Pat Shingleton for April 28, 2008
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Editor’s note: This article appeared in a previous Weather News.
The Old Farmer’s Almanac Acts of God notes an excerpt from one of Benjamin Franklin’s journals which may have placed the famed statesman and inventor as one of the first to execute resuscitation: “A pullet (turkey) was struck dead by the lightning shock directed through its head.”
Franklin wrote in his journal he attempted to revive the turkey by repeatedly “blowing into its lungs.” His attempts met with success and the bird recovered.
Once it was “set down,” the delirious turkey ran headlong against a wall.
Historians believe this was one of the first cases of artificial resuscitation being used as a treatment of electric shock.
Fastcast: Cooler.
