The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-04-18
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EXTRAORDINARY DJs5ovEkY.

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EXTRAORDINARY DJsGOvERf.
Professor Won Grnsselbach, Of Stockholm,
has very lately brought 70 a. state Of perfec-
lion the art Of producing iofpor Ii, the
whole system, by the application pf cod II
different degrees Of intensity, proceeding
from a lesser To greater, SO as 10 cause iho
hum'n body TO. becolne perfectly torpid.
without,perman&t injury tosany organ or
tissue Of the frame. ln this s.nie they NAV
rem,in one hundred or ,housand years.
and again, after sleep ofages, be awaken
ed 10 existence, as fresh aud blooming rs
they were when they first sunk info this
frigoriIic slumber.
Tho attention Of the learned Professor
was first led to the subject By finding toad
inclosed in solid fragment Of caicareous
rock, ten feet in diameter, which when
taken out showed uneqnivocal signs oflife
but il is supposed that the concussion
caused by blasting the rock occasioned ito
death in few hours after. Tho opinion Of
Baron Gruithizen, who is nj present Gcolo-
gist TO The King Of Sweden, was that il
must have been in that situn,ion inr At least
seven thousand years--an nd his calculations
were drawn from the differen, layers &c
strata by which il was surrounded. From
this hint the Professor proceeded to make
experiments; and after painful and laho.
rious course for the last 90 years Of bis life,
he at last succeeded 10 perfecting the
great discovery. Not less than sixty thou
sand reptiles, shell fish, &c, were expert.
mented on before he tried hutnan subject.
The process is not laid entirely before tho.
public as yet, but had the honor, in compa-
ny with friend, Of visiting the Professor.
shall give a slight description Of one oc
the outer rooms containing some ,rf his.
preparations. Previous TO entering wo
were furnished with 40 Indian rubber bag,
10 which was attached mask with glass
eyes. This waspnt ON 10 preventive tenn
perature Of the room frnm being raised the.
Slightest degree by our breaihing. Ii was
a circnlnr room lighted from tho top BY.
the suns rays, from which the heat was en-.
tire!y disengaged by it's passage through
glass, &C., colored by the oxyd Of copper,
IN late discovery and very valu able to .ths
Proiessor.) The room is sheived oil roind,
and contains nearly one thousand speci..
mems Of animals. One was Swedish girl,
from appearance about nineteen years old.
--she was consigned TO the Professor by or
der Of the Government to experiment upon,
having been guilty Of numbering her child.
With the exception Of a slight palenesa, she
appears as il asleep, although she has been
in stale Of complete torpor two yesrs.--
He intends 10 resusciiate her in fivs more
years, aad convince the world Of lie sound
ness Of his wonderful discovery. The
Professor, to gratify ua, took smnll snake
on: Of his cabinet into another room; and
although il appeared to US 10 bo perfectly
dead and rigid as marble, by application Of
a mixture Of CAYENNE pepper and brady,
il showed immediate signs Of life, and wss,
apparently. ms active ~ ever i was, ia q
minute, although the Professor assured US
il had been in state Of torpor for six years.
How TO PRESERVE Observation-Disclosures
will never remedy bad habits. Il is utterly,
futile to think Of living in gluttony, in.em-
peraDce, and every excess, and keeping the
body in health by medicine. indulgence
Of the appetite, indiscrin,innte dosing aud
drngging, have ruined the health, and de-.
stroyed the lives Of moro persons than fam,
inc or pesticnce. II you will take sdvice,.
you will become regular in your habits,
cat and drink only wholesome things, sleep
on a mattress, and retire and rise very reg.
nlarlv NJ Ike free use ofwater to purify
the skin. mud uhen sick take counsel Of the
best physician you know, and follow nature.
THE NEW GOLD coIN.-We have seen
and handled some Of The twenty dollar gold
coins, authorized At the last session If Con-
gress, and now issued from the U. 8. Mint,
in this city, The coin Is somewhat trger
than the halt dollar, md i considerably
thicker. The face hears The coat Of Libes-.
tv, surrounded hv the thirteen stars, With
the date, 1850" aud, on Tho adverse, thera
is a spread Eagle snppar,lng / shield, aud
mn ornamental fillet showing the motto 'E
Plur,hus Unnn." Above ths Eagle are
rays, in the midst Of which are the ,hirteen
|sinrs--,he whole encircled by the words,
"united States Of America. Twenty D."
|. is handsome, imposing llnkinp coin.
SCOTS Weekly.
Nobody is ever satisfied in this world.
il'a legacy is lett man, he regrets that il /,
,v,c 40, l.ruo. lf ho f;ndc : eu,n nc rrn,,