The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-10-30
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q AWonderful Resurrection,

Isl a Wonderful Resurrection
From the N. Y. Sun.
e the London La meet Of September
8 is recorded 9 case . + resuscitation Of.
ter apparent death By hanging, 50 70:
.markable as to- be worthy Of notice
and discussion outside Of purely "a pro-
fessional circles. ss5 $!s
~ The case is reported by DIR. Ernest
W. White, senior assistant me ical Off
Ger to the Kent Lunatic asylum at
Chartham, near Can't rbuly.. The pa
tent was q woman 53syears old afflicted
with that form, Of insanity known as
melanc holia. She had tried to kill
herself before admission into the asylum
and made several attempts to take her
life after being received into the insti.s
tuition. Finally she succeeded IN es-
Gaping the watchfulness Of the attend
ants who had frustrated her previous
efforts at self destruction, and hid her
self in bath room, where she was
found hanging to a ladder by a cord
formed Of portions Of her dress, eight
minutes after she had been seen alive
BY another patient.
Whenacut down she was apparently
quite dead. Animation was SO COM
'pletly suspended that there was no.
symptom which enabled the medical
men present to distinguish her condi-
tion from that Of real death This is
the remarkable feature Of the case; So.
far as the doctors could see the woman
was dead. The skin was ashy pale the.
jsurface temp erature very low, the lips
wereWivid, and the eyes. dilated and
iinsensibl to the action 81 light there,
was no pulse at the wrist Of tempt 81;
no: deinite heart beat could be detected
even by the ste Telescope respirat ion had
absolutely ceased, and ;unc Consciousness
was complete. Even the application,
of galyanism failed to con tract the
muscles. IL the woman had been q
criminal who had suffered the extreme
penalty Of the law the physical would
doubtless have been justified BY the
symptoms in prom ouncing her dead !;
yet she is alive to-day, and not ONLY
well physically, but fast reco Ysring
from all mental derang cement. sS: :S.;
DR.. White and his assistants wisely
refused to act npon appearances. They
gave their patient the benefit of the
doubt in their minds, although that
doubt was very slight. Resort was
had to artificial respirati on according
to5what is known in medicine as the
Sylvester method 4. The moYeme nts
we're performed slow1 only ten times
q minute but about ten minutes after
they were begun ali exceeding feeble
attempt at natural respiration was
noted, and livery weals pull ations5of the
heart were perceived by the aid Of the
stethoscope Ten minutes is 8 long
lime to wait for the first signs ofreturn-
ing Life, and it is to be feared that in
many casessof apparent death, especial
slys by drowning the measures ii cessary
for resusc itation are not cont inued long
enough to rekindle the smould ering
tspnrk Of life that remain in the body.
There can hardly be too much patience
pr perseverance. In this case artificial
Srespira tion was steadily main tanned fol-
Two hours before tho natural breathing
was sufficiently estab lished to dispense
with assistance in this way. II il had
Sbee n aband oned earlier, the woman
would probably have died, notwith-
standing her partial restoration II to
sensibilit s ss.ss /;
@ Wei need not follow the treatment in
detail. The patient became imperfect.
5lys conscious about eleven hours after
the act 3iof strang u]a alton and in The
course of . fortnight was in good bodily
health. She lost her melancholy illn.
sions& and became B cheerful, looking
back at her attempt at suicide with hor.
Sror: For two days from the time 81
hanging. however, her memory was q
complete blank s "a s3}i
This extraord binary case is interesting
in several aspects. The complete sim
ulatioa Of death suggests o possibility
that physicians may sometimes them.
selves be deceived as to- the fact 81
death, espe cially careless practitioner
iors those Of comparatively limited infor.
nation. We have already referred .te
the lesson which it teaches Of the need
Of steadfast and hopeful perseverance
Tin efforts to restore those who have ap.
Eparently lost their lives by strang ulatior
or drowning It would appear that al.
| ificial respiration is more useful and
effective when the moYeme its are per.
formed SLOWLY than when they exceed
tenn minute. his is an important point
for those to remembe who are called
upon to render first aid to the injured
Finally this remarkable occurrence
may we'll lead to speculation as to The
many stories which have been published
lgDf the restoration to- life Of men wht
have apparently suffered death By
hanging on the gal lows. S;95 81 81;
It is probable that fully seven min.
:ntes had elapsed between the moment
of the act Of suspension md the time
when, the woman was cut down. Who
can say that similar measures might
not have brought abo out aresnscitationi
she had remained hanging twice a
long z And NIGH not q strong mar
possess the potential ability to recover,
with like assistance, from the effects 81
lsstrang utation lnsting half IN hour
Who can now ASSERT with & confidence
that convictfwith neck unbroke ten ], cut
down after hanging thirty minutes and
turned oyer to friends having all the
resources of mod ern medical science at
command migl not be called back ia
existence IN this world !?
E& Such an aHent is hn lilo eno1sh,
Eve know but we do not saas ow it, can
be prom oqneed ply icall imp ossible
inayiew Of the facts to which we have
drawn attention. 81 !:
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