesday, March 23. 1869.
From the Troy Times
Premature IntermentS--A Num-
her Of Interesting EaseS--HOy
the Apparently Dead were Re.
stored TO Life,

the Apparently bead were RE-
stored TO Life.
The following facts, showing the num-
erous instances in which persons have
been buried alive, are collected from
medical history:
AT Toulouse, Franco, lady having
been buried in the church of the Cap
uchin Friars, with a diamond ring on her
finger, servant entered the vault to steal
the ring; and, as the finger was swelled
and the ring would not come off, he be-
gan cutting the finger. On hearing a
loud shrek from the deceased, the thief
fell seuseless. At the time of morning
prayers, tine monks having heard some
groans, found the lady alive and the ser.
want dead. Il Thus death had his prey !;
there was but change of victims.
At the close of the last century a wo.
man in Paris was thought to be dead
and the body was put on some straw,
with taper at the feet. Some young
men who sat up with the corpse, in fro
lie, overturned the taper. This set the
straw on fire. The deceased, whose body
the flames now reached, uttered a pierre
ing shrek. Timely assistance was rem
dered, and she so well recovered that
after her resurrection she became the
mother Of several children
A street porter in Paris having died at
the Hotel Dieu, was carried with the 9th.
er dead into the same grave Recover
ing his senses toward eleven at night, he
tore open his winding sheet, made his
way to his house, knocked at his door
which was not opened to him without
some difficulty, and took new possession
ofhis lodgings. The mistake of the sex
tons was thus discovered.
On the 21st of November, 1868, the
Able Prevot, well known for his literary
productions, was taken with an apo
plectic fitas he was travelling through
the forests of Chantilly. Being suppos-
ed dead, he was carried to the house Of
the mayor of the village, and the magis-
trate directed post mortem examina-
ton to be commenced. A piercing
shrek uttered by the unfortunate man
proved that he was alive. He expired
under the scalpel.
; DR. Deveux,- surgeon Of ST Come
Hospital, Paris, had maid servant who
had been three times brought to burial
She did not recover her senses the last
time till they were lowering her coffin
into the grave. The woman, having
died anew, the body was kept six days
lest they should have to bling her back a
fourth time.
A Mr.. Rosseau, Of Rouen, had mar
ried lady of fourteen, whom he left in
perfect health after starting on short
journey After few days he heard that
unless he returned Immediately he would
fined his wife buried. On reaching home
he saw the funeral ready. In an agony
of grief he had the coffin removed to his
room and unscrewed. He placed the
body on bad, and ordered twenty-five
incisions to be made nit At the twen-
ty sixth, probably deeper than the 9TH
ers, the deceased exclaimed, "How sew
erely you hurt me" Medical assistance
was Immediately given. The lady had
afterwards seventeen children.
The wife of Mr.. Dahamel, a 'celebrat-
ed lawer of Lyons, France having been
supposed dead twenty -four hours, the bo-
dy was placed on the table for the pur-
pose of preparing it for burial Her hus-
band strongly opposed it, not believing
her dead. To ascertain it, knowing she
was very fond of the cymbal, and the
tunes which cymbal PLAYERS sing, he call
ed one. On hearing the instrument and
the voice, the deceased recovered motion
and speech. She survived her appar-
ent death forty years.
Andre Vesaile, physician to Charles V.
and Philip II, after attending Spanish
grandee, thought him dead. Having OBJ
tanned leave to examine the body, he had
scarcely opened the chest when he per
ceived the heart palpitated. The relatives
of the deceased prosecuted him as guilty
of murder-the inquisitor as guilty OF
profaneness Through the intercession
of the King, he was sent on pilgrimage
to the Holy Land, and thus escaped
death.
In the sitting Of the Royal Academy
of Medicine in France, in 1927, paper
was read by Mr.. Chauncey Chantour-
nellie on the danger of hasty in ,huma
tions. This led to a discussion, in which
Mr.. Desgenellc said that he had heard
from Mr.. Thourot, who had superinten
ded the human remains Of the cemetery
and the charnel- l-house Des Innucens
that many skeletons were found in posi-
tions showing that the individuals had
moved in their coffins. Mr.. Thourot
was so much stuck with the revelation:
that he caused clause to be inserted il
his viii respecting his own interment.
These facts are sufficient to impress or
ourphysicians the necessity Of caution
in supplying certificates Of death with
out examination. The doctor should
have more faith in his skill than to pre-
sumo the demise ofhis patient on light
report,