The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-10-30
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EDO the medical men ever resusoi
tate people who are apparently deada
i This question was asked by a repor
ter for the Star Of DR.. John e. Ben
nett at the Bellevue Hospital Medica
College one day last week. 81
eyes, sir; such instances have take,
place, but they arc exceedingly rare, ,
was the reply.
"Will you tell me whether anything
of the kind has been done in this col.
lcgc"
eyes; will give you all tho infor.
nation in my power. do not sup.
pose u single really dead person was
ever made to live, but when thcre is
tho smallest vital spark remaining i,
can sometimes DO famed into q
fame"
"Plcasc relate n few instances"
"Ahout five years ago was called
to attend 4 sick man in Astoria. When
| reached his bedside ]lc was sinking
very rapidly, and had become SO weak
! thHt there was scarcely perccptible
hut.cr OF his heart, and his respiration
was SO faint That it just moved the
down Of II feather and that was all.
Well, the man, to all appearances,
died. The undertaken was notified to
come and lay him out, and l started
for my lodging in Now York, l had
mot walked twenty rods from the
mans house when a little boy came
running after me with u message that
the undertaken wanted mo to return
forthwith. / made all haste back, and
the undertaken met at the door, cx-
claiming, 'My Godl DO you want me
to prepare living man for the gravc?'
| asked what he meant, and he told
me that the supposed corpse was
warm, and that in his opinion the man
was not dead. | was inclined to be-
licvc that the undertaken had lost his
senses; but / Immediately examined
my late patient. Sure enough the body
was slightly warm"
"What course did you pursue?'
al sent for DR.. William EIalsey, who
at that time resided in Astoria, and
was the owner Of small but power
FIJI electric battery. lie came, bring-
ing his battery with him. We applied
the electricity 10 the corpse. 1t was
in the winter time, and there was 4
hot fire in the parlor stove in the
house. We called for some wooden
blankets, which were brought, and.
after heating them upon The stove, we
wrapped them about the patient. We
also chalcd the PATIENTS hands and
feet. After u few minutes we held a
mirror before the supposed dead mans
face, when, to our great surprise and
joy, there appeared upon its surface Il
dcwy moisture, which was caused by
the Slight respiration from the patient.
Well, sir, to make a long story short,
| will tell you that we worked all of
that day and night, and the next morn
ing the undertaken was informed that
there would be no funeral, and consc-
qucntly no need for his services"
"Did the patient enjoy good health
"Not very good health. lie was
weakly for about II year, when he died,
and this time he was SO very dead that
we thought it would be u hopeless
task to rcsuscitatc him Il second time"
CHOW, Doctor, as you have given
nc history of a case where man
was supposed to have died natural
death aud was made to live again, will
you tell nc abont criminals who have
been hanged and then restored to
lilc?'
81 have read Of such cases, but never
had ono come under my own personal
knowlctlgc."
"Did the professors or students Of
tho Bellevue Hospital Medical Col
lego ever bring a hanged murderer to
lifc2"
"Not within tho last Twenty-Five
years at least. [ have heard one Of
inc OLD professors say that the
body OF q man named jackson,
who was hanged at Trenton, N. d., in
1880, was brought to New York and
given to the medical students for cx-
pcrimcnting upon. The body was
put into box and taken TO room
over a stable on Second Avenue,
where it. Was subjected to all the meth
o"% known to medical science for i'll
'0%'ig HE into supposed corpse"
"Was the llan brought to lilt?"
"Wcll, yes, and no."
GLOW was thatw
ty was applied it caused tho muscles
!uuhS moved. The doctors tried arti-
!'-'''' i'''ttt'pii> SttCIi ftS 10 DtouSIl
!nio use ior persons who arc nearly
drowned. J'hcy had an idea that they
MADE him Gasp two on three times, but
! il ih"y did actually bring the man to
, life at ali, lac died again right away.
believe The skeleton of that murderer
now occupies glass case in the
Anatomical Museum connected with
the Albany Medical Collcyc.",
DIR. Bennett invited tho reporter for
the ,StNr TO go with him to the Gilscy
House, where several Of his medical
friends were to take dinner. The
gentlemen composing the party were
waiting in one Of the parlors Of the
hotel. Dr.. bennett told the party
that The reporter was in quest OF in
formation about dead people being
brought TO life.
One of the gentlemen who was in
troduced as DR.. IL. ID. Sarle. said: l
can tell you how an undertaken Of my
acquaintance was once frightened al
most out of his five senses when he
thought he had brought corpse to
life. The undertaken was called upon
to prepare the body of an old gentle