The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-30
A CORPSE RESTORED TO LIFE
Wonderful Result Obtained by the Use
of a Solution Of NitrO-Glycerine.
A Discovery that Promises TC Be of Great
Value in Cases of Collapse Caused by
Pain or Death from Sudden Shock.

CHICAGO. Sept. 29.-The Evening journal today
publishes of remarkable resuscitation from
supposed death of young married woman named
Mrs Fraser, the daughter of Mr.. T. II. Stevens who
with his family, came here from New York to live
some years ago. On July 80 last, Mrs. Fraser gave
birth to child and in August after several days ILL.,
ness, pronounced dead by her attending physi-
clan. DIR. Mark H Lackerstien who was also attend
ing Mrs. Fraser, says: II did everything could
think of to restore respiration. without effect. Ten
minutes must have elapsed though at that time was
not in position to watch the passage of time. Then
it suddenly struck that would like to try hypo.
dermic injection of solution of nitroglycerine.
took up ten drops of it. and let the corpse have the
full benefit of it. The first minute there was not
pulsation but just gasp-that was ALL
I looked at my watch and there were four
such gasps distributed the first sixty seconds
but that is not fe In the second minute there were
six respirations and slight heart pulse could be
heard pdt no pulse could be felt. In the third min
ute it $50 and upward, so that it could not be
counted Her face flushed; her eyes began to roll in
their sockets and all the muscles relaxed from the
treme stiffness of death. All the contraction of the
limbs gradually relaxed; sight came back to her
eyes, and she became conscious. In my opinion in
all of shock collapse this thing ought to be
nothing peculiar sensational about it at ALL The
only thing is have been the first person to try it.
If ever have saved life it is this one.'
The Doctor relates the following: 1.-THE lady is a
young woman between nineteen and twenty years of
der very great difficulty. 1t was an instrumental
case She was up and about, but in the middle of
August began to complain of little pain. On the
24th day of the month she seemed to
have colo palms, which continued off
and on until the evening of the
25th when the pains became very severe, and I
was sent for have here taking from his vest lit
tie bottle filed with clear fluid like water solution
of alcohol and nitro glycerne. 1t is remedy which,
for little time has been used for epilepsy and
things of that sort, and for forms of kidney
trouble also. 1t has effect on the blood vessels
the lentron blood vessels-arteries. We give it in
doses of one drop. drop and half, two drops or
maybe three drops in cases We give it through
the mouth. 1t was never before given hvpodermical-
ly, far as aware, until made the trial. thank
goodness, with In of gall stones many
die Of shock AS they try to pass the stones
they gradually sink away from pain and die from
shock collapse. On the night of the 3Oth she col
lapsed she lost her pulse her heart ceased to beat
she ceased to breathe her temperature fell to do not
know how low for our thermometers do not begin to
register low enough-they are only marked to 95 de-
grees, but / think her temperature must have been
down to 90 degrees at the least Her father mother
brother and husband stood around her bed, and all
bad rven her up for dead Tney spoke of her in the
last tense and they very sorrowful. Just be.
fore the woman collapsed her last words were: Good
God the cold wave of death is me- She said
she wanted to drink something, and had pain in her
inside; then there seemed to be rush through
her bowels and when that she knew
nothing more. She called for the consulting physi.
clan, DR.. Adams Allen, who about l o'clock in
the morning and he pretty well please when he
heard what had been done In two three days time
twenty eight gall-stones from her. The three
largest were from one and one-haf to and three
quarter inches long and two and threeourth inches in
circumference. She has since been to my place two
three times and was very glad to her. 1t is
highly interesting case"
'How do you account for the effect of the nection?
ut promoted action of the arteries and they caus-
ing the vessels to date enabled the blood to flow and
when it begins to flow anywhere it would be long
till it is flowing through the heart 1t simply set the
machinery going again never held pulse that went
as fast as hers did. am just waiting for
two cases to carry my experiment further. want
case of collapse from overdose of chloroform In
my opinion there is of a woman dying
from an overdose of choroform now, or from shock
while undergoing surgical operations; and there will
be this advantage in the latter case-the operation
can be completed without any flow of blood to impede
its progress and then whenit is all over the nitro.
glycerine can be administered and animation re-
stored"
The reporters for the Journal confirmed all the main
facts in the case by interviews with members of the
family. The patient is at present enjoying excellent
health.