The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-03-05


from the base of the brain in a certain
spot; the latter will require an opening
in the abdomen"
The professor then took up small
diamond drill, not larger than horse
hair, and perforated the skull as two
| points, an inch apart, at the base of the
! brain, into which he thrust the two del
icaie platinum points of the battery. At
| the moment these entered several per-
sons remarked that the chest had
moved, as il in respiration. The bell
lows was detached, and, sure enough, a
quantity OF bloody-looking froth and
mucus was being forced out of the wind
pipe. This was all drawn ont with a
syringe, and the professor proceeded to
the last arrangement of the poles OF the
smaller Bunson to the sympathetic
nerve" solar plexus, " as he called it.
And now came the trial, which all await
ed in breathless anxiety. The profes-
sor of anatomy took charge. of the jars
OF blood and milk, and was to turn the
stop-cocks to let it flow into the jugular
vein, and thence into the heart, as the
professor of physiology was to empty
the blood clots from the heart with the
aspirator or air-pump at the same time.
Another student was to initiate the lungs
with the bellows by slow, easy motion,
not more rapidly than eighteen times
minute. Another assistant was TO move
a scape-valve ON the bellows tube, so
that when the lungs were filed it might
empty itself of bad air, without blowing
back into the bellows. Two other as
sistants stood by the batteries to make
the connections at the word.
At the word "Now" every we'll
trained head and hand began to work
all in halmony-andq quietly. No sound
at first but the slow wheeling of the
bellows, and the measured "thud /
thud !" of the piston of the air. pump.
The clotted blood from the heart poured
into the receiver at first like brown
jelly, which, after few moments, was
thinner; at last a stream of thin, warm
blood. 1t was noticed that the blood
mixture in the jar was perceptibly
lowering. The professor of physiology
withdrew the .aspirating needles, and
stood with dilated pupils and flushed
face. The chest of the dead man was
moving regularly. He grasped the
pulse, and said in whisper: ga tremor /
tremor ]" And then, applying his ear
to the chest for a moment, sprang up
and cried out in an excited manner:
By heavens it moves 1 can feel it's
pulse p A shout went up from every
one, but followed in O moment by a
deathly stiffness, for the swollen eyes of
the dead were seen to roll in their sock
cts, and each one looked at the other as
much as to say, "What have we done
in restoring this man to life and suffer-
ing ?" The battery at the heart and
abdomen were now disconnected, and
all the semblance of lie was observable.
Nearly two pints of the blood-mixture
mad ent cred the veins. This was now
cut off and artificial respiration kept
up. The pulse could be counted, ir-
regular, and over 100 per minute. The
face of the subject was no longer livid,
but ther pale. The eyelids were half
closed, and the eyebalis rolling; the
pupils were discovered contracting and
dlating according as they were shaded
or exposed to light. Some nitrite of
amyl was held to the valve of the bel
lows, for breathing was not through the
mouth or nostrils, and instantly the
heart beat more steadily, the face be-
came of better color, and the chest Jerk
ed Gs il there was desire to cough.
At this iuncture the professor of physi-
ology said:
Gentlemen, our experiments thus
far are successful. This man is living
again, but can have no thought, because
the mass of brain Is too nearly severed
from the cord. No act of will, at least,
can be performed The spinal cord is
itself the motor center of the body, and
as long as we keep up artificial breath
ing the body will live"
He then proceeded to drill several
holes, as large as a sewing-needle, into
various parts of the skull, and touched
the brain with the galvanic points,
which caused the legs to jerk, the hands
to clench, the eyes to roll, open, shut,
and the tongue to protrude. A full de-
scription of the anatomical points and
psychological observations was care
fully taken down, and will doubtless
appear in the medical periodicals..
TIE experiment concluded by with
drawing the bellows, and closing the
opening in the windpipe by adhesive
plaster, and all were startled by sud
den cough from the dead man, and 6
rolling of the head, with moaning
sounds like one exhausted by suffering
This was followed by convulsive actor
in the limbs, fixing of the eyes and
appearance of a second death. The
body became cool in twenty minutes
The whole experiment lasted from IL. 81
P. NJ to 1920 A. NJ, or fifty minutes
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