The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-12 00:00:00

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How to Restore to Life ih.
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The present case is important, as the only one of a
like kind perhaps restored to life in the London hospitals
under such conditions; the patient was a poor married
woman, otherwise in fair health, admitted to hospital, who
was placed on the operating-table for a plastic operation
(one of these, thanks to anse3thetics, so successfully per-
formed of late). The operation, which need not be de.
scribed, was nearly completed ; there was very considerable
Lasmorrhage during its performance, but having watched
the pulse all through the operation, one was alarmed at
s stopping and then going on again. I soon found, though
I did not give the chloroform, that respiration had also
suddenly stopped, with a 1 the well-known signs of apnea,
or what others would term it asphyxia, stoppage of breath-
jag, not at all embarrassed respiration, as stated in surgi-
cal books. The woman was exactly in that state of sus-
pended animation (all but dead), so difficult to describe in
words without saying she was entirely deed.
Loo•'-• 1 ;;_sly set in. She appeared suddenly to be
and white, her face like marble or that of a corpse. The
striking fact in the case was perhaps this—the woman lay
as it were thus dead for some minutes, just as animals do
when poisoned by chloroform. No pulse, no respiration of
the remotest kind ; experiment and theory suggest, if we
can, in this emergency and alarm establish respiration, the
remora or "stand still" of the circulation (as Mr Paget
terms it) will yield, and pulse return. The Marshall Hall
and Silvester methods were persistently tried in the case,
still no pulse, no breathing, no animation. Everyone was
dreadfully alarmed ; the magneto-electric battery was sent
for by me and arranged or used as just directed. The al•
most instant effect, as if by magic, was what we wanted—a
deep sighing drawing in of the breath I a little confusion,
pardonable, but half comic, arose in the application of the
battery at first, as I found I myself had become unex-
pectedly a kind of galvanometer, receiving all the shocks till
a German physician standing by happily caught the metal-
, lie handles with his coat tails (as non-conductors). Off
and on alternately the handles were now applied about a
dozen times a minute, so as to imitate the ordinary action
of the diaphragm. At each application there was a deep
moaning respiration.
Some quarter of an hour now had the patient thus re-
mained, pulse less cold, without breathing, the little tide of
life ebbing fast away; indeed she was pronounced irreco-
verably dead; it was one of those curious and instructive
scenes worth any of the impossible chloroform novel sen-
sation scenes that one now reads in magazines ; the last
farewell beam of feeling possibly past away—life quite ex-
tinguished—the last hour of nothingness already had lite-
rally set it.

The last danger of distress,
With langour of the placid cheek,
And that sad shrouded eye,
Where cold obstruction's apathy—.
(the engorging right auricle, &c.), appalled one gazing
mourner at least, but still the electric poles were applied,
about 12 times each minute, so as remotely to imitate the
stimulus of ordinary nerve action in the diaphragm. I
thought at the moment of the popular idea amongst bril-
liant operating surgeons, that the administration of chlo-
roform is the merest trifle, I thought of the 200 cases of
deaths recorded, so like this one. To the delight of operator
and all around, a deep .sighing inspiration, and then to our
utmost relief another was noticed at each break of tho circle;
no pulse, however, was yet pereptible, cardiac action,watched
with intense eagerness ; minutes on minutes passed, which
felt as long as hours; the sighs lessened; there was a moan, at
the pain 01 the electricity or pin stuck into the diaphragm (the
writer's scarf pin, as no other at the moment was available),
this is mentioned to show the quickness with which these
cases must be saved, or left to die; there was soon a flicker
of pulse perceptible, but not till the patient was carried back
to bed was the pulse entirely re-established, and not till the
end of two hours was the electricity discontinued. The poor
woman had a faint recollection of a drea m of a journey
to a far distant land, by rivers, gardens, and golden sunsets.
I have known such a patient, a class man from Oxford, to
feel he was 10 years in paradise, sitting, and walking, and
conversing in an ecstasy, with Homer and Virgil, while my
unclassic friend, a dentist, near Hanover-square, was only
ten minutes sluicing him with cold water to bring him
round, but such is consciousness of which Coleridge spoke
and Shelley dreamed, and Bichat is all wonderful, and
Locke is so convincing. Such is an instance of all but
fatal apnea (and we have collected four other quite as re-
markable cases). Such is consciousness, which we can at
any moment remove, but which I am quite certain we never
before had such effectual means of restoring when to all ap-
pearance irretrievably lost, as now by our more correct
rationale of the cause of death, whether in cases of drown-
ing, or chloroform.—Dr. Kidd on Chloroform.

THE INNER CIRCLE SYSTEM OF RAILWAYS.--`
The inner circle system of railways will have sta-
tions at the following important centres of traffic, viz.:
—l. Edgware-road-2. Baker-street, New. road-3. Port-
land-road-4. Gower-street (near Euston-Square station
of the North Western Railway)-5. King's-cross and
Greet Northern Railway-6. Farringdon-road, and con-
nection with London, Chatham, and Dover Railway-
7. Soli thfieid New Market and Alderegate- street—S.
Finsbury-pavement and Moorgate-street-9. Biehopsgate-
stre3t, and Liverpool street station of the North London
Railway-10. Aldgcte and Whitechapel-11. Fenchurch-
street station and Trinity-square, Tower-hill-12. New
Cannon-street station of the Charing-eross railway-
bridge 13. Blackfriare-bridge 14. Norfolk-street, '
Thames Embankment-15. hear Charing-cross Railway-
-16. Westminster-bridge and Houses of Parliament-
-17. Victoria Railway station, Piea.lico-18 ISloane-square-
-19. Kensington Museum-20. Gar dens f the Horticul-
tural Society-21. High.street, Kensington-22. High-
street, Notting-hill-23. Queen's-road, Bayswater-24.
opposite the hotel of the Great Western Railway, the
rail continuing thence to the station in the Edgware-road,
embracing in the whole 24 stations, each commanding
the most populous and convenient centre of its particular
locality. The advantage intended to be gained by the
adoption of a continuous circuit of locomotive transit in
both directions will be found to be very great particularly
as no interruptions can occur ; for there will be no junctions
made for the admiSsion of trains belonging to any other
system of railway traffic. The two trains which form this
" The Metropolitan Inner Circle System " will commence
early in the morning, traversing their course in opposite
directions until later at rii'ea!", e&c't station throughout
the circle being called at en route or a three minutes' inter-
val throughout the very long Jay ..Jna about 5 o'clock in
the morning until 12 at night. Those of our readers who
are acquainted with the sites appointed for the stations,
will be enabled thoroughly to comprehend the great value
of such a complete, well considered, and well defined system
as that which has received the approval of the various com-
mittees, and is now stamped with the royal assent, its mani-
fest excellence supporting it through all the very influen-
tial and highly expensive opposition which was brought
to bear against it, and notwithstanding all its numerous
opponents have urged against it, it will, no doubt, be
found to be, with certain modification, the best and
safest plan that could have been adopted for the daily
and hourly conveyance of the pleasure- seeking, business-
following masses, who are so incessantly changing their
locality of operation with the banks, the exchange, the
markets, the Post Office, the public offices, the houses of
legislature, the galleries of art, in fact all places of public
resort.—City .Press.
PERILOUS BALLOON ADVENTURE.—On Sunday,
the balloon 'Washington ascended horn Plaza Victoria.
The wind changed, and Mr Wells determined to take, if
possible, a west current, which would bring him to this
side of the Plate. The baboon gradually descended till the
anchors touched the water, being then some 15 miles from
the Belgrano shore. As the balloon began to drag along the
water, Mr Wells threw out ballast, and again rose, attain-
ing a height of 4,000 yards in the direction of the Caraps-
chay islands. About 4 p.m., the hour being near sunset, the
balloon became more condensed, and descended more rapidly
than at first, until the anchors again touched the water,
but the aeronaut's efforts to got a permanent hold were as
fruitless as before. Accordingly he again threw out ballast
and rose about 3,000 yards, in the direction of San Fer-
nando. Coming down a fourth time, still over the centre
of the River Plate, he cut away his anchors, and struggled
between the lower air current towards San Fernando, and
the upper one towards the islands. The sun had now set,
and, coming down a fifth time, he was obliged to cut away
the car, in order further to lighten the balloon, and in
another flight reach terrafirma. Then taking his seat on
the hoop attached to the ropes, and pitting on two life-
belts, besides attaching the gar bag b y a line of 100 feet, so
as to serve for a buoy in case of need, ho ascended a
sixth time, and higher than before, passing through the
clouds, and reaching about 6,000 yards, Here tba sun
seemed to him again to rise, and after a short interval set
in the most extraordinary splendour. The cold was so
excessive that his feet became quite numb, and the ends
of the ropes, which had dragged in the water, gered
with an icy covering. The heavy dew, and great con-
densation of gas from excessive cold, caused the balloon to
descend rapidly. On touching the water he
contr
to shift his position from the hoop to the gas bag.
and the
balloon draggingfor some time, Mr Welts was up to his
waist in water, whilst he rapidly proceeded towards cur
coast. Soon, however, the warm atmosphere caused the
balloon again to rise, this time about 100 yards. Mr Wells
was now in a most critical position, holding on, seated on
the gas bag, which hung on a slender cord from the
balloon. The gas bag began to revolve rapidly, but luckily
his head did not grow dizzy, and the cord did not break,
though twisting in an alarming manner. The balloon gra-
dually lost its power, and again descended, Mr W. being
overjoyed to see, by the moolight, its shadow increasing
on tae water. He was then dragged as before along the
surface of the water at the rate of eight or ten miles
an hour; and after an exciting ride (which he compares to
neigh-driving on the snow) of about 9) minutes, reached
the shore. At last he was deposited in a swamp, and forced
to abandon the balloon, which, being free of its weight, rose
to a great height, passing over San Fernando is a westerly
direetien.—Butno Area Standard, June /5.

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General F o rres Addrezi. 'to his SoldieiA

The following spiril sd and Lc peful address va,
issued by General Fon ef,a.t tho ,nidiers under his
command:—

Headquarter s Furrest'g iavalry, Tupelo,
Miss issippi, June

Soldiers,—After a long and labosiou3 campaign the
Major-General commanding deems it an al; sropeiate occa-
sion to address you a few' words of recapitulation, ackrrow-
ledgment, and congratulation. About the 16'h February
last the campaign which so ingloriously toranirusted at
Tisheningo Creek was inaugurated. Major-General Sher-
man, with a large and well appointed army, u ndertook to
penetrate the central counties of Alabama and Mississippi.
His object was avowedly to capture Selma and ifobile, and.,
desolate that productive region of country, from which th a
granaries of a large section of the Conederacy were sir e-
a e te
m, and
plied. Generals Smith and Grierson had their duty
and mere i
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Northern Mississippi,
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At West Point you met them. There you threw yourselve's
across the rich prairies, a living bulwark to stay the deso-
lating tide. Compared with the enemy you work bat. few
in numbers, but every man became a hero, for all t earned
impressed with the importance of the momentous sty uggle.
You proved yourselves equal to the expectations of the
country. You met the proud and exultant enemy., The
result is known to the world ; you drove him howlir,g back
in ignominy and shame, broken and demoralised. Sher-
man's campaign was thus brought to an abrupt conclusion,
and Mississippi and Alabama were saved. The victory
was a glorious one, and with heartfelt pride the general
commanding acknowledged your unexampled gallantry.
This great work was accomplished by Colonel Bell's
brigade, commanded by Colonel Barteau, Colonel M'Cul-
loch's and Colonel Forrest's brigades. But great as
was this victory, it was not without alloy. The laurel is
closely entwined with the cypress, and the lustre of a bril-
liant triumph is darkened by the blood with which it is pur-
chased. It was here that Col. Barksdale gave up his life, a
willing sacrifice upon the altar of his country. He fell in
front of the battle, gallantly discharging his duty. He
sleeps, but his name is imperishable. Here, too, fell the
noble brother of the general commanding—Colonel Jeffrey
B. Forrest. He was a brave and chivalrous spirit, ever
foremost in the fight. He fell in the flower of his youth
and usefulness. But his dying gaze was proudly turned
upon the victorious field which his own valour had aided in
winning. Peace to the ashes of these gallant young heroes!
General Grierson, not satisfied with this test of your prowess,
united with General Sturgis, at the head of one of the best
appointed forces ever.equipped at the Yankee nation—com-
plete in infantry, cavalry, artillery, and supply train. They
came forth with threats of vengeance toward you and your
commander for the bloody victory at Fort Pillow—made a
massacre only by dastardly Yankee reporters. Again you
responded bravely to your general's call. You met the
enemy and defeated him. Victory was never more glorious,
disaster never more crushing and signal. From a proud
and defiant foe, en route to the heart of your country, with
declarations, both by negro and white troops, of No
quarter to Forrest and his men,' be became as enemy
beaten, defeated, routed, dedioyed. You drove the boasted
minions of despotism in confused flight from the battle-
field. 17 guns, 220 waggons, 3,000 stand of arms, 2,000
prisoners, and killed and wounded 2,000 more, are the proud
trophies which adorn your triumphant banners. The re-
mainder are still wandering in the bushes and bottoms, for
ever lost to the enemy. There were not over 3,000 of yon
that achieved this victory over 10,000 cf tne enemy. Had
you never before raised an army in your country's cause,
this terrible overthrow of her brutal foe would entitle you
to her deepest gratitude. Again, your general expresses
his pride and admiration of your gallantry and wonderful
achievements. You stand before the world an unconquer-
able band of heroes. Whether dismounted, and fighting
shoulder to shoulder, like infantry veterans, or hurling
your irresistible squadrons on the living foe, you evince the
same courageous bravery. Soldiers I amid your rejoicings
do not forget the gallant dead upon these Leith; of glory.
Many a noble comrade has fallen a costly sacrifice to his
country's independence. The most you can do is to cherish
their memory, and strive to make the future as glorious as
they have made the past. The smoke of your burning
homesteads, the screams of your insulted women, and the
cries of starving children will again nerve your strong arms
with strength. Your fathers of 1766 had much to fight for,
but how little and unimportant was their cause cempared
with yours. They fought not against annihilation, but
simply to be independent of a foreign, yet constitutional
and free, government. You are struggling against the
most odious of all tyranny—for existence itself, for your
property, your homes, your wives and children—against
your own enslavement, against emancipation, confiscation,
and subjugation, with all their attendant horrors. In con-
clusion, your commanding general congratulates you on the
brilliant prospects which everywhere pervade our cause.
The independence of the Confederate States is a fixed, ac-
complished, immutable fact. The ray cf peace is glimmer-
ing like bright sunshine round the dark clouds. Be true to
yourselves and your country a little while longer, and you
will soon be enabled to return to your desolated houses,
there to collect together once more your shattered house-
hold gods,

By order of Major-General N. B. FORREST.
C. W. Anderson, Acting Adjutant General.

Bank of England Return,--Last Evening,

An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth Victoria,
cap.:32. for the week ending on Wednesday, the 10th day
of Aug. 1864: