(Eponymists in Medicine.) by J. Trevor Hughes. 151 pp., illustrated. London, Royal Society of Medicine Services, 1991. £12.95 (cloth); £7.95 (paper). ISBN 1-85315-161-0.
Thomas Willis (Figure 1) became famous in 1650 at the age of29 because of his involvement in an unusual case of resuscitationfrom near-death. Ann Green, a servant, was evidently seducedby the son of her employer. She became pregnant and delivereda child (probably stillborn), whom she hid when her crime wasdiscovered. She was found guilty of murder and sentenced todeath by hanging. She was pronounced dead, put in a coffin,and then taken to Willis for an autopsy. On opening the coffin,however, Willis found the woman to be barely breathing. Shemade . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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