Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-08-05
DAILT DEM0CRlT.


a remarkable Discovery.
Arrsss efDeeayan Bead aad nAv.
M Ang Daaesoe.
Form ths New York Commercial Advertiser.
Tbs aimultaneous experiments Of scien.
THO men IN various eouutriso for the dis
covsry Of the best means for smhalnuR
human bodies and arrssting ne progress Of
decay. have slrsady produced favorable
results that promise st;ll more sstisiactssy
discoveries in the future. The subject
seems to have been inst brought prominen-
tly before the attention Of the modern
world during our civil war, under the in
stircts Of natural affection for the preserve
ton Of The bodies Of our ssldlsss pssdise
their tsensDertaties . psints whore rslai-
| ivss and friends coulf 6sstsw upon then
| he last ed e@ees Of duty and a6sctieo. II
most easss, emily immediate q tsnpreasy
rssulto etfo looked for a expstt. u
process that would arrest decomposition Tor
sfsw week or months was oil that was At
tempted. A ssvival Of the old Egyptian
syscso tilne weold prsserve bediss Tor 30.
tusiss vas scarcely thought Of. But the
results attained stimulatsd scientific r.
search, and there 10 new probability that
means may be discovered fer the preserve
ton Of human bodies form decay thas vil1
prove more effective, simple. aud durable
than the old Egyptian process Of embalm.
ing.
Experiments have been made in this city
recently, which indicate vast improve
ment upon tie system adopted during the
war. 1t has been found possible to pre-
serve bodies during = period Of several
months, without exclusion from the air, and
TO render them perfectly inoffsnsivs and
harmless. This art has been brought to
great perfection in Italy. A letter from
Forsues. published In the Nation, gives
very interesting account Of the new system
discovered by PORT. Marini.
This system extends to the restoration Of
numifed bodies, OF. portions Of them. to
their original appearance and color, and to
arrest the progress Of decay. The foot Of
IN Egg ptian mummy 10 exhibited, one half
Of which retains its mumifsd condition,
whilsaths other half seems 10 have been re-
stored % ito original color, from, flsxibility,
and freshness. The limbs of the mummies
are shows with attsstations from DR.. Nsla-
ten, the famous Fraach surgeon, and other
high surgical authorities, to the effect that
SuS AVoNoboAVo W I'll So0 CVA0aesVss ossSpS
ing fresh human subject have been fully
attained. This 10 searosly lees wonderful
than the original Preservation Of these
mummiss for score of csnturiss' The
Egyptian cmbalmers could never have enti
cipatsd that il was reserved for new gen
Grafton Of men to restore to their pristine
freshness and fsxibility the subjects Of
their art. % - 70 present to new genera
tiens and raoss 81 men al the Appearances
Of the living organization.
The completeness Of Prof. Mariui's die
sevsry 10 sslselsd by the fact that hs has
preserved for year the bady Of Prof. Mar
tin, Of Cagliari. Of which, four3nonshs sltsf
death. . photograph we taken, which seem
Cd TO his friends perfect portrait - he
appeared in life. Other instances are given.
showing that the tissues and Organization
can BE- made to retain, for an indefinite
period, oil the freshness Of . body newly
deceased.
These results are attained By The imnsr.
sion Of The body int vegetable liquid, the
competition Of which Prof. Marini will only
disclose under certain conditions. But
these discoveries upon the means Of arrest
ing the decay Of animal matter promise 70
be attended with the most beneficial results
- the living Il is found that cancer ulcer
Gus and sapgrsnous sfiio:ions, aud other
sores and wounds, may b cicatrizsd and
healed by immersion In Tire liquid. It il
also found that the liquid 10 useful for the
preservation Of animal food. Pstrifcations
Of portions Of the human body and infsior
animals are also made under the most cur
ious conditions.
Prof. Asrini 10 still engaged in his dis
csveries, which no 10 far from regarding -
perfect. He ID making new experiments.
Il 10 in their application TO the living or
esnizAtion, with . view Of arrssting disease,
that he looks for the results that promise
the largsst benefits to humanity.
4 WEALTHY merchant Of New York city
employed . detective agency to discover
the whereabouts of . valuable solitaire
diamond Of which he had bess rohbsd, and.
greatly 70 his surprise, in =" working up
the case. the detectives fired the robbery
On the merchants swn con. who had got
into last ways Of living, and took the lib.
srty 10 pawn the old gentisman's pin for
5000 and spend the money in gambling.
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