Salt Lake Tribune | 1905-06-12 | Page 12 | Is Snatched from the Grave's Brink

Is Snatched from the Grave's Brink Aged Hebrew, About to Bo Buried Alive, Owes Recovery to Persistency Persist-ency of Doctor. new york, Juno 11 Because Dr. Anton Bockar of 61 West One Hundred and Fourteenth street refused to he governed gov-erned by a tenant of the Hebrew faith, Benjamin Lunssskl, a retired stockbroker aged 97 years of 4 West One Hundred and Eighteenth street Is today ree-verlng from a comatoso condition which his relatives rel-atives mistook for death. Ho had been laid out for burial and a rahbl and an undertaker summoned, when his relatHes recalled that a death reitlflcnto would bo necessary. The trained nurse, who had nttended him for two years, had also left. Wanted to View Body. Dr Bockar was called. He bad attended at-tended Mr Luhesskl, who was suffering from gastritis ent -ritis for several year The doctor wanted to view the body The relatives demurred on t Iih ground that It was against the teaching of the Hebrew faith for any person other than an undertaker under-taker or rabbi to come In rontaet with the body. Dr Bockar. himself a Hebrew, declined to issue the certificate unless he could satisfy himself of Mr Lunezskls nVath. Ho threatened to notify the coroner cor-oner and then tho relatives relented. Notices Slight Pulse. The doctor In making hln examination notlmd a slight pulse and a tremor of tho eyelids Ho Injected strychnine sev-eral sev-eral times and started to Induce artificial respiration When he was nearly exhausted ex-hausted ho observed signs of returning animation In the patient and called to the relatives to OSSlst him After working work-ing with Mr Lunesskl for nearly two hours ho was restored to consciousness. Nurse Returns to Patient. Dr. Bockar stated today that the patient pa-tient was doing nicely and that he would be In his usual health In a few days. Tho nurse who had parked her clothes and loft when it was agreed that Mr. Luncz-skl Luncz-skl was dead, has returned.