New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1908-07-22
FROM DEATH To- LIFE,
Connecticut Physician Sure He
Revived Dead Woman.
ALL SIGNS OF LIFE HAD GONE

ALL SIGNS OF LIFE HAD GONE
Case of Mrs. w. McNuIty Not One of
Suspended Animation, Declares New
Britain Doctor-Patient Tells Of
Meeting Her Mother In the Beyond.
Il know she was as dead as she
ever will be-" declared DIR. Thomas
Mulligan when asked If the case of
Mrs William McNulty of New Britain,
Conn.,, might not have been one of sus-
pended animation. Mrs. McNuIty, aft
er recovering her speech following an
hour of apparent death, said that she
had visited a world far away and had
talked with her mother, who died If
| teen years ago. Mr. McNulty and his
daughter, who were in the room, be-
lieve that she was dead There was no
sign of heart beat, pulse or respiration.
II found Mrs. McNulty sitting in her
chair in her ROOM" said DR. Mulligan
| to a reporter of the New York World.
Death was plainly there. There was
no pulse, no heart action I lifted up
| the eyelids and found the eyes set and
dead. The lungs were still. Feeling
that I would like to satisfy the father
| and daughter, applied the battery.
felt it was hopeless. The jaws had
relaxed, and the fetid odor of death
came out of the mouth.
"Three-quarters of an hour I worked
| the battery on face, body and spinal
| column, the signs of death becoming
more and more defined. Then there
came slight gasp. took this for the
escape of some air which had remained
In the lungs or the expulsion Of gas
from the stomach About five min
utes later observed the first sign of
life, twitching Of the muscles in the
neck. was astounded said moth
ing to Miss McNulty or her father. 1
did not want to raise false hopes. Aft
er that a gradual animation began.
| The muscles stirred, and then there
was flicker Of the eyelids. We NOV
ed Mrs. McNulty to her bed and
faint, regular breathing began. Per-
haps five minutes later she opened
her eyes and then closed them
''As soon as observed the first sign
| Of breathing spoke to her sharply:
Now, take deep BREATH / said.
Breathe quickly-do you hear meY l
kept speaking to her this way until her
respiration became normal and she
opened her eyes. AS the normal was
reached Mrs. McNulty opened her eyes
In a tired way, and tears ran down her
cheeks. oh she said, I have been on
a long journey-so long"
''You are positive, doctor, that Mrs.
McNulty was the first to speak? This
suggestion as to a journey or long
journey did not come from you Or
somebody else in the room?''
Mrs. McNulty was the first to
speak" answered DR.. Mulligan testify
and continued, Nobody suggested any
thing to her.
II wiped the tears from Mrs Nc
Nulty's eyes and asked her If it had
been a pleasant journey. Very pleas
ant she answered-1very pleasant
"'And did you meet anybody you
knew?' I asked her.
"'Oh, yes she said. 4 met my moth
er and Tom there
! ''Mrs. McNulty's mother died twelve
or fifteen years ago. didn't know
who Tom was, and had to ask Mr.
McNulty later. He told me that she
meant Tom Hobson, her sisters first
husband, who died thirty years ago.
"'Don't any Of you be afraid to die,
said Mrs. McNulty next There is
nothing to fear. Everybody is happy
theresa happy. would not have
come back but for father and Maggie
And mother did not want me to stay.
She did not ask me-
'It was pathetic the way Mrs. Nc
Nulty referred to her mother. The
fact that she hadn't been asked to stay
seemed to worry her. When Mrs. Nc
Nulty spoke about everybody being so
happy there I asked her what there
was like. She said it was beautiful,
and then 1 tried to have her describe
it Beautiful was her one word for
it.
"Of course see Mrs. McNulty every
day. I have just left her, and it is my
intention to draw from her gradually
all can Her condition is such now
that it would not do to press her men,
DRY too far, although I candidly believe
that the woman is going to be able to
get out of bed in a few weeks and be
around once more. When 1 was last
to see her l asked her to tell me how
she felt about meeting her mother.
why she said, it was happy. l
felt just as you would feel if you went
i t0 on an6 mat