The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1872-11-14
The MgstaFy Of Life,
STR STRANGE EXPERIMENTS IN SUSPENSION

STRANGE EXPERIMENTS IN SUSPENSION;
,..... p ~. OF ANIMATION.
A Paris World correspondent thus de-
scribcs Proof, Mallers exp. .riments on some
Communist prisoners In ppof Of his theory
of suspended animation . ~"
Professor Muller, of Weissnicht, In expert
menting upon the muscles Of the higher
quadrup peds, dogs, rabbits, &C., found that
muscles separated from the body Of the AMI
NAL might bs kept for long periods in state
OF suspended vitality and bo rostoped 10 thais
contractile state 30 as to respond to electrical
currents or even to irritation oftheir nerves:
As the muscle Of dog, rabbit OF. OK; passed
into the dry state it contracted more slowly,
ike that of reptile, an eel or turtle, Tor IN
stance, and finally lost the fapplty Of ooatfap'
tion altogether. From this dead state ho
was able to bring it back after long periods
of inaction to its original active and living
condition by method, which he had discov'
cred. He reasoned that If he could secure
this result. on tho muscles Of on unniatilated
animal, at the same time preventing the
coagulatiou of the blood. the animal might
be kept torpid and dead for an indefinite
period and be restored to life and activity
by appropri.te means known IA ghyslalo:
gIsts, .. =. =,
- Pho prisoners wore placed In .one Of the
dead h9rs.s. or dissectipg r'oh,s, on wooden
tables; chloroform was administered, as both
eagerly craved it, and they we're bled till the
movements Of the heart were very family
audible to the ear placed over it OH tho chest.
Tia solution of the calx WAS then INJECTED
Into an artery IN the arIl, and thu mingled
blood and solution WAS again abstPacted un.
til the heart ceased to beat. Currents OF
warm, dry air were then admitted into the
room from the furnaces designed for heating
III winter, ths fres being kept in full blast
for many days. This was sontineed uEtll
the body gradually shriyelled, the skin be-
coming yellow like leather, 1t diduot crack
or break when piuehed up, but resumed its
smootbaess when the pressure was removed
The eye halls LrpaHp ysllav and opaque
One-third Of the original weight oftha body
was in the case of Dodu, little over one
fouth in the case of Brun. In this state
they remained at a moderate temperature
the fires in the furnace having been brought
low, uu.il lhc prcReFibfd three months hat
elapsed. Not the slightdss tondsnsy td
putrefaction was observed, owing to th'
preseryatiye virtues Of the calx. In th'
presence of sarans mentioned and of certain
5ffeiah designated by the government
sn,.rg whom Ssrs The seeper of the prlso'
Of LA Roquette and the Project Of follsi
the process of rcvivi6oation was commenced
Blood was drawn from the arms oftwo health
laborcrs In an adjoining room and injecte
into the old wound in the auns Of Dodr
The artery was then tied. , After the bod
. had recovered its natural Ausk the galvani
battery was applied to the region of tn
heart.
Strange to relate one Of tho pslsonsr
Rrovn, was restored to perfect health, an
ia now in Switzerland. He had bee
ususpended" for three months. No decu
was manifest. But he complained Of sor
nsss. ..a.l