Duchesne Record | 1915-06-12 | Page 7 | Kept Alive by Electricity

Kept Alive by Electricity The attention of surgeons at the General hospital Birmingham England England Eng Eng- England land has been occupied by the most remarkable case of a lad eleven eleen years of age He lIe was admitted to the institution suffering from a tumor on the brain the removal of which necessitated necessitated tate tate-I a most serious operation While White tho the surgeons were at work the patient stopped breathing and nd artificial artl arti tidal respiration was resorted to During DurIng Dur Dur- ing lag the course of the operation a largo large portion of the skull was removed and when the pressure from the tho brain waa lightened the lad began to breathe again An electric battery was applied applied ap ap- applied ap- ap plied to the chest and the tho muscles b bIng belag being be be- ing lag thus affected the breathing motion produced proved sufficient to keep tho the lad aUva alivo