The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-05-06
SUSPENDED ANIMATION,
Dr, Tanner Asserts that Numbers Of People
are buried AlIys-Cause for Caution.

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CHICAGO, May 5.-Dr, Tanner, the IA
nous faster, is in this city, He Is In
terested in the question Of suspended
animation, and this led to Copyera
ton with him in regard to the case oI
the young woman, Wilhelmina Stable,
OF Jefferson Park, whose body showed
no signs OF decomposition when buried
yesterday, though, according TO sCien-
tihC tests, she had been dead ten days.
DR., Tanner said; "There is positively
only one sure test Of death, and that Is
decomposition, and an advanced stage
OF that. Any other tests applied by q
physician are absolutely useless and
prove nothing, see that the doctors
who had been waiting on Miss stahl cut
the tiblal artery 10 show the relatives
that circulation had stopped and TO
prove conclusiyely, as they supposed,
the death OF the patient, Well, now, II
that girl happened to be In a tranee-as
We say, suffering from suspended ami.
mation-why, then, SO soon as she re-
viyed she would bleed 10 death In a few
minutes, and the doctors who perpetra,
ted that tlendish outrage would be Virtu'
ally murderers,
VERY HARD TO TELL,
~ take 1t that what l may say on this
subject would have little weight, be-
cause people are aware Of the utter un.
reliability OF doctors decisions that q
person Is dead, The cases Of suspended
animation in which the facts are disCoy.
cred to date are simply too numerous,
They speak for themselves, The young
woman In Jefferson has now been ap.
parently dead nine days, and still no
sign Of decomposition appears. What
can this meanP But one thing, and that
Is that from some cause decomposition |
has been kept off; life Is all that would
do that outside OF embalming, which |
has not been used In this case, so l am
told.
~ have q case in mind where tho body |
Of young man was buried In o vault,
and In three yeas the body was re-
moved and found to be not deComposed,
The physicians considered that fact
strange, and laid the body on the dis.
ieCting table to study 1t, An incision
was made with q scalpel, and instantly
he man arose, being thoroughly resus'
,itated. He lived for years, too.
ONE REMARKABLE CASE.
II had the pleasure last fall Of inter
Viewing lady near indianapolis, who
'ame to life after fourteen days Of sus-
pended animation, Her little brother
,lung 10 her against the will Of her
parents. Six doctors came In and made
heir usual tests, and at last 1t was con.
Iidered foolish to keep the body any
onger, But the boy threw himself on
MS sister, and said they should not put
ler under the ground. Mind you, six
indianapolis physicians had shaken
heir heads and said that she was dead.
"'Nol mol Sadie is not dead cried
,he brother. Accidentally he pushed aside
he bandage which held her Jaw In place.
Il fell, and the people in the room saw
/. The brother saw 1t, too, and noticed
hat his sisters tongue was slowly NOV
"'see seer he cried, she Is aliyer
They all saw and were horriRed.
"'What do you want, sisterPp asked
he boy.
"Wad.ter, wad.ter,' came the answer
rom the woman supposed to be dead.
SIZE IS STILL LIVING.
"They gave her water and she revived
md is still living, having since married.
/ had talk with her shortly after. /
lm making this subject my special study,
md tell you II horrifles me 10 learn all
hat Is going on.
at Is impossible To tell what person Is
10 constituted as to be liable to fall into
l trance. Therefore, friends ought mot to
rely on the mere word OF q physician,
II does no harm to wait few days. As
long as the body maintains q good ap.
pearanCe 1t will hurt nothing TO delay
The burial. From the beginning Of this |
year l kept account Of the cases Of sus.
pended animation discovered and repor.
ted In the papers. They averaged one a |
week in the United States. That Is a |
fact which should cause physicians to
be very careful when they pronounce pa
tients dead"