Persons executed by hanging could no doubt be brought back to life if the endeavour were made shortly after execution, declared Dr. A. Goodman Levy in the course of a discussion on the subject of "Cardiac Massage" at the Medico-Legal Society, London, as reported in the "Law Times.' 'He thought the percentage of patients who recovered after massage was very smail indeed, but a certain number did recover. Many were cases of chloroform syncope, which could not be treated in any other way. He had no , reason to believe that the massage would injuriously affect the heart. In a large number of cases where the heart recovered tli9 patient survived a few days, and eventually died, but this waa due to causes other than the massaee. '
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Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 17629, 5 December 1922, Page 12
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