Mexico weekly ledger., 1908-05-07
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"But Notwithstanding, / did not
have . doubt that this man was dead
/ began. 1t Is an invariaple rule Of
mine, Is it Is Of al scientific emhalm-
ers, TO observe carefully the blood In
the artery after opening It, In this
case, when l opened the artery pre-
parat0ry 10 injecting the embalming
fluid, l noticed, first that the artery
was full Of blood. q most unusual
thing, because after death the blood
leaves the arteries and goes into the
veins and smaller capillarieG
"In this case the blood had the
color Of life, and 1t triekled from the
Incision / made. l sat there and
watched IL, not yet with any thought
that the M was not dead, but cut
Of curiosity. l sat holding the artery
in my fingers and as / did 50 i thought
l noticed 9 very slight increase Of the
Quantity Of blood trickling from the
incision, and then q cessation OF 1t.
81 was startled. Where before /
had watched the artery only with
curiosity, now ! watched it with In
tentness, waiting to see il there would
be another increase in the trickle Of
blood. For fully 10 minutes / watched
without noting any change, and then
again / thought ! noticed Just a slight
increase 10 the quantity Of blood that
was oozing from the cut artery. And
then there was q wait OF another 10
minutes and l noticed 1t again.
81 was q younger and less expert
enced man then than / am nov and l
was excited and startled. 1 felt sure
that the peculiar action Of the blood
In that artery could only be caused
by q p~ulsstion OF the heart. / laid the
arm down and went out into another
room and called q member Of the
family and told him. / told him /
might be, and probably was, mis-
taken, and / warned him to keep the
matter secret, Is | did not wish to
raise the hope Of the mans wife upon
. bare Suspicion, but i sent him in
haste for the family doctor. When
he came / told him what l bad seen
and what my belief was.
"The doctor was one OF these who
cannot bear to admit that they are
not infallIble. The first thing be did
was to feel the mans pulse and put
bis ear down W his heart He OBJ
served the blood in the artery, too,
and when bis examination was over,
he said, rather s~cornfully:
""The mar is dead
II insisted that there was yet life
in the body and the doctor sent TO bis
ONCE for his stethoscope and be made
. test with that, putting 10 over the
heart TO detect If there vas any pulsa-
tion. Again he declared that the man
was dead. He went away.
again | sat there watching for
these faint indications In the blood
Of . beating heart As l watched |
had the satisfaction Of seeing the
trickle Of blood increase TO g regular
flow, and as the surcharged arteries
became relieved the pulsation Of the
heart become more rapid and normal,
until 1t was 50 strong that anyone
could see that the man was living.
Then ! called In the member of
the family again and sent him for
that physician and when he came be
shed bis coat In an instant and vent
10 work. Such an excitement you
never saw. When the wife and chill !
1ren found that the husband and ia
Their had come back to them frorA the
lead their rejoicing knew no bounds.
sat 2 O'Clock that morning the man
was sitting up In his bed and talking. 4
When breakfast was ready next morn. :
ng he got up and sat at the table, and :
had the pleasure Of sitting opposite :
and Of seeing him eat quite a j.,
hearty meal for . sick man. :
81 asked the mar II he had any con-
ciousness Of his condition and be
aid be did not. 8
"You can readily surmise what
would have happened 70 that man If !
he family had called in one OF those
men who combine the business oil :,
table keeping, livery, coal, ice, feed
nd embalming. he would have had y
i'm full Of poison in 8 iiffy.
sand II IL had not been for the
Irocess Of embalming this man would
have been buried alive,
nd be probably would have regainedl