Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-11-12
raInARI.E DISCOVERY.

Pffea Extraordinary EUe6tS ~ uatema"s ~
Restoring Htc apparently Eha'nd-lbc following
are series oil very interesting experiments matt
h.. gentleman named llalse, OF Erent near
asbh1r,on. in England, 10 lest the power OF Gal
vanism in cases of suspended animation rom
drowning:
"On THURSDAY last, one ofmy spanieis whe!feo,
having n liter OF thirteen six OF which took Tor
ms experiments. ! drowned three OF mem IN
cold water and kept them immersed for fifteen mi
nules al which time took them from The buck
CT and placed them in front OF good tire NO
motion could Ike perceived in them. then put
the front legs of one of hem into jar containing
warm solution OF sall water, and lis hind legs
in similar Jar, in each OF which was inserted
one pole of the gavanc battery the whole were
then placed near The fire.
"The position OF the dog being now favorable
to operate upon without The necessity oil making
any incisions in the flesh passed very strong
shock through its body; il moved lis hind legs.
gave il another shock, which caused It's tail also
10 move. now passed twenty shocks in quick
succession through lis body; it moved every limb,
its mouth opened, and | was inclined TO believe
that the dog had actually come TO life, but the mo
ment had ceased passing the shocks, the dog was
as motionless as il was previous to my COM
menccnlcni. Again | continued the shocks, ana
noticed that there was more motion in The limbs.
Considering that in proportion 10 the return OF
sensibilitv these shocks would be too powerful for
il. decreased the Intensity Of them, and passed
many hundreds in rapid succession. continued
this for about five minutes, the motion OF the limbs
increasing as the shocks increased in number. !
now ceased; The dog still moved II ras restored 10
EE. | placed il on warm flannel in front OF the
fire, and in short time il appeared as well as 1t
was previous 10 lis being drowned; 1t crawled on
the flannel, and made The noise peculiar TO young
dogs
II now examined the two dogs, which were
time this one was. They were both dcad-a
plain proof that il was entirely owing 10 the gal
vanic fluid that life was restored
"The other three dogs ! drowned in warm wa
Ter, and kept them immersed for lorty minutes, al
which time all motion had ceased. Two OF them
laid in front of the fire. and The remaining one
| placed in the jars, as in the preceding expert
ment now passed few shocks OF weak inter-.
sily through the body but no motion was percep-
tibl. therefore increased the intensity OF them
considerably, and gave the shocks in quick sue
cession Every limb moved. The belly proirac,cd
and again collapsed, and the head was raised
AT this period stopped passing the shocks, in or
der 10 see il there was any motion in the dog
when not under the galyan;c influence: there was
none again proceeded with the shocks, and
noticed that The limbs moved more rapidly than
ever. considered il necessary TO decrease the in
tensi,v and increase the quantity OF electric 1uid,
which did, so much as 10 be enabled 10 perceive
a slight tremor IN the dog | continued in this
manner for about five minutes. al which time
removed il from the jars and placed it on the Ia
bic. II eras al,rc In quarter OF an hour it APP
pcared 10 be perfectly recovered.
"The other two dogs (Which were not allowed
to gel cold during the whole Of the experiment.
were now examined; no motion whatever could
be perceived | tried the effect OF galvanism on
one of these, and was successful. In one hour
after this operated on the other dog also, but ii
was in vain. There was no vigor remaining III
the vital powers; life had fed"