Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-09-30
Called Esack Eilr.

The Chicago Erening Journal publishes 8
case Of remarkable resuscitation from sup
posed death OF young married woman
named Mrs. Frazer, the daughter Of Mr.. T..
b. Stevens, Who with his family came there
| from New York some three years ago. On
July 3Oth last Mrs. Frazer gave birth to
a child, and in August, after several days,
illness, was pronounced dead by one of her
attending physicians. Dr.. Mark H Lock
ersteen, who was also attending Mrs. Frazer,
! says: II did everything could think of to
restore life without effect. Ten minutes
must have elapsed, though at that time was
| not in q position to watch the passage of
time. Then it suddenly struck me that
would like TO Try hypodermic injection of
a solution of nitro.g ycerine. took up ten
drops Of it and let the corpse have the full
| benefit of it. The first minute there was not a
pulsation, but just gasp; that was all. I
| looked at my watch and there were four such
| gasps distributed over the first sixty seconds.
but there was no life. In the second min
ute there were sig respirationg aud slight
heart pulse could be heard, but 40 pulse
could be felt. 10 the third minute there
| were eighteen respirations, and the pulse
became distinctly perceptible at the wrist.
In the fourth minute it was $50 and up.
ward, so that it could not be counted
| Her face flushed. Her eyes began to roll in
their sockets All tho muscles relaxed from
| the extreme stiffness of death. All the con-
| fractions of the limbs gradually relaxed.
| Speculation came back to her eyes, and she
| became conscious. In my opinion in all
cases Of shock or collapse this thing ought
| 10 be tried before they are given over for
lost. There is nothing peculiar or sensa.
tional about ii ell. The only thing is,
| have been the hrSt person to try it. If ever
I have saved life it is this one"
The doctor also relates the following ::
1.-The lady is young woman between nine
teen and twenty years Of age. She was
confined July so of a male babe, under very
great difficulty. II was an instrumental
case. She was up and about, but in the
middle of August began to complain of Il
little pain. On the 9th day Of the month
she seemed to have collie pains, which con
tinued off and on until the evening of the
| 25th, when the pains became very severe
| and | was sent for. | have here taking
| from his vest pocket X little bottle filled
with clear !luid-!ika water one
per cent. solution cf alcohol of nitro
| glyceriue. 1t is remedy which for
some little time has been used for cpileD-
sy and things Of that sort, and for some
form of kidney trouble also. 1t has an effect
on the blood vessels, the lentrou blood yes
sels-arteries We give it in doses of one
drop, drop and ahslf, two drops or
maybe three drops in some cases. We give
it through the mouth. 1t was never before
given hypodermically, so far as | am aware,
until made the trial, thank goodness, with
| of CD
persons die of shock. As they try TO pass
the stones they gradually sink aud sink
away from pain and die from shock or COL
lapse. On the night of the 30th she col.
lapsed. She lost her pulse. Her heart
ceased to beat. She ceased TO breathe. Her
temperature fell to | don't know how low,
for our thermometers do not begin TO regis.
ter low enough. They only marked 95o,
| but l think her emperature must have been
down to 92' at the least. Her father, nc 9TH
er, brother and husband stood around her
bed, and all had given her up for dead.
They spoke of her in the past tense, and
they were very sorrowful."
Just before the woman collapsed her last
words were, Good God, the cold wave OF
death is over me-" She said she wanted to
drink something and had pain in her in
side; then there seemed to be rush through
her bowels, and when that was over she knew
nothing more. She called for the consult.
ing physician, DR.. Adams Allen, who came
about one o'clock in the morning, and he
was pretty well pleased when he heard what
had been done. In two or three days' time
twenty eight gall stones came from her. The
three largest were from one and one. half to
one and three.quarter inches long, and two
and three-quarter inches in circumference
She has since been to my place two OF
! three times, and / was very glad to see her
1t is highly interesting case.h
How do you account for the effect of the
! njection?"
1T promoted action on the arterial ten
sion. By causing the vessels to dilate il
enabled the blood TO flow, and when it be-
gins to flow anywhere it would not be long
till it is flowing through the heart. 1t sim
ply set the machinery going again. Inevel
held pulse that went as fast as hers did
| am just now waiting for one or two cases
to carry my experiments further. l want 8
case of collapse from an overdose of chloro
form. ln my opinion, there is no use O
anyone dying from an overdose of chloro
form now or from shock while undergoing
surgical operations. And there will be tbi:
advantage in the latter case: the operation
can be completed without any flow of blood
to impede its progress and then, when it i:
all over, the nitro. lycerine can be admins.
tered and animation restored"
The reporters confirmed all the main fact.
in the case by interviews with members O
the family. The patient is at present en-
joying excellent health.