The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-06-25
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headlan.s Of sydn y Harbor, he has
been operating; on dogs, cats, lambs !,
and othe domesti animals. A
Slight pu, cture is MADE in the dogs
ear, and. two drops of South Anne,
4 rican@vsgetable poison ~are. injected.
! In three pn lour minutes tip sials
functions are suspended; the frame
becomes rigid; the heart CA es to I
beat; the tail no longer, wags; the
1dog is dead-so dead, that decompo-
sition would set in if the body were =.
mot froze into the hardness ofastonc
n !. the brittleDess O glass. The, !.
| 1osii lai ] aw: y on a shelfin the re- g
Frigerator,, and remains there fe.s
1 weeks and months, untilait ia the
I pleasure of Sigaor Rotura to resus.
itate him. Then the subject is i'm
[mersed in tub of warm water for
item minutes and brought back 10.
blood heat. A few drops Of the an ,,ys,,
tidote to the poison are-injected with
a silver syringe. IN Ave min utesin
telligence returns to the eye, rigidi- u
]ty leaves the limbs, the tail is gently
wagged and the dog banks and trots
of as though nothing shad happened.
| The Inventors experiments on an
finals have been SO successful tkat ,aa
he has requested ihe Governor to al.
low him to operate on the next felon
under capital sentence. He proposes
10 freeze him up for 9 month and =
then to thaw him ont, and declares,
With the. sublime faithsof a genuine, or
|discoverer, that he has no fear of ass
fatal result. Signor Rotura is. un-
certain whetherlhe longevity of'the
subject is affected by a temporary I
suspension Of animation but be.aai
lieves that the period Of inertness ~
will not be cut out Of ones full time,
but will simply be 50 many weeks, !.
months or years t"of unconscious ex-. :,
istencfes tackled on TO ones sentient
Fife" The account Of this: process
lis so sensational that if it had APP
fpeareda originally inss an American
|newspape assceptical public would 81
have regarded dts as aan ingenious sos
tloax, but inasmncfsas it has been ca
transferred from the columns of the
Australian press 10 those Of the Lon-
dor Times, and heralded with the ut
most gravity as "a wonderful dis 50
|covery," who shall dare to dismiss
il so lightly? Who can say in this
year Of grace that anything is too .
strange to be true? ,.%r...s.s, go
The practical result which the in. :.
ventor hopes to accomplish is the il,
transportation Of surplus live stock
tom Australia to Europe; but why
should the application of the process
be restricted to the meat trader
Let it once be demonstrated that the 10
lives Of human beings can be discon.
tinued for definite periods and re-,,ia
sumed at the instance ofthe opera !
tor, who can be put under bonds for s
The fulfllment Of the contract Of re.
animation, and the whole aspect of.haa
this uncomfortable world will be
changed. The frozen trance would
be refuge for many Of the ills to
which flesh is heir. The tedium Of '"a
a weeks journey across the Conti- &
pent might be avoided, for the tra,v1-.
eller could be shipped as freight IN a /,
refrigerator Car. and restored to con-
seriousness as the train entered the
depot at San, Francisco. The trip to-.
England could be made without sea- yfs,
sickness and worriment in the stor- ,as
niest weather. In, time of pesti- a.,
e1ce the "stiffs'. could be. carefully
abelled and laid away in family com W
partneDts until the danger was over. o''
The extremes Of climate would nope
onger cause distress. Sensitive ,ss
nortsls could escape from the heats -.
If Summer or the frosts of Winter.
and return to life whenever the YEA q
her was favorable. TO all sorts and
Of men in this changeful
title planet the cold poison and The
the silver syringe would9aa
afford intermediate as well as imme- u
Hate relief. u ,..t,.,s.t. IA 80
II Is only, however, when We con-
sider the yicissitudes OF politics ii. al
re can fully appreciate the utili a. q
his freezing process. There "A al 80
many leaders whose polit.,. csl . fnnc- 3a
lions might be temporarily suspend.i4
ID for the good Of tie party and re- ].
, y whenever t,Aey were available.
How serviceable. might the abnormal
democratic ear become under the
Of the silver syringe,
snd how commodious q freezing
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