Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-12-12

MINERAL
He was unanimously pronounced
dead and It was decided 70 make the
4 first attempt at heart massage
/ The chest was opened and the heart
/ graspcd by the hand of the operator. II
was compressed and allowed to dilate.
| At first no contraction of the walls
could be felt, bat-after a few compress
sions the rythm OF the heart was grad
TALLY resumed simultaneously air was
ioiclDiy blown into the lungs and tho
chest pressed TO initiate respiration,
| The heart was massaged steadily for 80
minutes, when respiratory gasp oc-
cured Sometime yet elapsed before
| the patient respred unaided and then
| it was only at intervals.
After the operation had continued
steadily for four hours the heart con-
tracted vigorously the registrations be-
came normal, the pupils Of the eyes
contracted and dilation commenced
with inspiration and expiration.
The surprise exhibited by those con-
Quoting the operation can be imagined
Nothing like such results had ever been
recorded in the annals of actual medical
service.
upon feeling the pulse H. was found
t. be strong and regular. the jaws be-
ing tightly clenched
The man was alive again.
Not a moment was lost in sewing up
and dressing the various wounds and
conveying the patient from operating
table to bed
.he breathing of the patient con-
tinued satisfactorily and after ten min
utes had passed the movements under
the sheet thrown over the body show
ed that the arms and legs were being
moved
Injections of salt were now given
and brandy was forced down the throat
Of the patient
The patients eyes had by this time
opened and the man was viewing his
surroundings in kind of stupefed
manner. BY the movements of the man
1t was obvious that he was making an
attempt to articulate. his lips moving
slightly in the attempt
He was now assisted to assume
sitting posture in the bed and waved
his hand in the direction of the wash
stand. No attempt being made to in
terrupt his motion the patient turned
to the edge OF the bed and in per-
fectly natural manner allowed his legs
to drop to the floor In a minute he
was standing erect and attempting to
move in the direction of the wash
stand Then terrible thing occurred
A sudden contraction of the muscles
commenced, which resulted in the fea-
lures of the face being drawn up to a
tension where they produced a terribly
CHASTITY effect Then the figure totter-
ed and the form which had twice been
man fell in n quiyeriug mass upon
the bed
Subsequent experiments are rumored
to have been more successful and il is
said there Is one very carefully guard
ed patient who has several times utter
ed partially Ineligible sentences
whilst lying upon his cot.
OF course in this case the opening of
NE corpse and the absolute proof from
tue condition of the heart that life had
ceased does away with the possibility
that this was simply case of resusci-
tatlon OF suspended animation.
While there are among the lower an
imals familiar states of Information or
the torpor which proceeds from heat or
cold that passes away with the changes
OF season, mankind on account of their
complicated anatomy more easily fall
into torpor or apparent death. Anyone
whose vital machinery has been thrown
out or order by severe strain excess or
depression may pass into and out of
this state of partial death provided
they have sufficient reserve strength
FOR the purpose.
These apparent deaths may result
from shocks caused by gunshot wounds.
lightning or electric shocks, conclusion.
sunstroke, asphyXia, anaesthesia. mar
cotism, convulsion, apoplexy or heart
laiiure ana man. other things. At
least two per cent of persons Inferred
are supposed to be buried alive owing
To an improper diagnosis of their cases
by the physician and premature as
sumption that death mas taken place.
The autopsy alone proves that death
has actually occurred and the opening
OF the chest mentioned in connection
with this extraordinary operation was
equal 10 such proof
Therefore the raising OF the dead has
been accomplished.
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