LIFE AFTER ‘DEATH’
DRAMATIC SCENE AT MORTUARY LONDON, May 28. It was disclosed at a Halifax inquest yesterday that signs of life were found in a woman after she had been pronounced to be dead and taken to the mortuary. The woman, Annie Lister, R 4, of Holdsworth-road, Halifax, was found unconscious in her home by a neighbour at 10.30 a.m. on Saturday. An ambulance driver, William stated at the inquest that he took her to St. Luke’s Hospital, Halifax, where a doctor, after an examination, slated that death had taken place. He then took her to the mortuary and the body was placed on a slab. He took some blankets off her and was putting them into the ambulance when an attendant said there were signs of life.
He and ah officer at once tried artificial respiration, and as the woman responded he hurried her to the Halifax Infirmary. P.C. Bargh said that when artificial respiration was applied the woman began breathing with a grunting noise. As they continued, she appeared to breathe normally, but was unconscious. She was admitted at the infirmary at 12.20 p.in. and death took place at 2.45 p.m. Dr. Alan Curtis, of St. Luke’s Hospital, said that he made all the usual examinations and was satisfied in his mind that death had taken place. Further evidence wasjgiven by Dr. H. V. Phelon, pathologist at Halifax Infirmary, who said that a post-mor-tem examination revealed extensive cerebral hemorrhage. Asked bow he could account for her being apparently dead at the hospital and then reviving under artificial respiration, he replied that there was a certain automatic respiration set up which acted independently of the brain, but it was purely automatic and would work itself out. Even if she had been found earlier and put to bed she had such extensive cerebral hemorrhage that nothing could have been done. The Coroner, Mr. E. W. Norris: There is no danger, then, in such a case of a person being buried alive?— Oh, no. A verdict of death from natural causes was returned.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 13 July 1935, Page 9
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343LIFE AFTER ‘DEATH’ Greymouth Evening Star, 13 July 1935, Page 9
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