Birmingham.
In Atkinson's _Medical Bibliography_, A. and B., under the head "Bathurst
Rodolphus," is the following:
"Nuremberg, 4to., 1655. On a maid who recovered after being hanged.
"This is the remarkable case of Elizabeth Gren, whom Bathurst and Dr.
Willis restored after being executed, _i. e._ hanged, for infanticide.
'Vena incisa refocillata est.'
"These poor creatures are seldom considered as maids, after being
hanged for infanticide. A similar recovery also happened to a man who
had been executed for murder at York. My father had the body for public
dissection. Whether the law then required the body to be hung for one
hour or not, I cannot say; but I well remember my father's observation,
that it was a pity the wretch had ever been restored, as his morals
were by no means improved. Hanging is therefore by no means a cure for
immorality, and it will be needless (in any of us) trying the
experiment'--P. 255.