Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-10-05


Ell ''AII-kts@" for preserving dead
h<siSs-. The ssri Issirc~k and u free
ls ;r@~lsfel everlasting The Doe
~ .ho h.alls :rota S4a Francisco. IN
xsn,~d tEis oonF -oa1d = year ard .
E.H az .hIIe E1zkInx experImenfs for
Il. yr-~-Exsssoa q nse4t. His at,~I-
fIon 80 4s,r@cte.l g. thu subject Eore
Ear-lrzlarlv ca rsaling of the cresaa-
tag FruscssS e BT. ISmsyDe IN Pean-
syls.sAA. skIcA b. Regarded - resolt-
IA u the exfrsHe. In order 90 br1nE
the ua4f.sF N the fRlk~-, hight hrf~r~
the pahilc the Dsczos PLAYED kin-!i
II c.EsmEnle-t10a wIth the leadIEs
s-f~nfl~.s If the cOaEITy. and IN Fs-
ss-o.z-- o. uaUeFor. Iavi t4tions cons n
81 O. cine u tAIs city AID give a. -
p,An4;lon Of kis prs--ss- About tits
pLv-lclan. Aal ansGertAk~rs fr0m fAss
cIfy. New Haven. baltimore and other
large cI;i.-s assembled 90 thursday sf;..r
ns-1a .; ia. rs-ssas 81 Mr.. stephen Me-
nit. III ElgLth ayeage. 81 witness the Il
Terstasui. Shortly after three o'cl,s-k
Dr. Rodgers Appeared, and IN n very
modes; way introduced himself to Ia
zndienc-. lie Il a til. wellbailt uaan
Il iifty-three. Nth a large, intellectual
head slightly bald. light HAIR. and has
the addres, and manner ol n proi,s-
4 sional lecturer While be vas speak
ing the curiosity Of his hearers w.
aroused 10y three open baskets which
lay behind HIM.
IF the gentlemen will now step for
ward," said he, Il vii. explain the
| ~ l.a Eat. ,t.,,
ed the body of a woman who died of
dropsy; another that of a woman who
was carried eff by malignant disease,
and the third that of n man who died
of consumption. The body of one of
the women had been lying in the Morgue
and the undertaker's thirty-two days,
and yet, under the influence of the
newly discovered fluid, not only was
there no offensive odor, but the limbs
were entirely flexible and the skin as.
sumed a lifelike hue. The Doctor ex-
hibited thu" needle" used in the process,
q tube about fourteen inches long and
about one-third of an inch in diameter,
with a tapering point, which is insert.
ed in the abdomen and forced upward
through the diaphragm, first over one
lung then over another and lastly into
the intestines, the fluid being pumped
in by small rubber tube. The aver
age quantity is one quart. A small
fat brush used by painters in varnish-
ing is next dipped into the fluid and
passed over the entire body, and this
part of the process the Doctor styles
"brushing." This completed, the body,
it is claimed, remains intact for %onths
and years. "Of course" said the Doc
tor, 1--WE do not propose to prevent
absolute putrid decomposition, but we
have accomplished the fact that the
body shall remain perfectly innootu-
GUS" He said that he was astonished
how people sit in churches where
bodies are inferred and never realize
their danger.
"Seven bodies recently removed
from one church" he said, "contained
gasses sufficient to poison q 600 per.
sons. Eleven cemeteries have recent
ly been closed in the city of London
for this reason, according to Wilson's
HYGIENE and from the same authority
we learn that few drops of decompos-
ing animal matter, impregnated in a
we'll poisoned 4S7 persons. This is the
most powerful poison known, accord
ing to the ablest SCIENTISTS. A body
Weighing $50 pounds geI erates 120, 900
cubic feet OF gass. A decomposing
body gives off sulphuretted hydrogen
and ammonia, which are offensive to
the smell. The other gases emitted
are not offensive to the smell, but are
poisonous, 81 that people are frequent
" poisoned by gases without know
| 1,hy bv 20
breathed it causes diarrhma, typhus
and typhoid fevers, which was proved
in all the wars from the Crimea to the
Turco- Russian. The molecules in the
smallpox cases penetrate the earth
and come to the surface as water per-
colates, and entering our houses is
breathed and creates disease"
With the new compound the Doc.
tor said he would enter the abodes of
the worst cases of smallpox, typhus or
| yellow fever and render these maladies
perfectly innocuous. Its primary ef-
feet, he said is to destroy contagion,
and in this respect it is the most pow
erful agent ever placed in the reach of
man, so that it will at once preserve the
health of the living and the bones of
the dead. The Doctor frequently rubbs
it on his hands. and can even drink it
in solutions in small quantities. Ply
sitions have claimed that nothing can
penetrate dead tissues. DIR. Rodgers
mas falsified this theory in one Of
his early experiments on the body Of .
woman who had been dead thirty days.
He colored the fiaid black and injected
il into the body and when the leg was
afisrward cut the hssh appeared .
natural red color and the dark fluid
oozed out. We have proved beyond
all question" said the Doctor, that il
not only prevents but arrests decompo-
sltion, and Professor Wood and other
eminent physicians in tins city ADMIT
Il sitter the sevefest tests.
The FIRST instance Of the applicafsoa
Of thu -'Aliekton- in thl< city 10 not
enly 80 full of interest, but 20 startling.
that mention Of IL csnnot be here SaaIf-
tsd- Tbe wife Of wealthy geptieman.
residing in Forty s~venfh serccs. died
/ II e1erT-rr@l fever On the 18th Of iass
M.y = her thirty -esghfh year. PrsoT