Emily Burrell's Trance and Resuscitation

Emily Burrell, a mantle finisher in Castle Street, was discovered by housemates appearing dead, with a body that was cold and rigid. After a police constable trained in ambulance procedures intervened with hot-water bottles, she showed signs of life. She had been in a cataleptic state, during which she was fully aware of her surroundings, including police conversations about moving her to a mortuary, but was unable to move or speak until evening. She correctly identified a letter her husband had written, which the authorities had found in her room.

Fuller account of this event (the complete account as preserved in The Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star, Vol. 61, No. 46, 16 November 1899, p. 735):

A remarkable case of suspended animation is reported from Castle Street, where a mantle finisher named Emily Burrell was found by her housemates in a state of apparent death. The body was cold and rigid, and to all appearances life was extinct. A police constable, who had been trained in ambulance work, was called in, and by the application of hot-water bottles and other restoratives, he succeeded in bringing her back to consciousness. It appears that the woman had been in a cataleptic state, and during the whole time she was perfectly conscious of what was going on around her. She heard the police discussing the advisability of removing her to the mortuary, but she was unable to move or speak until the evening. She was able to identify a letter which her husband had written to her, and which had been found in her room by the authorities.