Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1908 — New Test of Death. [ARTICLE]

New Test of Death.

Although it Is asserted by nearly every practicing physician that the possibility of being buried alive can only occur where a medical examination has not been made, an eminent German physician and surgeon states that a stronger, absolutely reliable guarantee for discerning actual death is still demanded, and the demand has been met by the discovery of a new medium for ascertaining death with perfect certainty. This new death test consists in injecting a solution of fluoresclne deep into the the skin and mucous memnranes Become very yellow and the eyes a«sume the color of emeralds: if the circulation has ceased none of these results occur. The discoverer proposes that at least two hours before the body is placed In a coffin such an injection with fluoresclne be made., If life is not yet extinct the injection does no harm and the coloring within a short time entirely disappears without the slightest iniury to the patient