The morning call., 1893-04-16
BURIED ALIVE.
Resuscitated on the Dissecting-
and Married to One of the Students.


This story have told but few times in
my life." said DR.. w. w. Rowan, a member
of the Colorado Governors staff, and also
prominent physician and surgeon of ouray,
Colo, to ST. Louis Republic reporter in
the rotunda OF the Southern. The talk WIS
OF ghosts. ghouls, etc, and drifted into the
discussion of SUSPENDED animation. "Wheu
j was attending the College of PHYSICIANS
and Surgeons al Baltimore, Md, we were
formed into clubs of five for the purpose OF
dlssecilng cadayeTs, but our subjects were
not such as we desired. A lady Of promi-
nence in the city died-or was supposed to
have dled-very suddenly and my club de-
termiDed TO secure her body. The interment
took place in the afternoon. and that night
we procured n double sleigh well pro-
vlded with robes, having already secured
the tools necessary TO disnter the BODY
The night was very cold; just such q one
as best suited the purpose of the expedition
We secured the body, filed up the grave
and hurriedly drove back to the college,
where arrangements had been made with
tha 1antor to receive it. After warming
ourselves and taking stiff bumper ali
around we went to the dissecting-room
intending to put In good evenings work.
The body, clothed in rich garments. was
dsrobed and laid on tho dissectlng table.
II was the most beautiful specimen ever
saw. The form was indeed perfect. and to
me 1t seemed sacrilege to begin its mutia-
ton. with blue paint The lines were drawn
upon the body, dividing it into parts which
served as guides to the sealpel. Four of us
were donnlng our dissecting gowns when
the cry She livesY came 10 our ears.
Charley was standing by the body, and
with staring eyes gaZed into the face of cur
subject. The muscles about her ewes are
twitching.' said he, as we rushed forward in
body.
You're a fool or have gone daft said
one who was anxious to begin work. I
am going 10 work on my part said he sfor
who ever heard OF corpse coming to life
after having been entombed, then resur-
rected and treated 10 q sleigh ride? shall
proceed to business
"At that instant Charley saw the twitch-
ing again. The rest OF MS saw 1t. too, aud
without further ceremony part Of us began
rubbing the extremities, while another ran
Tor stimulants, which, fortunately, we had
IN an overeoat pocket. A bed was impro-
Vlsed OIL oyercoats, and in a short time we
had secured very perceptible action
gan to grow warm. We dressed
her in the clothing we had re-
moved, and, as the family resident
was but half block from the college. we
carried the still unconscious form thither
and secured admittance. The mother and
daughter tainted upon hearing that Irene
had been buried alive, but we left them TO
pe cared Tor by others and continued atten-
tions to our patient until consciousness
returned. There was never a happier re-
union than when the buried darling was
able to speak. To cut long story Short.
sne afterward became the wife of Charley
-, and. so lar as l know, is living to-day.
l believe many persons are buried alive,
put TINS is the only case that ever came
under my observation. Il created quite n
commotion among the Eastern newspapers
at the time. but more than quarter OF a
century has elapsed since"