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Show Curing a Dead Man. "I was employed to cure a dead man," said Dr. C. R. Gregg of St. Paul. "I was awakened daring odi night and found a lady awaiting me. She told me that her husband was very ill and for me to bring my medicine cases and some surgical instruments, as I might have to perform an operation to assist him to breathe. It was but two blocks from my office to the house of my patient, and as we entered the room where the man lay no one else was visible. visi-ble. At a glance I saw that he was dead. I told the wife that her husband was beyond the reach of mortal aid. 'He is not dead, and you must cure him,' she said and locked the door. Then going to a dressing case she procured pro-cured a revolver. I saw that she had become crazed and was at the time a dangerous lunatic. "Making the best of the situation, I began a surgical operation on the windpipe, wind-pipe, the woman watching me closely. I worked with the corpse and prepared medicines for three or fonr hours, assuring as-suring the woman that I would save .him if possible. Succeeding in disarming disarm-ing her fears, she began to have entire confidence in me, and when I fixed a potion and gav it to the corpse, seemingly seem-ingly taking a similar one myself, I in duced her to take one in order to quiet her nerves, as it might be some time before any change took place in the condition con-dition of the patient. I soon had the satisfaction of seeing the woman fall upon the floor in an insensible condition, condi-tion, and I made my escape from the house, calling sufficient assistance to attend at-tend to the wants of the wife and prepare pre-pare the husband for burial. But I don't want any more calls to resurrect the dead under the superintendance of a dangerous lunatic." St. Louis Globe-Democrat. |