A REMARKABLE CASE

Hokitika Guardian, 19 May 1925, Page 4

A REMARKABLE CASE

EVIDENCE AT AUCKLAND INQUEST. AUCKLAND. May 10. That a man was brought back to life after his heart had ceased beating for five minutes, only to die again some ten hours later as the result of the eli'ect upon the brain caused hy the previous collapse, was revealed in unusual evidence given at the adjourned inquest into the death of Stanley Males Dun-tan. aged thirty, which occurred in Waikato Hospital on Wednesday night.

At the o]>euing uf tlio inquest yesterday tin.? surgeons at the hospital wore unable to give any definite otm.se i/t death and the Coroner. .Mr H. A. Voting. ordered a pest mortem examination to he made. The mother-in-law of deceased stated that he had heeti employed hy the I*l lst and Telegraph Department as a mr.il sorter, ilia! ] rinr to his death had ■'ecu living ill Hamilton. lie "'as in the postal van of the train wreaked at Ouguitic in lOdli. and since then laid sulfered from nerve trouble. Hr. Lewis, medi-d superintendent at Waikato Hospital, said that Hunsian was operated ujioii lor haemorrhoids, and the operation had been lomploted ~nd the anaesthetic masks removed a hen it was n .-lived that tile had slopped breathing. Artificial res' jration was resorted to, hut it v. as o'.serve.l that the heart had i eased to heal. As it did not respond to the usual strychnine treatment tin incision was made and the heart: was massaged. Alter some five minutes it resumed heatiup; regularly, and in three-quar-ters of an hour the patient was making a um'ti'l recover,'. As the effect ,«f the

anaesthetic wore off. however, signs of brain trouble became apparent, due to lack of blood to the brain during the icssation of the heart. I lie patient failed to respond to treatment .ml died at !)..}"> p.m. Witness was unahle to sav what had eaiised the heart- to stop after the operation. The patient was examined prior to the atlmiu'strition of the anaesthetic and was considered a safe risk. Witness did not think that neurasthenia would cause the stoppage, neither was there any indication oi injury to the brain. I)r. F. (.'infold, who made a postmortem examination, staled that he had found the heart in a normal condition. The thymus eland, however, was enlarged eouxidcralily. anti it was due to this that the heart had ceased fielding. Deceased had been uniform;:

from what was known as "'| ersistent Uivmtts.” This londition was not re nonisahie in life and there was no wav of detect in?- it until after death had occm i ed. It was all unusual condition. Kxaminatioii ot tin- brain re-I'eah-d (enoestmn of the grey matter duo to la k id' oxygen when the heart had tea ed. This had ret, up irritation which was Iho final eatl.se <>f death. The Coroner returned a verdict that death was due to heart failure, consequent upon .respiratory failure due to adminisl rat in of anaesthetic, the respiratory failure hemp due to the condition of the enlarged thymus gland. The anaesthetic had been administered

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