Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1903 — Death From Electric Shock. [ARTICLE]

Death From Electric Shock.

The ultimate cause of death, when** due primarily to electric shock, is generally considered to be stoppage of the action of the heart or of the respiratory organs. That the latter may be* affected is shown by the fact that victims of electric shock are sometimes brought to by practice of some of thewell known methods of artificial respiration. The cessation of the heart's* action may be due to stimulation of thenerves which control the beating of theheart These, when stimulated to excess, may cause the heart to stop altogether.—Archibald Wilson in Cassler’s*Magazlne.