The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-06
THE DEAD.
REST 0.RE|:D||:|.
Dr. .lI. S;aFntd did Has q Case So Of 4
Suspended Animation.
HIS IRE TMENT VIGOROUS
Ho Usod Dohn Lee for a.Punching- Bag
for Awhile Will, and I'd Then Then invoked ,'sk q
theAid Of Stomach 81
Pump. II,

Remarkable as 1t may sound or seem,
and Us infreque11t as It may happen. II
is nevertheless trhc that through the Of
forts Of \ Or. sanddge Of the ambulnnce
corps, life. which had apparently been
extinct for fully half an hour, was re-
stored to tho body aud mind of John Leo,
d resident OF Oregon ELL. last Wednes-
day night, when 1t is positively certain
the pulse, and even tho heart, OF the
man had ceased to show signs Of their
presence, while there was not tho slight-
est sign Of respiration. lie was stretched
at length over chair and the fixed gaze
and rigid firmness of the body seemed to
Indicate death.
The remarkable restoration Of Leo oc-
Cured at the First Police Station shortly
nfter midnight The man had been
brought III by negro from nearby
saloon. lie never spoke, although blood
was tricllinE down his check from a
slight cash on his head, caused by fall
Ing. s7sSSs
Tho negro stated quickly to Sergeant
Werner that the man was drunk ana
probably the attention Of a physician or
a little sleep would revive him. he was
placed in e. chair. while the officer, J, ex.
alnined the wound, but 1t was SO sllsnt
that no Importance was attached 10 u.
However. Sergeant Werner was struck
by the peculiar, almost death IKE ap ),
pearance of Lee SO he concluded to call
the nmbulance3 and this was fortunate,
for otherwise Lee would not now pc
living to hear the tale told Of his narrow arrow
escape. fs3,5 III BIZ
Dr. sandidge responded In care OF the
wagon for the sick The minute he LAID
eyes On Lee he said the man was dead
beyond all question, for before ne ar
rived the fellow keeled over in the chair
IN, d B SENT reclining position. AS he
tu1nbled his eyes opened wide and his
lower Jaw fell while the limbs became
rigid Ills gaze was fixed and steady
the eyes wearing a stony stare.
b Dr.. sandidge felt the mans pulse, but
there was none. lie Blended over ana
placed ibis ear over the heart, put no
beat or throb could be healSl, while all
/ Sign Of breathing had long since de-.
parted.
physician. rising. =,
.Brt can you do something, doctor?"
said Sergeant Werner dreading the idea
Of a death in tile station. SI ,8 !.
Dr. Sandldge said that he could and
would try to do something, and lnlghs
lDrlnP 4LHe uetlu W
VIGOROUS T1aT1lATMENT.
Suddenly the physician grabbed 4 the
man under the arms. jerked him from
tho chair and almost with Herculean
force threw the fellow against the wall.
Tho operation was repeated second
and third timc, and upon each occa-
sion a coughing sound escaped the lips
Z Of the unfortunate.
\ HIve got him. sad DR.. Sandidge. at
ter, which he procured a. stomach pump
and went to work on the fellow with
vengeance. Much whiskey was re-
moved from tho stomach and ammonia
applied to the nostrlls OF Lee. This re-
viyed him considerably.
After an hour of Shard work, the man
was lifted into the ambulance and car
ried to the city Hospital, where for
hours he was worked upon, finally re-
gaining consciousness.
Yesterday afternoon lie was completely
restored and apparently quite well, bar
ring the headache from the lag Il
Sergeant Werner says tho performance
was the most remarkable he had ever
seen IIe was confident that Lee was
dead and that no amount of work would
restore his life. Z
: DR.. Sandidge says that 1t was simply
case Of suspended animation brought
on by the use Of too much wlskey. lie
thinks the man would certainly have died
but for medical aid. 5