Dr. A.D. Trotter holds a bottle of medicine that brought Mildred Gross back to life, Los Angeles, 1938

Item Overview

Title

Dr. A.D. Trotter holds a bottle of medicine that brought Mildred Gross back to life, Los Angeles, 1938

Date Created

December 1, 1938

Date

1938-12-01

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

English

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

28-year-old Mildred Gross had been declared dead at Georgia Street Receiving Hospital from an overdose of sleeping powder. But over the course of an hour Dr. A.D. Trotter administered several intravenous injections to Mrs. Gross that successfully restored her pulse, respiration, and reflexes, even though she did not regain consciousness.
Dr. Trotter holds a small bottle that has a label which reads : PICROTOXIN SOLUTION 0.3% EXPERIMENTAL between his right thumb and forefinger. He points to the bottle with his other hand's forefinger.
Similar photograph appears with the article, "Medical Science Restores Life to Woman Declared 'Dead'," Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov 1938: 1.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 15030 - Dr. A.D. Trotter (revived Mildred Gross after suicide attempt w/sleeping powder) 11-26-38 [stamped:] Dec 1 1938

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Trotter, A. D., 1899-1967
Georgia Street Receiving Hospital (Los Angeles, Calif.)

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Physicians--American--California--Los Angeles
Medicine--California--Los Angeles