WOMAN’S HEART STOPS
ASTONISHING RECOVERY. k A woman’s heart stopped beating for aquarter of an hour. Then it went on again—and she lived. It, stopped beating when she fell into the sea at Thorpe Bay, Southend, England, a few weeks ago. It began beating again after a policeman had continued artificial respiration for a-quarter of an hour, following her rescue from the water by Mr Arthur, Haydep, of Romford, wh f waded in. ‘ ■ ; V ' As soon as the woman was dragged upb£ the beach the policeman began respiration. He kept on when the womar > was put in an ambulance and. taken to, ,tU hospital, and did not cease until the houtr surgeon was ready to give oxygen. The house surgeon said that normally, the heart does'not revive when breathing has ceased for five minutes. The woma#' - was Mrs Winifred Warren, aged 58.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21531, 31 December 1931, Page 10
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