The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-02-20

and q tamperine with the dead. But nov
Cow does she Case stand? Nearly all civil
jzed nations have succeeded in establishing
societies fog the gesuscitaIon Of drowned
persons.
The directions Tor the restoration OF sucf
persons to life have been reduced almost te
an exact science; the lungs are inflated, the
eeart begins to beat, the blood to circulate
and, as in the palace OF the Sleeping Beauty
oil was vivid activity, where . moment before
oil was the image Of death:
The hedge broke in, the nerfew,
The butler drank, the steward scrawy1.
Tine fire shot up, the martin flew,
III. The parrot scresmd. the peacock squsrd
abe palace ban8'd, and buzz'd, and c1ackta
And all the long .pent stream Of life
Dash downward in q cataract.
f7easyson.
The first society for the sesuscitatiop Of the
d1owned was organized in Amsterdam. Hol,
aand in 1857. In avery short time not less
stored tol6e by the agency of this humane
association.
It Is said that many OF these unfortunate
persons manifested no signs Of returning life
for over an hour after being rescued from
the water. The proof is positive that these
persons would have perished had it not been
for the efforts of this organization. In 1768
another society was organized in Milan and
Venice-one in Hamburg in 1771, and soon
after societies were formed in London, Glasgow
and Paris These facts show that the spirit
may retain its connection with the body for
some time after all signs of life have vanished.
Ten years ago the writer was called to see y
child who had the Group. When I reached
the home of the child was told that it was
all over-that the little cherub had died over
half an hour ago. From the account got of
the child's illness and his physical aspect as
saw him, I justly inferred that he died Of suf-
location. Beng yet little warm, ask my
self Why not make bold effort for his resto-
ration !? It can do no harm, and the attempt
can not be wrong. had the baby-boy made
extra warm. I put my lips to his. and sue
ceeded in initiating his collapsed lungs.
To my great joy his heart commenced to
leap into action and life. I carefully watched
and cherished this new found life until per-
petuiiy was beyond doubt; and have good
reason to believe the boy is living to this day.
That this child would have remained dead
and have been buried, there is no question,
had not rescued him from the vorac.ous jaw
of the death fend.
Two more cases of q similar character-one
lately in New Orleans-f have brought to life
again after every evidence of life action had
been extinct for q considerable time. The
windpipe, therefore, may properly be regarded
rs the royal road to re. establish life.
dn non-infammatory Group many child
4erishes Because the top Of the windpipe, OF
CLOTHS, systematically closes, and thus com.
Pletely arrests tue functiog Of respiration.
(Which will remain arrested forever il bot set
sagacious physician, Marshall Hall, intujtive.
y saw the wisdom Of this process, and upon
Dc based his directions for the Restoration of
the drowned There is Q deep and practical
philosophy in the attempt to renew yespiya.
6ion by artificial meanse which vas neyef ex.
plained by this great man.
Since the days of the celebrated Harvey.
RhO is regarded as the discoyesey of the cir.
culation Of the blood, il dss been held that
aife originated at the feart. whose contrac.
eions put the whole human machinery TO
Wosk. While, however. Harvey demon.
STATED that tho blood does CIRCULATE. the
cause Of che ejaculation is hot tho aeast.
Yhat cause was discovered by q woman.
The wellknown Psychologist. Prof. Sohn
", Draper. very ingeniously controveyts Har.
veys theory. Instead Of the circulation
being caused by the work of the heart, Dr..
Draper shows that respiration is the cause.
81 oossides the sltsurs.ion as tho sonse~
quehce Of respiration. . Whateves.
therefore. iuterfsres with the sespisstiop Ia.
Bot chat original thinker did not discover
Shis great fact, which is now rapidly oyer.
spreading the whole world. and being accept.
"a by the. first Psychologists. The eminent
historian. Mrs. Edna Willard, Justly claims
ghe discovery. Tbs gifted lady made her
UfeaA discovery ID 1882, and in 1849 pub.
jished short but philosophical account Of it.
A. an evidence Of the real greatness and i'm.
boEtance Of the discovery, DR.. Draper says:
cit is sgreed That .Harvey's theory Of |
the paramount power of the hearts action in
70 respiration must be assigned the great duty !
Of originating the bloods circulation" i
In our own city che theory was demonstrated
ID the New Orleans academy Of Science BY |
two Of the snost learned and scientific Of |
physicians then living, associated with whom
was g gentlemen aow living. who ID we'll |
known to this community for his ability a. 8 |
scientific investigator and Observer PROT.
q. g, Forshey, who only . day or two
Mrs. Willard, which were published ils the |
Boston Medical Journals
for thirty years had maintained. NOT only |
without public support, but against discour. |
Agements, these great truths, of which had
allowed myself such life-giving evidence.
But early in December, 1851, DR.. Cartwright,
chen of New Orleans. announced in lettey |
20 me that he had publicly become my adyo. !
cate.
His name will ever be connected with the !
Theory, on account OF the remarkable expert
ments by which he demonstrated its truth. |
In the presence Of eminent physicians and
,ther scientific persons he reconstructed an
1ligator which had been killed by tying the |
stachea. After an hour, when neither fire
Tor the dissecting knife produced signs Of
Jain, Dr.. Dowler laid bare the lungs and the
aeart. Then hole was cut in the trachea,
below the ;igsture, and blow-pipe was in. !