The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1871-12-21
4 MONOMANIACS EXPERIMENTS.

1promised you some extracts from the !
journal of the MARQUIS -, the mystic
ries of whose chambers were recently in /
v.Aed and disclosed by the police, and
gave you brief description of the hidden /
dungeon, with its curiously contriyed 1
closets and manifold appurtenances. /
Among the contents Of these secret clos |
cts were enumerated several manuscripts |
in the handwriting of the murderer, giving 7
in detail minute account of his various
experiments in resuscitating the lives of
persons whom he had decoyed to his den !
and artistically killed-all in the interests
Of science. 1t then became plain tina. he
was a monomaniac, searching for the fear
full secret of the sources of life, and his I
deeds rival in sang .froid any of the most
reckless alchemists of the thirteenth GEN.
fury.
translate rerJatim from the originals
now in the Office of the Project Of the Sec
ond reimbursement, to whose known par
TALLY to Americans | am indebted for
this and many similar fayors. After de-
failing various experiments on the inferior
animals, the manuscript recltes as follows:
No. 8. The subject Of this trial was
about thirty years Of age, of neryO-san-
cuine temperament, and full muscular de-
vclopment. The fumes of charcoal was
then employed to suspend the vital forces,
and wa. administered slowly and unknown
by the subject in order to derange as little
rs possible the arrangement and relative
position of the various organs and vessels
Of the body.
At the instant Of Inconsistencies the
fcmoral artery was opened near the knee,
and every drop Of blood extracted. EIay-
ing lgatured the artery in such a manner
that | could open and close it at Will,
then opened the large vein III his left arm,
preparatory to introducing the artificial
blood already prepared pursuant to the
formula to be found in MS tome | L., 2.
80. Through this was caused to pass
current Of electricity on silver wires, joined
at the ends in a ball of platinum, until the
thermometer indicated the same tcmpera-
ture which the body then held having
previously adjusted the voltaic pile to the
form Of the subject, the fluid was injected
by a most powerful syringe to the amount
Of about twenty pounds english weight,
and as soon as the heart was filed the
whole fifty.iar battery was applied, and
simultaneously the ligature on the artery
was loosened. The infux of the blood
fluid being kept up, current was at once
established, but without action or effort by
the heart. A local application of the
electric current was then made to that
muscle, and to my delight, a faint but
rather spasmodic action occurred The
artery, which had been discharging slowly,
was then secured, and the air-bellows were
applied to the esophagus with regular
movement. The lungs filled at once, and
now applied at regular intervals, CORES.
ponding as closely as possible to an ordi-
nary pulse-beat and to the regular breath
ing To my intense delight it now simu-
lated every appearance of life, but re
manned plunged in torpor which my ut
most efforts and ingenuity could not dispel.
Had | then succeeded in producing animal
life, but devoid OF sensuous perception and
the power thereof? What is the thine
wanting to arouse this intelligence, and
how connect the action of the physical or
gans with the nervous system? / retire
for the night.
A night and day have passed in deep re-
Election. The body remains in the same
position. The pulse beats regularly but
family at about forty-fve, and the breath
ing is decided, but faint and noiselcss. |
had during the day prepared solution of
iron and other material, according to for
muia, tome Ill, p. II, and now charged
the same heavily, and the minerals re-
tanned the subtle fluid magnifcently. So
powerful was it that standing on an iuso-
late stool, and immersing my hand in the
huid, | could plainly feel it spreading itself
through nay body.
! proceeded to eject this solution into
the stomach by the process of DR.. Des
Dondes, and the result was astounding.
Il Hush speedily overspread the face, the
pupil OF the eye slowly diated and assumed
look of intelligence The tongue was
loosened, and INSTRUCTED the BREATHING
which became stertorious. The pulse be-
came stronger, and the action of both
heart and lungs was visibly natural. re-
moved HIM at once from all contact with
the voltaic pile and the batteries, and made
nm assume position parallel with the
magnetic currents of the earth, ant then
retired to the upper room and closely
watched his movements, myself concealed.
As the fumes of the injected solution il
creased IN volume, a movement of the feet
and hands began, which, to all appear
ances' was controlled by the will, and this
action gradually extended itself to the
whole body. The legs and arms were
moved and stretched. The muscles obeved
vohtion. The arms moved under him.
and with a seeming effort he sat erect and
looked around him. He stretched out his |
hand toward the gas jet which was burning
brightly, and then looked at his palm in |
evident surprise. lie attempted te stand |
erect but at the first step staggered ana |
iell. lie then crawled ON his elbows and |
knees to various shining objects in the |
room and invariably carried them to his
mouth. | watched him in silence and at /
last addressed him by name, but to nv /
salutatlon he returned inarticulate sounds. /
and his attention instantly wandered. The /
mystery was soon solved. | had succeed |
cd IN restoring animation to the body; I