Salt Lake Telegram | 1906-09-21 | Page 1 | Man Believed Dead, is Brought Back to Life by Artificial Methods

PlflN BELIEVED DEAD, IS BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE BY ARTIFICIAL METHODS was finally brought back to consciousness and after seven weeks of treatment he was discharged from the hospital. - Mc-Elroen Mc-Elroen testified against his assailant yesterday. NEW YORK, Sept. 21. Edward McEl-roen McEl-roen of Yonkers was in court yesterday and listened to a physician tell how he ha1 almost died and been brought back to life. McElroen had been pronounced dead. Sevni weeV.J ago McElroen was hit on the head with a wrench. He busta'.nt d a compound fracture of the skull and whllo an operation was being performed, the physicians stopped work and pronounce! him dead. A nurse, however, noticed a twitching of the muscles and called attention at-tention to It. There was apparently not the slightest movement of -le heart, but as a chance an artery was opened and a salt solution was inje.-tcd. Then artificial reepi -alloc was tried. Two hours later the heart was beating feebly and the lungs were working. He