The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1803-03-01 00:00:00

GALVANISM. •

From the late important and striking experinients
in Galvanism, it appears, 1. That, taking the cessa-
tion of excitability to the Galvanic stimulus as the
criterion of life, the heart is not tile uithnum, but
theprimurn, moriens ; fur, while the muscles of the
limbs were excited to strong contra lions, for even
several hours after apparent death, the heart was
utterly incapable of being excited to aCtion, either
by applying the extremity of the metallic arc to the
snrface or to the interior of this organ. 2. That
the lungs were equally inexcitable as the heart.
3. Not only were the muscles, but the skin and cel-
lular membrane, excited by the Galvanic stimulus.
4. The contradions of the muscles were excited by
the metallic arc, applied t 6 the nerves supplying the
muscles ; but the nerves themselves were not :dat-
ed. 3. The raating up of the arm was produced,
as if by volition, by the Galvanic stimulus. G. A
milky or coagulated matter was formed by repeated
contradions of the muscle in contad with the cop-
per wire. 7. When the parts ceased to give out
motion, the motion was renewed, with augmented
force, by wetting them with a solution of sal-ammo-
niac.
In attempting to restore suspended animation by
means of the Galvanic stimulus, it is recommended
that oxygen gaz should at the same time be applied
to the lungs.
Mr. Cuthbertcon has construded an instrument
by which the Galvanic fhtid may be applied effectu-
ally, for any length of time, without manual assist-
ance, and will, without doubt, hereafter, be as
commonly used as our present electrical machines.
In comparing eleEtricity with Galvanism, it must
be observed, that the former atfts by its intensity,
;:nd the latter by its quantity : that the former is
sothet;mes intense enough to strike a man down,
and yet not in quantity suicient to melt a small
w ire ; but the latter will melt Metals, and yet
scarcely produce a shock.

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• Yesterday morning arrived a mail from Jamaica,
brouglit to Falmouth by the Prince:: Elizabeib
packet in 39 days.
Accounts had reached Madras from the Coast of
Malabar, before the Leopard sailed, of an adion
having taken place, thirteen coss from Indor, be-
tween the troops of Jutswurcr RAO HOLKAR and
Dow LUT Row tic 'Not A, when the latter was forced
back upon his capital, with the loss of the principal
part of his battering train. General PEtittori was
obliged to make a precipitate retreat, the army of
HOLKA ahaving received the expeded reinforcements
from the Peishwa.

Mrs. Curia, mother of the Countess Of FAH N-
-11 AM, died on Sunday last, at Lord FA RNH AM'S
hunk, in Grafton-street, Bond-street.
The Cou;ier de Londres says, 46 The Court of
Jersey having summoned before it the editors
of the Gazettes of that Island for haring inserted
in their newspapers observations and reflections
injurious to the French Government, they de-
fended themselves, by showing that the articles had
been extraaed from the English newspapers. The
Court enjoined them for the future not to insert any
thing which could tend to disturb the good under•
stan•ling which reigns between the inhabitants of
Jersey, and those of countries with which his Ma-
jisily is at peace."

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