“DEAD” MAN REVIVED

Waikato Times, Volume 118, Issue 19765, 21 December 1935, Page 16 (Supplement)

“DEAD” MAN REVIVED

And Then Operated on for Appendicitis.

How a man was revived after his heart and breathing had ceased to function, and was operated on for appendicitis, was revealed at a Westminster inquest. The man, Harry Ilewett, 43, motor driver, of Albion-mews, Paddington, was a patient in St. George’s Hospital, London. “When he came into the theatre,” stated Dr. James Bull, “he was a corpse. An incision was made and his heart was massaged for eight or nine minutes. “After an administration of adrenalin into the heart muscles the heart started beating again. In another three or four minutes the patient started to breathe.” The doctor added that in the intterval between the restarting of heartbeats and breathing the aDDendix was

removed, and the wound was sewn up as quickly as possible. The patient was taken back to the ward and watched. His pulse was good and regular, and he was breathing quite well. No stimulants of any kind had to given, the only necessary thing being to keep the patient in an electrical cradle for warmth. He remained deeply unconscious, and about 11 hours after the operation developed convulsions, which more or less disappeared after treatment, but death soon followed. Dr. Robert Pulvertaft, pathologist, stated that death was due to cerebral thrombosis. In recording a verdict of “Death by misadventui*e,” the coroner remarked that tho man had been very skilfully treated.

TOLERANT. She (to him): I admit there are two sides to every question—mine and mother’s.

RAPID. “When is the next train?” “It’s just gone.”