The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-07-11
A FEARFUL EXPERIMENT.
A Dead Mans Body Set to Working
Without his Spirit.
The Life of a Sheep Put into the Body
of a Man who has Bled to Death Re
stores the Nominal Action of all
the Organs Except the Brain.

The Life of a Sheep Put into the Body
stores the Nominal Action of all
the Organs Except the Brain.
Cor of the Globe-Democrat
NEW YORK, June 19.-Yesterday your
correspondent called DIR. Clearance Bige-
lows attention to- an article recently
printed in the city newspapers, descrip-
tive of an Australian discovery whereby
cattle can be frozen, laid away for weeks
and then brought back to life and genu-
inc activity. The purpose of this discOv-
cry is to ship live meat in ice-boxes, and
kill it on the other side of the ocean af-
ter it is thawed out again. In this way
the cost of food and attention can be dis
pensed with while at sea. In cases of
emergency a man travelling from Califor-
MIA can buy first-claSs ticket for him.
self and ship the rest of the family, in
Guiding the mOther-in-law, in patent re-
frigeratOrs. At the terminus of his
journey he could restore his children to
their youthful VigOr, and his wife to her
proper station at the Wash-tub or cook
stove.
Your correspondent asked the doctor
what he thought about it.
1T is nothing" said he, "to the great
browning effort of medical science that
l witnessed few nights since"
pray what was that ~ was asked.
The doctor reflected for few moments
and then spoke as follows:
when you publish what am about
to tell you it will set the whole country
Judge Warren and DR.. Chambers, went
last week to one of the uptown hospit-
ais whittier we had been invited by Prof.
DOremus and the house physicians. On
our arrival we were shown at once to
the dissecting room. At the foot of the
amphitheater of seats stood a long ia
BILE on which rested some immovable OBJ
ject covered with white sheet. Most
of the seats were occupied by medical
students from Bellevue and Roosevelt
hospitals. Myself and party were as
signed to chairs on the platform. Shortly
after : O'Clock the white sheet was re-
moved, and saw on the table the nude
body of a man. Presently DIR. White
stepped down by the table and said:
MY friends, the body before me is
that of man who bled to death. He
was employed in planning mill on West
SiXtieth street near North river. He fell
against one of the swift revolving saws,
one of the largest arteries in his arm was
severed, and the blood, which is life,
rive"
1.-THE doctor paused" continued DIR.
Bigelow, for a few moments, looking,
meanwhile, attentively at the body. Then
he continued: There is a mere cessation
of life, because the blood was diverted
from its natural channel. l can discov-
er no injury save the severed artery. 1t
is absolutely necessary to the success of
the experiment we are about to witness,
that the organs of the body be uninjured,
for any material injury to any organ-I
mean vital Organ-would preclude
the possibility of its performing its
functions, since science cannot restore
the organ. But where the action of
the organ is interrupted by some cause
that does not materially inJure the organ,
then l believe that the organ may be
again compelled to perform Its duty. As
the great wheel of a mill may be stopped
by shutting off the water, so may it be
made to revolve again by turning the
water ON, thus the blood which turns the
wheels of the body having been diverted,
the wheels stopped. l claim that this
body may be brought to life. Whether
the soul has departed and cannot be
brought back, or whether the mind may
be restored / cannot tell but l believe l
can again set to work every material Or
gan of this body l have carefully
closed up the severed arteries
"He then called upon Professor
Doremus, and DR.. Chambers and myself
to assist him. An incision was then
made in the body just above the
heart, and the vena and great coronary
vein were bursted open. In these open
ings were inserted small silver tubes.
On the left of the table stood two galvan-
ic batteries. A slight cut was made just
above the puXus of the four inferior
cervical nerves and another above the
first dOrsal nerve. The conducting
wires of the respective batteries were
placed in connection with these cuts. A
small pair of bellows was inserted in the
mouth of the corpse, and DR.. Chambers
took charge of them. Prof Doremus
was placed in charge of the batteries.
"At this moment attendants led two
full-grown living sheep into the room,
and, at a signal from DR.. White, stood
them near the table. Meanwhile / had,
under instr uctions, connected two hollow
rubber strings tot the silver tubes already
mentioned. The other ends were soon
connected with the large arteries of
these two sheep. The two tubes throb-
bed as the warm blood of the sheep
bounded through them. Itwas a breath
less moment, and as we leaned forward
our interest was painful. DIR. Chambers
began to work the bellows, and the
lungs of the body slowly responded.
Three or four minutes of the most anxi-
GUS suspense ensued, as DIR. White
leaned oyer the body pale with excite
ment. No movement could be seen save
the slow rising and falling of the chest
of the mans body. Two minutes more,
of hn eli 60 fol1
Kissing erect, and selling some in
struments, DIR. White called out:
Nov, PrOfessor,n
In an instant the powerful current of
the two batteries was turned on, and
with sudden jerk the body sat upright.
Quickly forcing 1t hack, DR.. White, with
the assistance of some of the younger
men, withdrew the tubes from the veins
and closed up the small perforations.
The wires were disconnected and the
bellows removed. The respiration still
continuedP The pulse beat faintly!'
The corpse was aliyer'
With each recurring sentence the doctor
had frightened his grasp of my arm. He
leant toward nae, and he fairly Kissed
out the words: "1'he corpse is alive!"
After while he continued with more
moderationI
IuO iuClSlOu ABOVE the nearL was well
closed up, and the body carefully re-
moved TO bed in an adjoining room.
But the work was not over. All that
long night we sat in the room, all OF US
from time to time feeling the pulse of
the now living man, and at times admin
istering small quantities of stimulant,
not only to him but to ourselves. Our
patience was we'll rewarded; every mo-
meht the pulse Eas stronger and the
breathing deeper. Several times the man
opened his eyes. bur apparently took no
notice of anything. Al daybreak, when
Judge Warren and / left the place, he
was sleeping"
DIR. B1gelow 1e.sas asked if the man was
still living, and was he getting on nicely.
"Oh, yes; he is living. The expert
ment have described to you took place
just I'VE days ago. have only this mo-
ment returned from the h0snifal The