Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1819-10-01
ENEcurluN OF wErMs

AND cALNAAIC ENfERInENrs UPON ms Sony
ihe reader Mil rceoect that account was publish
ed short tine since at the ana ho,inc
eects produced on ahnman corpse, by gavanc experi
mehts made at Glasgow. II appears by the fulor,u,
atice, thai other experiments OF the same knd ays
shcr heeh made IN Cambridge, (Eng hut not with tr
same results Perhaps the body J1si on.',cS W. ,e
s oeen snspeEded an hoar had been cead TOO long
LoSDON, August l3....This unfortunate cr,tninai
,n,e'.u %, .he murder oil his wife, executed on
tInas inc Oh INST at Cambridge, in the presence of
vast number OF spectators. His behavior after conds
haon was consistent with hts awful situation ami he
mel his 'gnonin,ous fate with nrinuess.
Ihe body, alter having been suspended an hour was
'em cd nom the scsilold, aud immediately con
ne,eulh cart To The Chemical Lecture room in the
bo'1hca' Garden, where Professor Cumming had re-
pared h's powerful eai,auc battery with the Intention
oirepeainR some of the experiments lately desc rbrd
Institution. " " ''''
We shall now pr oceed to state the result Of IN.
rinenis upon the body Of weeuis.
Exp. i-One wire was applied 10 small incisio, i'm
@ hn oi He neck overth par vagur, aud the other
one inaue between The 9th and 7th rib when at each
oischa' &c OF the battery, the chest was disturbed in
manh.r similar to slight shuddering from cold the
Peou OF tue shuddcring corresponding with b number
OF p'aes struck b. the operator in the last trough
Exp. The par vagum was laid bare and one Of the
wires passed uudrt the other was plac.d i'm
with tue diaphragm. through an ncis,on MAJ, drent
tnan The last between The 9Th and 18th rib The conrac
ions were evidently stronger than i'm the las, exnsri
eht, ahd To all appearance coaned the same sci o.
muscles; MOI the smallest action Of the as
percepuble. $50 ~
Exp I.-one wire wa. placed under IN. .p,,, o,h;,,
ny nerve the other remaining under The par varum ar
eaoh oschafse OF the battery produced considerable
on the side 10 which applied tho nor .xnrrssve
OF any Of the mental affections OF Iife might more
properly be called convuisve twilchny.
Exp o-Ihe wire being passed under the ulnar nerve
al It's separation iiom the axliary pexus the electric
circuit was completed by bringing The other in contact
WIN Tue auia nerve at the wrist. The exor muscle.
OF me arm and hand were thrown strong action the
arm oehg drawn up, aud the list closing with con
pe iorce ia luis experiment the
were more strongly marked than the prec edinr
ESp.7t consisted in pas ing the wires IN viii
Tue spihal marrow between the I'd 9TH ceryicaI
ebe ana The tibai nerve in its passage ben inner
dnhe. more extensive. though less vigorous effect
o"oNeu inns exhibition OF the galyanic influence Than
n any OIL Tue aforementioned experiments most of
the muscles OF the trunh and extrenies answered
'eeDly the discharges of the battery.
lhe saiVahc battery used in these experiments CON
ssten OF 220 pairs OF double six inch plates itwss
charged win Liue sulphurc and fumng nitrous acid
qua was III state of intense action. The caIvanic i'm
'"'hce vas applied in the msnner as al Glasgow
ny connecting the ends of the battery with the nerves Ia
Dc acted npon aud running OF the connecting wires
owe, tbe ehcs oi the plates ia the last trough.
ne experiments commenced at rs minutes mast enc
ahu occupied about an hour the temperature of die
poa was Us deg there dislscation OF the neck
aud no distortion of the counIenance
ihe necessary dissections executed nv Mr. Okes
from The account given 10y DIR. ure they had been led
W 'o' peihaps too sangnne expectation the eff
e"cy o' gar aisr IN Restoring suspended animaiSu IL
therefore 10 be regretted that although undertaken
WIN battery al least equally powerful and with every
deHuoht To ensure success these experiments afford No
CONTINUATION OF tile hopes held those al