The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-09-30
A REMARKABLE. CASE
OF REsUsCITATION TO LIFE,
A Woman Who Was AIournrd by Hor Fam
lily au Dead drought Back to Life
Tho First CnSe on RGcOrd-,rho
Physician Tells Ills story,


Physician Tells Ills Story,
CHICAGO, Sept, 20.-The Evening JOurnt
to-day, will publish case OF remerkRbl
resuscitation from supposed death Of
young married woman, named Mrs. Fraael
the daughter of Mr.. I. Il. Stevens, VIII
with hiH family came here from Ne,
York to live some three years ago, o.
July 3OEh last, Mrs. Frazer gave birth t
a child, and in August after several day
illness, was pronounced dead by one O
her attending physicians, DR., Marx, II
Lsckersteen, who was also attending Mrs
Frazer, says; II did everything coult
think OF to restore desperation withou
effect,
Ten minutes must have elapsed though
at that time was not In o position Il
watch the passage Of time, Then 1t sud
denly atruGk me that | would like to'trS {
hypoGermic injection OF a solution o
nito'glyceriue. took up ten drops ol i
and let the corpse have the full benefit O
1t. The first minute there was not pull
satlop but Just a gasp; that was all,
looked at my watch and there Hers foul
such gasps distributed over the first sixty
seconds.
"But that Is not liio, In the second
minute there were six rsspiratious and d
slight heart pulse could be heard, but nC
pulse could be felt. In the third minute
there were Is rCSpirRtions aud the pulse
became distinctly perCeptble at the wrist
lu the fourth minute II WAS $50 and up
ward so that 1t could not be counted
Here the face flushed, tho eyes began Ia
roll in the sockets, all the muscles relaxed
from the extreme stiffness OF death, all
the contraction OF the limbs gradually re-
lRxed. Speculation came back to her
eyes and she became conscious. In my
opinion In all causes OF shock or collapse
this thing ought to be tried before they
are given over for lost. There is nothing
peculiar or sensational about 1t at all.
Tho only thing Is | have been the first
person 10 try 1t. lfever | have saved a
life it Is this one."
HISTORY OF TuR CASE.
The Doctor also relates the following:
"The lady is young woman between 10
and 20 years Of age. She was confined
July 80 Of male baby under very great
difficulty.
ut was an instrumental case. She was
up and about, but in the middle Of August
she began to complain OF q little pain.
On the twenty.iourth day OF tho month
she geemed to have collie painG, which con.
tinued oil and on until tho evening OF
the 26Gh, when the pains became yery
severe and was sent for. l have here a
solution Of alcohol Of nitro glycsr.
inc. 1t is a remedy which for some time
has been used for epllepBy and things Of
that sort, and for some forms OF kidpoy
troubles also. 1t has m effect on the
blood vCssls and arteries. WO give Il in
doses OF one drop, a drop and a half
two dlops, or maybe three drops in
somo Losses. We give 1t through the
mouth. 1. was never beforO given
hypodermiCally, 80 far as lam aware, till
| made the trial, thank goodness with
SUGGEST 1t was u case Of gall stonps
Many persons die Of the sho,k "a they
Try TO pass the stones. They gradually
sink aud sink away from pain and die
from shock or collapse. On the night OF
the 30sh she collapsed. She lost her
pulse and her heart ceased TO beat, She
ceased to breath, Her temperature iell
to don't know how low for our LhermOm.
eLers do not begin to register low enough.
They are only marked to 05 degrees, but
think her temperature must have been
down to 10 degrees, ut least. Her father,
mother, brother and husband stood
around her bed aud all had given sher I'D
for dead. They spoke Of her in the past
tense aud they were very sorrowiul.
THE COLD WAVE OF DEATH.
Just before the woman collapsed her
last words were "Good God, the cold wave
Of deoth Is over mel" sho said sho
wanted TO drink something, and had a
severe pain, Then there seemed to be
rush through her bowOls,and when that
was over she knew nothing more. She
called for the consulting physician, DR..
Adams Allen, who came about o'clock
In the morning, and he was pretty we'll
pleased to learn what had beon done.
In two or three days twenty.eight pall
stones came from her. Tho three largest
were from one aud one.half to one and
three.tourLhs inches In circumference
She has since bsen to my place two or
three times ltis highly interesting
case.
"How do you account for the effect Of
the injeCtion2"
ut promoted action on the arierial
tension. BY causing the vessels to diate
1t enabled the blood to flow and when II
begins to flow anywhere 1t would not be
long until II IL flowing through
the heart. II sets the machinery going
sgain. / never held pulse that
went rs last as hers did.
ain Just now waiting for one or two cases
TO carry my experiments further. want
o Gaze OF collapse from an overdose o.
ChlorCform. In my opinion there ID nc
use Of anyone dying from an overdose oI
chlorolorm now, or from 9 shock whllt
undergoing'surglcal operations; and there
Will be this advantage In the lAttcr case
the operation can be completed without
any flow Of blood 10 impede its progress
and then when 1t Is all oyer the nitro
glyoerine oar he administered and anltna
lion restored"
The reporter for the Journal confirmed
all the main facts In the case BY inter
views With members Of the family. Tht
patienti ID at present enjoying exCellen
health.
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Claimed to Have BsOn deceived.
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