The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-26
REvIvING FnOzEN HUMAN BODIES
a Needle Between the Fifth and
Sixth Abs to Try for Heart Action.

a Needle Between the Fifth and
Sixth Ribs to Try for Heart Action.
! New York. March 2-The Moscow
campaign was over, and the Emperor had
returned to Paris. Mortified by the scenes
/ he had witnessed. He had seen thousands
| Of his soldiers perish in the snow. He had
seen men brought Into camp unconscious
with frost, and buried, and he firmly be-
/ lieved that many of them had been buried
| alive. He consulted physicians who ad-
mitted that the trance caused by frost
! was often indistinguishable from actual
death. Then the Emperor issued procla-
nation calling for advice from the medi-
cal profession, and Offering prize for
the most useful suggestion.
Many doctors competed FOR the prize,
but Prof. Andral won the reward. His
test was very simple. 1t consisted only
In listening for the heart beats by means
of a stethoscope, and it was believed that
in this way its slightest fiutter could be
detected.
But that method has since been aban-
doned for another by means Of which
life can be detected In a heart which
would seem dead to a person operating
with a stethoscope. This idea was sug-
gested by Dr.. Middledorf of Breslau. Mid
dledorf's instrument is nothing more than
long. sharp needle. The doctor thrusts
In between the fifth and sixth ribs, so
that the point enters the heart, while half
its length protrudes beyond the skin. II
the heart moves in the smallest degree,
it will cause the needle TO vibrate, and
it is then evident that the patient lives.
Wonderful Cases of denomination.
tir,ar fIt- tropaa-HI,a state may
last for days. There are cases in which
men have been revived and recovered af-
ter having been unconscious for six days,
and in one case, at least, a man who had
been twelve days under the snow was
picked up and recovered within two
months. This case is reported in the
Partisan Gazette des Hopltaux, and the
doctor who treated him was Felix Kra-
jewsH of Grubeschow in Russian Poland.
II is difficult to tell just how far the pre-
cess of freezing may go before so chang
ing the body that recovery Is impossible.
The brains of certain animals may be fro
zen without fatal results. In such case
the animal loses consciousness, and ts, as
it were, placed in a state OF artificial hi
bernation, but the functions of organic
life remain the same, and when the ami
NAL RECEIVERS 1t seems merely to have been
asleep Many physicians believe that the
cerebrum becomes solidihed, and thereby
form barrier which prevents the ingress
of cold to the remainder of the brain.
The Same is thought to be true of The
spinal cord; but If the frost once solidi-
fies one cord, recovery is impossible.
1t Is also uncertain at just what tenn
perature fatal congelatiOn takes place in
the human body. The average tempera-
ture in health is 9S.6 degrees above zero,
-. IL ar.ao 4
discomfort and a drop of 20 degrees is
considered fatal although there as one
case on record where man recovered af-
ter his temperature had been reduced TO
70 degrees above zero. That temperature
of course was taken with the bub of the
Thermometer under the mans tongue, and,
doubtless, his extremities were Icy at that
time.
Death from excessive cold may occur In
several ways. Slow and continuous chill
ing. as explained before, drives the blood
inward and the victim Is said to die Of
congestion OF the brain. But If the chill
is great and sudden, the blood rushes to
the extremities leaving the brain blood
less, and the patient is said to have died
of cerebral anaemia. If a badly frozen
man Is suddenly reheated death follows
from "embolism." That is to say the car
bonic acid gas leaves the blood, which i'm
of less severe frost bite 1t Is usually from
congestion but sometimes from anaemia.
Both OF these conditions are caused by
tiny blood clots, which form in the frozen
part and then pass elsewhere and stop
the circulation.
A Datent suffering from an ordinary
case of frost bite should be placed in
cool room, and the injured parts immersed
in iced water, or very gently rubbed with
snow. If iced water or snow cannot be
had the very coolest water obtainable
should be used, changing 1t repeatedly un-
til the circulation and sensibility are re-
stored 1t must be understood that the frost
has separated the red coloring matter OF
the blood from the blood cells. In that
condition the blood is poisonous, and
should 1t be quickly thawed it would pro-
duce modification But If sent into the
circulation little by little IL will be alb
sorbed without doing any injury. IL Is
therefore very necessary that the patient
should not approach the fire, and that the
thawing process should be very slow II
both snow and iced water are available
q Is best to use the snow first and fol-
low with the water. If the case is at all
severe a doctor should be called. If The
affected part, however, can be rubbed
with snow. or water, until the return OF
feeling. and can then, at night, be brought
into a perspiration, the injury will in most
cases have been entirely cured, and no
relapse need be feared.-By Annesley Bur-
rowes and w. Ovid W. Moor. NJ. d.
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