Hand of God
Anne was hanging for half an hour. At her request, four friends held her body and a soldier hit her four or five times with the butt of a gun.
Anne Greene's experience is responsible for the development of cognitive neuroscience.
Anne was born in Oxfordshire in 1628. She was a maid in the house of Sir Thomas Reid, who held the official position of "Justice for the Peace". The judge's 17-year-old grandson had a physical relationship with Anne, making false promises and Anne became pregnant. Anne was 22 years old at the time.
Anne only found out about it when she had an abortion at 17 weeks. The poor thing was terrified and hid the information and hid the fetus in secret.
Thomas Reed prosecuted her under the "Concealment of Birth of Bastards Act of 1624" in Britain. The midwife and other workers testified that the fetus had not developed and was stillborn, but to no avail. Anne was sentenced to death.
Anne was hanged on 14 December 1650. At her request, her friends did everything they could to hasten her death. The executioner stopped them when the rope was about to break.
After half an hour, her body was taken down and handed over to William Petty and Thomas Wills, physicians at Oxford University, for study. The bodies of those who were hanged were used for study at that time.
When the coffin was opened the next day, the doctors were astonished to see the weak pulse of life in Anne's body.
They poured cordial down her throat. They rubbed her limbs to warm them. They applied poultices to her breasts. They gave her an enema using tobacco smoke. They also drained five ounces of blood from her body.
These were the methods of medicine known as allopathy in the 17th century. Anne survived that too.
After 14 hours, she spoke. After four days, she began to eat solid food. Within a month, Anne was completely cured.
The law came after learning about the news. Even the doctors' testimony about the fetus was rejected. They insisted that she be hanged again. Finally, the 'law' was restrained when God's intervention was hinted at.
Yes, the merciful hands of God.
Three days after Anne was hanged, Thomas Read, who prosecuted her, died. It is also said that Anne was saved because the prosecutor was gone.
After recovering, Anne left the country. She got married. She became the mother of three children. She lived until 1659. Now is the heart of the story.
This incident became very popular in England. Dr. Thomas Wills, who had ‘resurrected’ the dead man, quickly became famous. He was struggling without the money he needed for his research in neurology or the people to publish his works. Anne’s resurrection helped him to overcome these difficulties very quickly. He received encouragement from the government and the scientific community.
The word neurology is his contribution. The names given by Dr. Wills to many parts of the brain are still used today. He was the one who linked personality disorders to brain function. Wills reached these conclusions through treatment and autopsies.
With the help of his friend and architect of St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, Christopher Wren, he drew pictures of the brain. These pictures were used to study the brain for 200 years.
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