The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-07-19
A MARVELLOUS DISCOVERY

From the Philadelphia Press.
An extraordinary discovery of great prac
teal utility is reported in the London Time
of May 10Th 1t is based on an authenti
Gated and detailed statement in the Bris
bane COURIER of New South Wales. In on
of the land-locked reaches on Sydney Han
Dor in that colony, an establishment la
be n put up in which is being conducted III
experiment, the success of which is now Is
tablished beyond any doubt, that must hav
an immense effect upon the future prosper
ity of Australia. The gentlemen connected
with this enterprise are Signor Roturl
whose researches into the botany and nat
ural history of South America have mad
his name eminent, and Mr.. James Grant
of generating cold, and the success of hi
freezing chamber at Woolhara.
1t appears that some months ago Signo
Rotura called on Mr. Grant to invoke hi
assistance i'll a scheme for the transmission
of live stock to Europe. He averrcd tina
he had discovered South America,
poison, allied to the well known rcJLhuy,
that had the power of perfectly suSpendn.
animation, and that the trance thus pro
duced continued till the application of an
other vegetable essence caused the blood t.
resume its circulation and the heart it!
functions. Before he left Mr.. Grant had hi!
doubts turned into wandering curiosity by
experimenting on his dog. The Signor i'll
iected two drops of his liquid mixed with :
little glyccrine into a small puncture made
in the dogs ear, and in three or four min
uteS the animal was perfectly rigid the
four legs stretched backward, the ewes wild,
open, pupils very much dilated, and exhill
ltlng symptoms very similar to those 81
death by strychnine, except that there had
b zen no previous struggle or pain Begging
his owner to have no apprehension for tn,
life of his f;tvorlte animal, Signor Rotura
lifted the dog carefully and placed him on
Il shelf in n cupboard, where h.. begged ht
might be left until the following day.
In The interval Mr.. Grant was much pain.
t1t at the apparent cruelty h had inflicted
ON his faithful friend. The - -!
the body in the first four hours being grad
ually lowered to p degrees Fahrenheit be,
low ordinary blood temperature, the body
by morning was as cold as in actual death.
At the promised hour of 10 o'clock next
morning Signor Rotura appeared. He
al, 81 Id
and laid the dogs head under After about
ten minutes of this bath the body was taken
out and another liquid injected in Il pune
ture made in the neck. The dog first show
ed the return of life in the eye, and in about
six minutes he drew Il long breath and the
rigidity lett his limbs: in few minutes
more he commenced wagying his tail, then
slowly got up, stretched himself, and trottcd
off As though nothing had htp;ened
On the suggestion of DIR. Barker, after
several subsequent unsuccessful experi-
mentS, respiration was encouraged, as in
the case of persons drowned, by artificial
compression and expansion of the lungs.
He wa; Of the opinion that us the heart in
every case commenced to beat, il WAS Il want
of vital force TO set the lungs in motion that
caused death. The result showed lis sur
misses to be perfectly correct. \ number of
animals whose lives have been sealed up in
this artificial death have been kept in tie
freezing chamber from one to five weeks.
and it is found that though the shock to the
system from this freezing is very great, it
Is not Increased by duration of time. In
the freezing chamber in he works ut Middle
Sydney Harbor, the correspondent of the
brisbane carrier saw fourteen sheep, four
lambs, and three pigs stacked on their sides
i'll Il heap which had been in that position
for nineteen days, and We're to remain there
for three months. Selecting one of the
lambs, Signor Rotura carried it outside into
another building, where number of shall
low cemented tanks We're in the floor. hav-
ing hot and cold water taps to each tank,
with thermometer hanging alongside.
One of these tanks was quickly tiled
The lamb, apparently dead, except as to its
eye, which was extraordinarily brilliant,
and its body as hard as stone, was gently
dropped into the warm bath. 1t WAS allow
ed to remain there about twenty-three min
water for the introduction of the thermome-
ter into its mouth, and then it was taken
ont and laid on the iioor. Signor Rotura
quickly divided the wool on its neck, and
inserting the sharp point OF Il small silver
syringe under the skin, injected th;. anti
dolc, Il pal" green liquid, supposed to be Il
detection from the root of the uStIucituiliS
found in South America. The lamb was
then turned on it,, back, the Signor standin.
across il, gently COMPRISING its ribs will
his knees aud hands i'll such manner rs IL
initiate their natural depression and exl,au.
sion during breathing. In ten minutes tie
animal was struggling to free itself, and
when released skipped out through tn,
door, and went gamboling and bleating oven
the little garden in front.
One is almost tempted to ask, in the pres
ence of such Il discovery, whether dealt
itself may not ultimately be batiled by sci
that by this process, with freezing cham
bers in steamers, sheep and cattle in wlicl
life is suspended can be revived in healthy
state on landing, and turned out to pastur,
or sold Us fresh meat. Signor Eutura hi:
no doubt that he can attempt his expert
mcnt with perfect safety on Il human being
He intends to ask Sir Henry Parks for III,
body of the next t,.lon under capital sen
tencc: and if granted he is sure, after plac
ing il for one month i'll Il freezing chamber
by his process there will be 10 fear Of
fatal result. Whether this temporary stl.2
pension If life would affect the longevity o
the subject, Signor Rotura can give no pos
tive information. but he believes it nigh
be prolonged for years. He believes, US III
change takes place, or can take place Will,
i'll 4 frozen trance, no consumption, lie
structon or PREPARATION of tissue being pos
Shlc, il would he SO many unvalued an,
p.otitlcSS yetrs added to Il lifetime. Signo
Rutura proceeds to South America ut one,
for large supply of the two necessaries 10
the safe conduct of his process, and boil
these substances at present remain Il secret
- And now the young man whose step
totter as he goes to tie wood pile to saw