Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-08

placed the apparently dead man on a bed.
AFTER divestfng him of all clothing He as
certained that his neck was not broken. and
he resolved to resuscitate him IL possible
he applied a strong current of electricity
WIN gaivanic battery and administered
iaii grain OF strychnine In solution inject
ing II under the skin with an endermic
syringe. He could not detect any pulse, but
ne applied the only infallible test to de-
termine whether there was life in the body
He parted the fingers and stretching the
wep-iike skin uniting two OF Them and
which runs up much higher In the African
TO a bright light and saw that IL gave out
circulating.
The object OF the strychnine was to coun-
teract the nervous shock caused by the
snooting and hanging. He also rubbed the
Whoie body with alcohol. applying the most
vigorous friction. both with his hands and a
mesh brush. The room was kent at a bigI,
temperature. Spirits of camphor were also
used freely in the thorough massage given
sne pauent. and the inside of the mouth. or
.a s,.S and the nostrils were lightly mopped
Win d weak solution Of ammonia.
Colored Man Revived.
The surgeon who thus humanely worked
mad served In the field with the Army of
Northern Virginia for three years and had
put recently been ordered to South Caro-
lima, where he had been located shortly
Reenstjernna. He was a native of Stock
holm, Sweden, and had graduated with dis
JUNCTION at the university in that city Had
ne been battling to save the life of n king
ne could not have toiled more earnestly
IMAM ne did to restore that outlawed slave
to animation.
AT about midnight his efforts were re-
Waroed with success, for he saw the ma
tieht open his eyes and close them as if
.ne nght We're painful. He then gave HIM a
nf Ip,-
ministering it with teaspoon AT . o'cloclr
IN the morning the patient asked for water.
me doctor had carefully dressed his
wounds. which consisted of a saber on, ON
the top OF the head of slight depth a nistni
shot wound entirely through the right lung
ana another that passed through the neck
n near us oase. entering on the right side,
The wounds in the lung and neck had nre.
vented strangulation when Chamn was
hanged, as they enabled him to breathe
made '@ h.'u
+. AZ daybreak Champ was able to speak
intellglely. and the doctor explained To
him the plan decided upon TO Insure htS
safety. Champ was told that the rninn
army would no doubt be at or near Camden
MI.hIn Two or three days, and that in the
meantime he would be placed in a room in
the basement and provided with proper
medicine and food, water fuel and bedding.
ana ms wounds would be dressed eyerv
Gay. he was warned that his life depended
4
the military in the town discovered that ha
was alive they would kill him at once.
Inc doctor. with considerable difficulty.
sos ms enIeebled patient down to the
basement room, where a good fire had
peen made In the wide fireplace and a mat
tress, with blankets, laid on the floor He
gave him bowl of soup made of an ex-
tract of beef that had run the bIockada
and left him with a pan of cruel made Of
corn meal and arrowroot. After locking
ms patient IN the doctor took his departure.
Nh ne ealiea at nightfall and found him doing
WE'LL ana again dressed his wounds.
Complete Recovery.
At sunrise on February q DIR. Reelst-
Jernna made his last call upon his dangerous
patient. accompanied by trusty old coll
ored man whom he had engaged to act as
nurse.
Champ was told that the home guards
had all left town. and that the Union SOL
dlers would enter 1t in a few hours. The
doctor instructed the nurse on their ar
rival to find United States surgeon and
get MIN to visit Champ as soon as possible
and take the wounded man along when the
troops left. The doctor then babe goodbye
to his grateful patient. Three hours LATER
the bugles Of Serman's cavalry advance
were blowing in the historic old town Of
Champ was soon in the hands of a United
States surgeon, who, on being informed of
the extraordinary facts Of his case. took a
deep interest in him. He had him con-
Veyed on his mattress to an ambulance and
carried forward with the army, which was
all day marching through the town. At
the end OF six days 1t was deemed adyisa-
ole. In view of the state of his wounds and
the rough roads, that he should be left at
some mouse on the route, where he could
receive careful nursing. A Union man ON
the North Carolina border agreed to take
care Of him, and faithfully kept his prom
Use.
Champ recovered entirely from his
wounds in the course of two months and
returned to the Baynard plantation to seek
his kindred.
Despite the terrible injuries inflicted upon
CHAMP Baynard he enjoyed robust health
for many years after the war, and for a
long time was truckman In Charleston.
s. G.