New-York daily tribune., 1851-07-17

! would undertake the solution Of the vexed gues-
| ton IN regard to the explosive nature of putty
| and bass-dumS. about which there seems TO be
as much doubt as ever IN the scientific world.
The National Assembly has Just passed bill.
dovotng 10000 fr to defray the expenses OF
publication of work by " Perret, an archl-
iect OF LYONS, called Rows .Solaerrai4s The
author, during few years residence IN the Eter-
nal City. spent large portion of his time IN the
vast metropolis carved ont beneath lis streets and
squares He has brought back an lntini.ry of
designs and drawings taken from the statues, and
other monuments of antiquity, now shot UP IN the
catacombs, and where destruction by the colaps-
ing walls seems every moment imminent. This
bill, which was opposed by the Mountain as
Anu-Republlcan. Is not without precedent m
France BOtta'S ASSyrIa. and several other sclen-
utc works on the subject have been published at
the expense OF the treasury. W. Perre,'s Rome
l. SAID to be IN all respects worthy OF Govern
ment patronage Al the last sitting OF the Acade-
ny of Sciences, Mr.. Bond, son Of the astronomer
al Cambridge, presented 10 the members 4 daguer
rotype OF the moon IN its first quarter. In was
not the hrSt impression OF that body obtained by
the dagUeTeotypIst's art. but by the acknowledg-
ment OF all present AZ the sitting by far the best
Those taken IN France had always been mere
whItlsh blot without reproducing IN the ieas, the
well known rough and uneven surface OF our satel-
lite That OF Mr. Bond was, however, faithful
copy, representing all the details and accidents of
the moons face, a. seen by powerful telescopes.
To obtain 80 periecta resemblance, not only was
It necessary tomake use fthe great Cambridge
refractor, but also TO put TO use that experience
in photography. which the Americans possess
above any other people.
On the 18th June, at 6 O'Clock in the morning,
an assassin condemned 10 death for murder, was
executed al the Barrier st. Jacques. His head
less body was gwen 10 a celebrated physlooglSt,
VI. Lesuard, for the purpose OF trying an expert
mont on the transmission OF blood. He had, IN
operations upon animals, noticed that the muscles
which We're just becoming rigid seemed to reSus.
cltate under the influence OF fresh blood injected
into the VEINS The dead body preserved its
muscular irrtahill'y until seven IN the evening,
when the stiffness always consequent on death,
seized upon the whole muscular system. As It
was too late TO obtain blood from the hospitals,
and as tha, OF animals seemed TO promise but
little success, VI Leguard caused an assistant To
make an lnclslon IN his arm, from which he took
about half pound OF blood. This was passed
through a linen cloth. and injected into the ra-
dial artery of the SUBJECT, little above the
wrist The couesp spending VEN was opened, and
the natural blood OF the dead man, now perfectly
black from want OF oxygen, was made to yieid It's
place to the fresh blood injected. by continuing
the injection. 1t passed through the capillary yes-
sells from the arteries to the veins, and flowed up
escape. Though it entered of brilliant red
color it came cut as black AS the natural blood
of the subject. But being moved about IN the
air II soon recovered It's red hue, when 1t was
again Injected, to he still again disgorged 10y the
opened vein In about half an hour the hand
became sensitive and moved convulSlvely under
the discharge OF an electric battery. which pre-
yously produced no effect. Out of the nineteen
muscles of the hand twelve recovered their
natural rritabilty or sensltveness. and three OF
them contracted and expanded throughout their
whole length This state lasted from 9oclock
TIL midnight when began to yield TO the rigldi-
ty natural to all bodies deprived of life. AT SIX
in the morning, another experiment was tired,
but neither the battery nor a fresh infusion oi
blood, excited the least appearance OF motion.
The experiment seemed to decide beyond
doubt, that in the human body, as well as aai-
mails, the approach of rlgidity may be deferred
for considerable period by the injection OF fresh
blood, and that by the further application OF cleo
tricity the muscles may be made to move as IN
the living subject. G. B. =