The Newtown bee., 1880-10-27
DEAD MEN REsUsClTATED.
What Has Been Accumulated bv Mean, or "n Electric Battery. Heat and Arti. heisi Respiration Almost Too Strange For Belief.

"n Eioctric Battery, Heat and Arti-
 neisi Hespirstion - Almost Too
 Strange For Belief.
 Do the medical men ever resusci- tate people who are apparently deadp"
 This question was asked by a re porter oi Dr. John c. Bennett at the Bellevue Hosnital Medical college.
 :" Yes. sir; such instances have taken place., but they are exceedingly rare" :" was the reply.
 ''Will you tell me whether anything of the kind has been done in this col legep"
 " Yes; I will give you all the infor- nation in my power. do not suppose a single really dead person was ever made to live, but when there is the smallest vital spark remaining it can sometimes be famed into fianle."
 Please relate a few instances"
 About five years ago I was called to attend sick man in Astoria. When I reached his bedside he was sinking very rapidly. and had become so weak that there was scarcely perceptible fiutter of his heart, and his respiration was so faint that it just moved the down of a feather and that was all. Well, the man to all appearances died. The under taker was notified to come and lay him out, and I started for my lodging in New York. l had not walked tw enty rods from the mans house when little boy came running after me with message that the undertaken wanted me to return forthwith. made all haste back, and the undertaken met me at the door, ex claiming: My Godl Do you want me to prepare living man for the graver l ask ed 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 believe that the undertaken had lost his senses; but I in mediately examined my late patient. Sure enough, the body was slightly warm"
 "What course did you pursueP"
 "I sent for Doctor William Halsey, who at that time resided in Astoria and was the owner of a small but powerful electric battery. He came, bringing his battery with him. We applied the electricity to the corpse. It was in the winter time, and there was hot fire in he 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 chafed the patients hands and feet. After few minutes we held mirror before the supposed dead mans face. when to our great surprise and joy there appeared upon it's surface dewy moisture, which was caused by slight respiration from the patient. Well, sir, to make long story short, will tell you that we worked all of that day and night, and the next morning the undertaken was informed that there would be no funeral, and consequently no need for his ser vices"
 Did the patient enjoy good health alterwardp'
 Not very good health. He was weakly for about a year, when he died, and this time he was SO very dead that we thought it would be hopeless task to attempt to resuscitate him . second tune"
 Now, doctor, as you have given me Q history of case where a man was supposed to have died natural death and was made to live again, will you tell me about criminals who have been hanged and then restored to lifep'
 'I have read of such cases, but never had one come under my own personal knowledge "
 "Did the profess ors or students of the Bellevue Hospital Medical college ever bring hanged murderer to lifePn
 '' Not within the past twenty-five years at least. I have heard one of the old prof ssors say that the body of man named Jackson, who was. hanged at Trenton. N. J., in l630, was brought to New York and given to the medical students for experimenting upon. The body was put into box and taken to a room over Q stable on Second avenue, where it was subjected to all the methods known to medical science for infusing life into supposed corpse"
 Was the man brought to lifeP"
 Well, yes, and mo-"
 How was thatP
 "l will explain: When the electric. fly was applied it caused the muscles ot the subject to contract, and his limbs moved. The doctor tried artificial res piration, such as is brought into use for persons who are nearly drowned. They Lad an idea that they made him gasp two or three times, but if they did actually bring the man 10 life at all, he died again right away. l believe that he skeleton of that murderer now oc- cupies a glass case in the anatomical museum connected with the Albany Medical college"
 Dr. Bennett invited the reporter to go with him to the Gilsey house, where several of his medical friends were to take dinner. The gentlemen composing the party were waiting in one oi the parlors of the hotel. Dr. Bennett told the party that the reporter was in quest of information about dead people being brought to life.
 duced as Dr. H. D. Sarle, said: "I can tell you how an undertaken of my ac, quaintance was once frightened almost 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 gentleman who had died for burial. The poor old gentle man, who had suffered terribly from rheumatism, was bent in the form of s letter N. Of course it would be impos- sible t. put the body in coffin unless il could be straightened. So the under taker put the corpse upon board and tied bandage about the knees of the corpse so as to draw them down to the board. When tbe bandage was tied the effect was somewhat startling. The old gentleman, who was supposed to be as deld q n doornail, actually sat up and looked the undertaken right in the face.
 Was thata case of resuscitation from deathP'
 Mot exactly, but the undertaken would not have been more frightened had the corpse actually come to life."
 Dr. Bennett said that he had read in a medical work about Q man in Lanca- shire, England, wEo was kicked on the head by horse, and, as the doctors thought, instantly killed. The supposed dead body was carried into house and laId out upon board in room in which there was no fire. The weather was very cold. Several young men and women, who volunteered to act as watchers ofthe dead during the night, occupied an adjoining room to that in which the supposed corpse had been paced. It was their duty to see that 8 wet cloth, placed on the face of the man, was changed once each hour and kept well saturated with a solution of salt peter.
 Nothing unusual took place until along toward morning, when one of the