New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-10
NITRO GLYCERINE FOB TIE DYING.
NEw-YoRK DOCTORS WHO PUT LITTLE FAITH IN
CnICAGO STORY.

NEW-YORK DOCTORS WHO PUT LITTLE FAITH IN
CHICAGO STORY.
A dspatch from Chicago was Published few days
100 describing the rcsuscifatIOI OF "A woman supposed
to De dead by the ypodermc injection of solution OF
nitro 81 ycer1nc in alcohol. The woman was Mrs. H..
NJ. Fraser of Thty-ninth-st. and Forest-ave., and
her remarkable release from death was said to have
been brought about by DR.. Lockersteen on the night
OF August 30 On that night Mrs. Fraser. who a
month before had given birth child. is said by
DR. ockersteen 81 have fallen into state OF collapse
Her pulse became imperceptble, her heart ceased to
heat and she ceased to breathe took up drops
of the solution of glycerine,' the doctor Is
credited with saying, and injected 1t into the body.
The fiji 1t minute there not pulsaton there were
four gasps distributed the first sixty seconds.
but that life. In the second minute there were
six respraons and faint beating OF the heart could
be heard. In the third minute there were eighteen
rcsprations and the pulse became distinctly percept
lille at the wrist. In the fourth minute tho pulse was
$50 or more minute later all the muscles relaxed
from the stiffness OF death. To the astonishment OF
all OF u.s. Mrs. Fraser became conscious and uttered
few words"
Dr. Lockerseen is further quoted saying that the
injection promoted action on the arteria tension and
hv causing the vessels dlae enabled the blood to
flow and thus set the machinery going again. He il
sod to hold the opinion that there is reason why
any one should die from an overdose OF chloroOrm or
from shock while undergoing surgical operations.
aimee nitro yeerine be administered and anima-
ton restored. Mrs. Fraser is said to have been out
riding on the day that the dispatch was sent, but
whether in hcarse not is not sta ed.
don't believe it Is possible said DR.. Alfred L..
Ioomis when he had read the story. Ntrogy cerine
in solution has been in tor the last or eight
years have used 1t frequently IN the last six years
in cases of Bghts disease and kidney affection with
considerable success. So far using it for ieyiyiug
er.ons who are dead-that is prepOserous. II there
i; any truth whatever in this Chicago it Is prob
ahle that the woman in a comatose condition aud
that she would have recovered without the Injection
DIR William L. Bull thought the story amusing, TO
sav the least " 1t shows well developed mag ma
tiou ON the part OF somebody" he said. Either Dr.
observation-disclosures he may De-has deceived the
orrcs pondent the spOndent has been trying
hi. hand AT fiction. The effect OF nilrOg ycerlne Is
Ito,stner different IRON that described III tins case.
In the nr ,ctce OF surgery 1t Is seldom. II ever used
uf Will avail would be IN the OF persons who
hovs hern ogerlosed with chlOroform or ether dOu
ace Paralysis OF the heart Is the direct cause oi
,eath where too mucl chlorOtorm is administered and
those who die while under the influence OF ether are
u-u,lly strangled through carelessness
Another well-known physician characterized the
story absurd.