. Wisconsin medical recorder . minute of hisspare time in his dreary attite, and alight might be seen shining through theoval windows at a late hour in thethe night. About this time he became acquainted WISCONSIN MEDICAL RECORDER 297 with a Dr. Thalwitzer, who was the res-ident physician at the penitentiarywhich was located on the outskirts ofthe city. This man, like himself, wasan ardent student in all that wasstrange and bizarre in nature, and found a man after his ownheart. Dr. Thalwitzer was almost al-ways with his newly found colleague,excepting when his institutional duti
. Wisconsin medical recorder . minute of hisspare time in his dreary attite, and alight might be seen shining through theoval windows at a late hour in thethe night. About this time he became acquainted WISCONSIN MEDICAL RECORDER 297 with a Dr. Thalwitzer, who was the res-ident physician at the penitentiarywhich was located on the outskirts ofthe city. This man, like himself, wasan ardent student in all that wasstrange and bizarre in nature, and found a man after his ownheart. Dr. Thalwitzer was almost al-ways with his newly found colleague,excepting when his institutional dutiesdetained him. They pursued their ex- of his body and have given orders tohave it (conveyed here. That is good news, indeed, repliedthe physician. We shall now be ableto set at rest the problem, whether itmay be possible to restore life. I have but little doubt we shall besuccessful. Our previous experimentshave already demonstrated the , after all, is death by hanging?Merely the suspension of the hearts ac- ■■W*. The resuscitated criminal and the apparatus used periments in earnest and often in thechamber they would grow speechless atthe wonderful discoveries made. One day the prison official called atthe gray stone home, earlier than usual,and evidently had something importantto communicate to the doctor. Steinbrenner, said Thalwitzer,when he entered the office where hefound the other, I have some goodnews for you. There is a man to behanged tomorrow. I have the promise tion by cutting off the supply of oxy-gen required by the blood. Now, if wecan only bring the current to bear onthe nerve centers, it seems very evidentthat this subtle fluid has the power ofexciting the nervous system that thephenomenon which we call life, will beestablished. You are right, Steinbrenner. Thoseare my views, and tomorrow night weshall be able to prove whether they arecorrect or not. 298 WISCONSIN MEDICAL RECORDER Get your professional duties overearly. I shall be here at half past
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