Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-07-04
BRINGING TO LIFE
After Being Dead Three Hours. and Hay.
ing Become Cold and Rigid,


The Denver Netrs says that James L.
| Finch gives an account of some curious ex,
periments which he and Dr. Armitage re-
Gently made secretly III resuScitating ami
mails apparently dead and then tells the
| following with ell the appearance of perfect
| sincerity, bat the truth of which we leave
TO cur readers:
The first subject operated uPon was .
! medium-sized terrier dog II was securely
| tied and an incision made in an artery in
! its neck, by which the animal was bled to
death. He certainly passed through all the
| symptoms of dying, and soon after the last
blood issued from the wound his frame be-
! came fixed and rigid and his eyes showed
| the senSelCss glare of death The room was
| kept at q temperature of 100 Fahrenheit,
! while the dog lay for three hours dead. BY
| this time he had become very stiff and cold.
| He was now placed in q warm-water bath
| that was constantly maintained at q tenn
perature of 1869, and was continually and
thoroughly rubbed, and as he became PHI
ant his limbs were gently worked about
and his whole body rendered supple. A
half pint OF hot water wss now passed into
his stomach through hard rubber tube
which was forced down his Cesophagu5.
When this was accomplished the mouth
of q rubber tube, attached TO q bellows, was
introduced into his wind pipe, and, SIS the
bellows was provided with double valve
by which the air could he withdrawn as
well as inhaled, the dogs nose was securely
fastened
A large and powerful Newfoundland dog
had been obtained for the purpose, and had
been tied near, and was now bled, while the
attending surgeon proceeded TO adjust the
transfusing apparatus, and began slowly to
inject the live dogs blood into the dead
dog. simultaneously Mr.. Armitage began
slowly working the respiratory bellows,
while ! kept rubbing the animal and bend
ing his limbs and body TO facilitate Circula-
ton. We could not have been more anx-
ious about the issue of our efforts if they
had been upon a human being instead Of
dumb brute When & pint of blood had
been injected, | could see some change
about the eyes Of the dog; but no one
spoke. One thought was common to all
would life come bacS2 In few moments
more there was certainly 9 ConYulsiye
tremor noticeable in the body. Mr.. Armi-
tage, in undisguised excitement, said to the
surgeon, " Press the blood" In minute or
two the dog gasped, and soon attempted to
eject the respiratory tube, which was ac-
Cordingly withdrawn. This was followed
by gasps and q catching Of the breath,
! while the eyes grew brighter and more
natural. The rubbing and blood injecting
were yet applied, and the dog struggled as
if in fit But his efforts soon became less
violent, and he began allow whine. a COM
press was now placed on the artery, and in
twenty-five minutes after the first blood
was injected he sat up, after being dead
three hours and twenty minutes. The dog
then drank broth that had been prepared
for him in case of his revival, and soon got
up and walked about a comfortable bed
was provided near the stove, and from this
time'forward his recovery was SO rapid that
in two days he was turned out to run III the
streets. He is now q rugged character, in
good health, with seemingly no Temem-
branCe Of his resurrection.