The daily gazette., 1879-06-13
SECOND EDITION
AMaryeleus a Dassessry.

authenticated anu ucloa ~r S-...L
the Brisbane Courier, OF New oousa
Wales. In one of the iana-iockeu
reaches on Sydney harbor, In Una. coio
nv, an establishment has been pu. up N
which is being conducted an experiment,
the success of which is now estaDhsheo
beyond any doubt, that must nave an
immense effect on the future prosperity
of Australia. The gentlemen connec1su
with this enterprise are Signor hotura,
whose researches into the botany ana
natural history of South America nave
made his name eminent, and MIR. James
Grant nre-eminent for his knowledge in
the science of generating cold, and the
success of his freezing chamber at WOOL
hara.
1t appears that some hVe ihoneis aso
Signor Rotura called upon Mr. Hraht 10
invoke his assistance in scheme Tor the
transmission of live stock to Europe. He
avered that he had discovered South
American vegetable poison, allied to the
welI-known tcooldra, that had the power
of perfectly suspending animation, and
that the trance thus produced continued
till the application OF another vegetable
essence caused the blood to resume its
circulation and the heart its functions
Before he left Mr.. Grant had his doubts
turned into wondering curiosity by ex-
pertinent on his dog. The Slgnor inject
ed two drops of his liquid mixed with
little glycerine into small puncture
made in the dogs ear, and in three or
four minutes the animal was perfectly
rigid, the four legs stretched ba ckward,
the ewes wide open, pupils very much
dilated, and exhibiting symptoms very
similar to those of death by strychnine,
except that there had been no previous
struggle or pain. Begging his owner to
have no apprehension for the life Of his
fayorite animal, Signor Rotura lifted the
dog carefully and placed him on shelf
in cupboard, where he begged he might
be left until the following day.
In the interval Mr.. Grant was much
panied at the apparent cruelty he bad in
ficted on his faithful. friend. The tenn
perature of the body in the first -four
hours being gradually lowered to 25 de.
grees Fahrenheit below ordinary blood
temperature, the body by morning wa,
as CO d as in actual death. At t he pro
missed hour of 10 o'clock next morning
Signor Rotura appeared. He plunged
LUt DOuN Ill q luD VI Ndlii W atVi GIN
laid the dogs head under. After abou
to minutes of this bath the body wa!
taken out and another liquid injected IL
a p,lncture made in the neck. The do!
first showed the return of life in the eye
and in about six minutes he drew long
breath and the rigidity left his limbs; il
few minutes more he commenced wag
ging his trail, then slowly got up
stretched himself, and trotted off a
though nothing had happened.
One is almost tempted to ask, in tn
presence of such discovery, whethe
death itself may not ultimately be baff,
by scientific Investigation. The discov
erers claim that by this process, wit
freezing chambers in steamers, sheep at
cattle in which life is suspended can b
revived in healthy state ON landing, an
turned out to pasture, or sod as fres
meat. Signor Rotura has no doubt th,
he can attempt his experiment with pc
feet safety on human being. He II
tends 10 ask Sir Henry Parkes for Il
body Of the next felon under capital 81
tence; and if granted, h. is sure, aft
placing it for one mouth in a freeZil
chamber, by his process there will be
fear Ut fatal result. Whether this tel
porary suspension of life would afft
the longevity of his subjrct Signor R
tura can give no positive infoi nation, b
he believes its duration night be pl
longed for years. tie believes, as
change takes place, or can take pls
while in the frozen trance, no consun
ton, destruction, or reparation Of tiss
being possible, it would be so many I
valued and profitless years added to
lifetime. Signor Rotura proceeds
South America at once for large sup
tf the two necess aries for the safe c.
duct of his process, and both these 81
stances at present remain a secret.
On the sug. estion Of DR.. Barker, af
several subse uuel IL succt ssful exp,
ments, RS ir OH was encouraged,
in the case of persons drowned, by a
ficial compression and expansion of
lungs. He was of the opinion that
the heart in every case commenced
beat, it was want OF vital force to
the lungs in prop-r IN ton that cat
death. The result showed his surm
to be- perfectly CORE CT. a numbe
animals whose lives have been Sc
up in this artificial death have
Kept in the free esing-chambtr from
to five weeks, and 1t is found that the
the shock TO the system from this fl
ing is very great, it is not increased
duration of me. In the freeZing-'f
ber in the works t NJ ddle Sydney
bor, the correspondent of the Bri
Courier saw fourteen sh 'ep, four la
and three pigs stacked on their sid
heap which lad been in that pos
for nineteen days, and were to r.
there for three motifs. Selecting
of the lambs, Signor Rotura. carr.e
outside Into another building, VII
number Of shallow cemented
were in the door, having hot and
water taps to each tank, with a the
meter hanging alongside.
One Of these tanks was quickly
The lamb, appai emily de ad, except
its eye, which was extraordinarily
liant, ard its body hard a, stone,
gently dropped into warm bath. l
aho we'd to remain there about tw
three minutes, its head being
twice above the water for the intr
tien Of the thf rmometer into its Ill
and then it was taken out and lai
the floor. Signor Rutura quickly
ded the wool OH its neck, lnsertin,
sharp point of small silver syrin.
der the skin, injected the antidOte,
green liquid, supposed to be dect
from the root Of the dstrdchdrlis,
in South America. he lamb wa.
turned on its b. ok, the Signor sta
across it, gently COMPRISING it,
with bia kpaao nd honba in o,oh N