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Ten cases of cardiac arrest who recovered from the event are presented. The last two cases show the remarkable powers of recuperation possessed by children in recovering from what appearecd at the time to have been a very severe degree of brain damage.
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Elton, C.D. Cardiac arrest: a report on ten cases. Can. Anaes. Soc. J. 8, 64–69 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03015391
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03015391