Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-05-05

pErMrAerIOS OF EluNAS liODlEs.-1'le AmeEi.
can Medical Guzelle tOt May contuins thu folio"
Ing curious account VI The pttTldcatIUn Of human
bodies;
In The did Cathedral Church Of BreMen Is q
vault, the atmospheric Of which possesses the pe'
cuIlat property VI preserving to decay oil bVd'es
that Inhy be placed therein.
VisNUrs ate shown eight human bodteS, bcSlIes
number OI cats, dogs, monkeys, birds, Nc, all
OF which by lleIe exposure 10 tbs atmosphere,
have LecOll. dried and lice from ull offensive el.
fUyia; resembling IN NPpeaiuncs coarse paEclI'
henl.
Tue body nearest Tue lUor Is that OF OH English
Msjlt, said 10 have lain liete Gnu HUNDRED and
eighteen yeats.
The second thai Of German student, who lOSl
his life III q duel, Tile haul dty leSl still slows
lie $nOle wounds on Ills lhEOAt and atm. Ills bully
hos btcn here ITO yeats.
The third is that VI S%cetish Countess, whose
body hus Telnained fec from The IoI oil common
muttolS fOt lao yeats.
The [outlh is that Of Swedish General wl.O was
kille! IN the "lhiry Years Wat" aud whose
tltOat still exhibits the mark u the wound VI wlC
Le died,
The fifth is that Of his old de. camp who los! his
life 81 the same time, by cannon l'a Striking him
III III sue. The destruction Of tie parts Is plainly
visible.
The sixth body Is That Of workman, who fell
from The Steepe of The church When near lis com.
pIeIIOn--IONt hundted yeaIs ayO--auM bt0ke his
neck. Owing TO this acClIlent, the peculIt pfO'
lleTtes VI this vault became known lUr tile body
u the deGehsel w0rkman was laid in this vault iOr
few days, aud having eviDced no signs Of aecOln.
position, The slNguloElly VI the fact Induced The
authorities to permit il to remain, aud ltIe It has
remained during oil that time. .......
The seventh IS The body OI IN English ndyt who
died 1870 yeats Slnce u cancer Oh tie lower jawi
tile EIvayes Of The disease aEe sill tECeptIb'e III
The uiCelNted flesh.
Tie eighth Is the body Of a workman, who has
lain here fol sixty yeats.
Ina marble SorcOpllagus, standing In The middle
Of the vault ore said 10 FepOSe the oEtal remains
u the Swedish Chancellor, Van EngleOteChtenj
but they ore not QrIlRited TO ~ exposed opnblic
view, on account VI some still surviving relatives
OF the family.
Zach Of lIleEe bodies retains IN striking legree
The appearance peculiar 10 itself III life. Thus
The Swedish General was a Sllott found lNced an
lnCliued 10 oOIpulencyj his ald.de'camp wos a
slender, well proportion man IN lie ptltEc Of
life. Asihgene,aI appearance, so also IN facial
expression Do tless bodies jlTtti The ratcimcnt
lhe skin houyhdr0wn tightly Oyet Tie bones. still
shows something u the manner In which liz mus.
cleS beneath once worked.
The only reasonable solution Of The peculiarly
Of this result ttoE no other Part ot the church pos
sesses IL that have heard, is, that here all The
plumbers work u the building was executed, IN
melting aud Otherwise Pepuliug the materials for
The roof, We con only suppose, then, that tho
entire chamber became SO slrcllOged with lead,
that il has continued ever since 10 give forth va.
rors, which, forming oil hntiseptic chemical CON.
pounll Of lead, have operated upon tho calaYera
exposed 10 lis influence.
N. l.. CAMPBELL, NJ, d. y.
Surgeon Of craftsmanship Washington,
Nt4 YORK, April 90, 1855.