Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1877-02-23
FRENCH PHYSICIAN RESUSCITATEs
a DEAD BODY.

sanity doctor:
Mons. lie Docteur Busy d'Alembert,
noted French surgeon and physician,
has long held that life isht be pro-
longed indefinitely in some classes OF
patients; such, for instance, as those
who have suffered no fatal LESSONS, but
who are perishing from anemia or the
degenerating and nonproduction of
proper blood corpucles.
Until the 9th day of last November
he found no one willing to accept as
true his seemingly visionary theory,
but having secured suitable patient
for experimental purposes in the per-
son of M. Nathan Isaacs, near rela-
tive, by the way, of. Baron Rothschlld,
he Immediately proceeded to demon
strate the truth of his hitherto unsub-
stantial assertions. Mr.. lsaacs was
diving of an anemic disorder, and hav-
ing heard of Doctor dAlembert's the
ory. he sent for him on the date above
mentioned, having discharged his fam
| lily physician, and placed himself Who'll,
ly under the care of Doctor d'A. Upon
his arrival DR.. d'Alembert found his
patient at the point of death, and the
more strongly to demonstrate the ten
ability Of his belief, he determined to
allow Mr.. Isaacs to expire before try
ing his experiments.
No stimulants being exhibited, Mr.
Isaacs quietly brcathed his last on the
morning of November 1lth, at 4:3O
o'clock DR.. d'A, who slept in the
house, having been informed OF this
fact by one of the nurses, Immediately
had the body placed in the box ICON
structcd with double walls packed
with charcoaD, and entirely covered
with pounded ice, and then had 1t re-
moved TO his Office, where, in the pres
ence of Drs. Dupuy, Dien, Ettieune
land Record (thc two latter members
Of the Academy Of Sciencc) had the
body removed from the box, wiped
thoroughly dry and placed on table,
the top Of which was formed OF a
plate of glass two inches thick. The
Paris Revue Medicale describes the
result Of the experiments as follows:
1.-TWO assistants then began with
dry friction to shampoo the entire sur
face of the body. This being thor,
oughly done, the doctor made an IN
cision, reaching to the spine at the
first vertebra, and buried there a
smooth copper plate attached to one
wire of an electric battery. The in
cision was neatly sewed up to hold the
plate in place, and the cicatrix cover
ed with collodion or other ticture Of
gum cotton
Another copper plate connecting
with the same pole of the battery was
buried at the base of skull, and still
third, of zinc, connected with the OPP
posite pole of the battery, was buried
in similar manner at the base of the
sternum. Everything being in readi-
ness, an almost imperceptible stream
of electricity was turned on, and so
gradually increased that it was fully
an hour before any twitching of the
muscles could be discovered At in
tervals of five minutes the tongue was
moistened with an elixir composed OF
cognac brandy of $50 per cent proof,
which had been rectified six times
through filters Of sand charcoal and
felt. The tongue and fauccs were
moistened With lime juice and water
to prevent excoriation of them by the
strength of the liquor. At the end Of
AN hour, as above stated, a slight
tremor of the muscles became discern
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