The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-01-17
LIFE AFTER DEATH.
A Partisan Phys clan Succeeds in Rean.-
mating Corpse.
Chastity Story of Restored Life which
IL Net Life.

Mons. lie aDOcteur Busy q AlemDert.
noted French surgeon and physician, has
long held that life might be prolonged in
definitely in some classes of patients; such,
for instance, as those who have suffered no
fatal LESSONS, but who are perishing from
;enemia or the degeneration and nonproduc-
tion OF proper blood corpuscles. He has
boldly proclaimed his ability 70 even create
life, or. more properly, reyivify body that
has been deprived of life from this cause,
and he has maintained this pet the
almost insane by his friends;
neglecting no opportunity TO assert
his ability TO demonstrate it. Until the 9th
day Of this last November he found no one
willing to accept as true his seemingly Wis
ionary theory. but having secured a suitable
patient for experimental purposes in the
person of VI. Nathan Isaacs, a near relative,
by the way, of the Baron ROthcshIld, he i'm
mediately proceeded TO demonstrate the
truth OF his hitherto unsubstantial asser-
tions- Mr.. Isaacs, a wealthy Jew, was dying
of an Inimic disorder, and having heard of
DR.. d 'Alemberts theory he sent for him on
the date above mentioned, having dis
charged his family physician, and
placed himself wholly under the care
of DIR. d'A. Upon his arrival DR..
d'Alembert found his patient at the
point of DEATH and more strongly TO demon
strate the tenability of his belief, he deter
InlIeO lD allow 0lT. 1SddCS 10 expire DSiOTt
trying his experiments. No stimulants be-
ing exhibited, Mr.. Isaacs quietly breathed
his last on the morning of the llth of No
yember. at 80 o'clock. DIR. d A. who slept
IN the house, having been informed OF this
fact by one of the nurses, immediately bad
the body placed in the box, CONSTRUCTED
with double walls packed with charcoal and
entirely covered with pounded ice, and then
had il removed to his office, where in the
presence of Drs. Dupuy, Dion, Ettienne and
Ricord (the two latter members of the acad-
emy of sciencel he had the body removed
from the box, wiped thoroughly dry and
placed on a table, the top of which was
formed of a plate of glass two inches in
thickness. Two assistants then began with
dry friction to shampoo the entire surface
of the body; this being thoroughly done,
the doctor made an incisiOn, reaching 10 the
spine at the first vertebra and buried there
smooth copper plate attached TO one wire of
an electric battery. The incisiOn was neatly
sewed up, TO hold the plate in place, and the
cicatrix covered with eollodium, or other
tincture of gun cotton. Another copper
plate connecting with the same pole Of
the battery was buried at the base
of the skull, and still third, of zinc, con-
nected with the opposite 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 cleo
| IrlclIN was IuTDtQ OH. anu SO IL
creased that it was fully an hour before any
twitching of the muscles could be discover
ed. At intervals of five minutes the tongue
was moistened with an elixir composed of
cognac brandy of 150 per cent. proof, which
had been rectified six times through filters
of sand, charcoal and felt. The tongue and
fauces 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, slight'tremor of
the muscles became discernible; and at the
end OF the second hour very minute globules
of perspiration could be seen with the mag
nifying glass upon the glands of the throat,
exillar and groins- At this point artificial
respiration was begun and kept up, To
wards the close of the third hour the flesh
had moist feeling, the entire surface of the
body being covered with light perspiration.
From this stage we deem il best to copy yer
batim the diary of DR.. d'Alembert.
Fourth Hour-Breathing being establish
ed, artificial respiration was discontinued.
Time between exhalation and inhalation OF
the breath, twenty seconds though growing
more natural.
Fifth Hour-Slight pulse; breathing all
right; on forcing open the eyes, pupils
| found very much dilated; eyes not CLASSY.
Sixth Hour-Left in charge of attendants
while ply icians were at dinner, no reliable
notes of progress taken.
| SeVcnIn f1Our-cLlA pulot reg
ular though very weak; eyes open and shut
of themselves
Eighth Hour-stimulation with brandy
| discontinued, a strong egg nog of goats
milk being substituted; steady progression.
Ninth Hour-A muttered attempt at
| speech.
| change except that in the Last half of the
| twelfth hour, immediately before light
| slumber, the patient called for -wife and
| Eta. (his childl
Thirteenth and Fourteenth Hours-Sound
slumber, from which patient awoke re-
| freshed, and began a conversation in weak
tone. Perfectly rational.
From this point we shall resume the mar
rative, there being but little more TO tell:
| The battery was kept attached 70 Mr.. Isaacs
| and the stimulation continued, though al
| longer intervals and in larger quantities
| The most singular part OF this truly strange
| story is the fact that, although Mr.. lsaacs
| recovered his intellect with the
| renewal of his life, yet his moral
faculties were entirely dormant.
| When his wife and child were brought to
him he evinced no emotion whatever, and
| while his memory recalled every incident of
his former life-and all of his acquaintances
say that his conversations and ideas were
more brilliant than ever before-yet it was
impossible to call up any association that
was aught save indifferent to him. When
informed of his mothers death Though he
had been the most devoted of soDsl. he
| merely remarked: "Well she was old
enough Heaven knows" Though formerly
very devout in his observance of the Jewish
religiod, he had become most blasphemous.
He would not tell the truth if possible to
lie, and seemed to take most intense
ldelight to steal and secrete about
his person any object, even of the most
trivial value. He made frequent attempts
to rob the doctor of his watch while bending
over him to administer stimulants, etc. DR..
Reynault Sc. Pierre, the highest Partisan
authority on insanity and matters relating
to the psychology and physiology of the
| haair, l,air0 called in sqvS that no can Az