THE DEAD REVIVED.

Shannon News, 9 October 1923, Page 4

THE DEAD REVIVED.

ADRENAL GLAND SECRETION.

People who had been pronuonced dead were revived, died again, were revived at intervals, and ultimatly recovered completely by the injection of fluid from the adrenal glands di-. rectly into the heart. The authorities for this statement are Dr Dennis W. Crile, of Chicago, Chief Staff Surgeon of St. Mary’s Hospital and Consulting Surgeon of the Hahnemann Hospital, and his uncle, Dr G. W. Crile, of Cleveland, Professor of Surgery at the School of Medicine at Western Reserve University and Chief Surgeon of Lakeside Hospital. According to Dr G. "W. Crile, persons, who had been dead as long as 30 minutes had been revived. Adrenal is extracted from small glands, one above each of the kidneys, which control the blood supply and the heart’s action. The secretion also controls the emotions of courage and fear. After explaining that the first Use of adrenal upon the human heart was in Belgium during the war. Dr Crile said large quantities were injected into the heart by means of a hypodermic needle.

Sometimes resuscitation was assisted by manipulation of the heart in the hands; and the assistance of respiration by mechanical reproduction of breathing processes." "So far,” he added, “I have used the treatment only in cases of persons who were pronounced dead, not only by me, but by other surgeons. Hereafter I propose to employ it one persons who are dying.”

Dr Hugh N. McKechnie, President of the Chicago Medical Society, says it would be impracticable, if not impossible, to restore to life a patient who had died from a long, wasting disease; but that the treatment would be of the greatest value, in/cases; of shock, violent deaths drowning, or death under anaesthetics.