"Dead" woman returns home in normal health
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

"Dead" woman returns home in normal health

Edgren, Emil, 1919-2020 · November 23, 1951

CC0 — Public Domain
Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library

Mrs. Theresa Butler, 60, (above) the San Francisco widow who was taken to the morgue as "dead" is pictured as she returned home today. She revived at the morgue, was rushed to the hospital where she lay in a coma for five days. a doctor had previously pronounced her "dead" from an overdose of sedatives. Hospital authorities say that she is now fully recovered and is perfectly normal.

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