Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-05-04


ing is an extract ofa letter from young Ane-
rican now travelling in Europe, which we copy
from the Baton Rogun (Ia) Gazette. We
know nothing in the range of science to eQgol
the discovery mentioned, except indee9 some of
the wonderful discoveries in Mesmersm.
Professor Won Grusselbach of Stockholm, has
very iately brought 10 a state of perfection the
art of producing a torror Of the whole system,
by the application Of cold Of different degrees
Of intensity, proceeding from lesser to great.
er, 50 as to cause the human body TO becoRe
perfectly torpid without permanent iniery 10 any
organ or tissue of the frame In this state they
may remain for great number OF years, and
aeaiR, after Sleep of ages, be awakened 20
existence, as fresh and blooming as they were
when they first sunk into their trigorlfc slum-
bcr.
The attention Of the learned professr was
first led to the subject by finding toad enclos
ed in "A said fragment Of cacarcous rock ten
feet in diameter, uhch, when taken out, show
ed unequivocal signs of life but it was suppns-
ed that the conclusion caused by blasting the
rock occasc,rd It's death in few hours after.
/ The opinion OF Barosl Gruhizcn, who is gcolo-
gist to the King Of Sweden, was, ,hat it must
have been III that situation for at least seven
/ Thousand years: and his calculations were
! drawn iro.n dlerCrt layers Of strata by which
it was surrounded. From this hint, uIe proies-
scr proceeded to make experiments; and, after
painful and luborious course of experiments
for the lsst twcntv-nino years ofhis life he has
n last succeeded in perleciug his great disco.
very. No less than sixty thusand reptiles
shell fish, &c, were experimental on before
he tried the human subject. The process is
not entirely LAID before the public as yet, but
had the honor, in company with friend, o: Vi
sting the professor.
shaI! give Slight description ofone orrhC
outer rooms containing some OF his prepara
,ons. Previous TO entering. we were furnish
ed with al India rubber bag, to which was al
tached mask with glass eyes. This was pu
on to prevent the temperature ithe room from
heiug varied the slightest degree by our breath
ing 1t was an alrcuar room. lighted from ,h'
top by the suns rays, from which the heat wa
entirely disengaged by It's passage through ii
glass, &c, colored by the oXid OF copper, Ga lat,
discovery, and very valuable to the professor.
The room is shelved all around, and contain
nearly one thousand specimens of animals &c
One was Swedish girl, aged, from appearance
aboat nineteen years; she consigned to tn
professor by order Of the Government To expert
mPnt upon, having been found guilty of murder
Jog her child. With the exception Of Sigh
palcncss, she appeared as if asleep, although
she has been in a state Of complete torPor 10
two years. He intends, hc says, to rcsusrat
her in five more years, and convince the wor
OF the souuduess OF his wonderful discovery
The professor, to CRAFTY us took small snak
out Of his cabinet into another room, and al
though 1t appeared 10 ia To be perfectly dra,
and rigid as marble, hy application ot a miNtur
OF cayenne pepper and brandy, 1t showed lmme
dIate sigus of te, and was apparently as actv,
as ever It was IN few inmates, although tn
professor assured us it had been in state o
torpor for six years.