The St. Johns herald., 1892-12-22
BROUGHT TO LIFE.
A Thrilling Scene Witnessed in 6
 Dissecting Room
The Body of a BeautiruJ Girl Stolen and Sold to a Medical College She Recovers in the
 Nick Of Time.

Nick Of Time.
 : In strongbox in one of the vaults of the Cincinnati Safe Deposit Company, says the Enquirer, there is 2 paper be- longing to an old and well-known physician residing in the West end. It is a written statement of one or the strangest and most remarkable expe- siences ever had by physician.
 ] In the year that the rebellion broke out the physician, who will be des- ignated as Dr. G., was connected with a well-known medical college. His busi- ness was to buy material for the dis secting-room and instruct the students in their work.
 One night Dr. G. was at work polnt- ing out the construction of several nerves in the arm of corpse, when he was called into the hall to see two men. He recognized his visitors as body snatchers. They told their business quickly. In their wagon, within a quarter of a mile of the college, was the body of a beautiful young woman that had been lifted" just that day. They would deliver it for eighty dollars
 "What did she die of?" asked Dr. c
 ''Oh, nothing but little throat trouble, and we didn't hurt the body bit as we got it out She was the daughter of rich farmer near Glen dale, and was going to be married soon." The doctor accepted the offer, and it was not long before the corpse delivered. The men carried their bur den upstairs and dropped it on the floor of the room adjoining the dissecting- room. Dr. G. stepped in turned up the light, and handed the men the money. One of them opened the sack and the head of the corpse was exposed.
 ''She was indeed handsome" said the doctor.
 As the three walked out of the room the doctor asked himself: "Can she be alive? am sure 1 saw her eyelids move" As he entered the dissecting- room and proceeded to his work the students noticed that he was nervous and excited. In a few minutes he was compelled to abandon his work and go home.
 Out in the street he continued to think of the corpse. When he reached home his wife had a hot cup of coffee and some lunch prepared, but he could not touch it. Being pressed to confide in his wife, he told her about the body at the college.
 Don't waste Q moment" she cried. Return to the college at once, and if the girl is alive you will get credit for bringing her back to life"
 Securing his coat and hat, the physi- clan was soon on his way back to the college. The cathedral bells were just tolling the hour of midnight Dr. G. stopped at the residence of aa old medi- cal friend and asked him to accompany him. The two proceeded at once to the dissectingroom and, after making light, cut open the sack. The breast of the corpse was are, and she was clad only in her underclothes, silk hose, and slippers. The grave-rob5ers, as was afterward learned, had torn from the body the dress in which the young lady was to have been married.
 Carefully the two doctors lifted the body on table.
 "Her heart is still, !" said Dr. G., as he placed his ear to the breast.
 And she has no pulse" said the other.
 'Her body is quite cool" said Dr. G., as he asked the other to assist him in giving the corpse g vigorous rubbing. They lifted up the corpse and rubbed it as hard as they could for some time.
 Dr. G. got an electric battery and placed it alongside of the neck. Soon after it had begun to work, the eyes of the corpse opened, the lips quivered, and the head raised up.
 |. My God, she's aliver' gasped Dr. G. as he fell back almost in a faint. His friend assisted him to chair, but the eyes of both never left the corpse. The doctor recovered and explained to the lady that she had undergone a surgical operation and was not fully recovered. 1 But she knew different. She had been in trance and had known everything that occurred. She had felt the warGl kisses of her parents and lover and thought that all was over when the lid of the coffin was screwed down. She felt the hands of the robbers when they lifted her from the coffin.
 The janitor's wife was quickly walked mp and prepared some coffee for the lady, and also gave her some clothing A hack was called and the lady was driven to Dr. G.'s house, where she spent the night. The next day she was taken home and io two weeks the mar riage- occurred. The grave robbers re- turned the stolen bridal robe, and were never prosecuted.
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