Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-15

The Alleged Discovery OF a R'eFfn sol
entist-Crem 20 he superseded.

.s7eNt ninety DAYS for q cuarte- establish
.srs.o an a lagal basis "a society which has
-, .o,.ts', or4he a..
s"9' 0'0" ava i'i9N -
1han residents OF jhe oiN TOT 'He ihuOouc-
non Of a new method of usposlug OF the
dead. The promoters OF the scheme Op.
rose cemeterial Inflammation on sanitary
grounds and denouuce cremation as bar
NaroHs. several mon,hs nave beeh dc-
voted TO experiments with various sys-
tums OF dlsposibe of tae DEAD, Bentta.ly
producing mummnc3hon OF the corpse,
ana mas resulted IN the ADOPTION or meth
Od % peirhaCuou, the alleged discovery OF
. Russian saNaDt.
Dr. Isaac seEau, who Is president OF the
society, discussed the PROJECT yesterday.
1he hrst plane proposed had for Their OBJ
ject the bringing of t4e body to "a state OF
Jmpubeectb'hiY The e&perinehlall
could not succeed Toy this means h pre-
serving hte-hse appearance p me bQdl
One process was The iaeclon 'i hl-chlo-
Eal, followed by an arsenical preparation,
Inen treatment with camPa"f 0lseolNeu IN
coal oii and maj application OF uluJed
c8tbolic acid. rms temporary preserved
ahe body, bal ~ c1an-ed ~ very much;
After being SO treated ooay was treated
with a preparation oI chI9flde OF hme,
which completely nv mmihed it and left
III as dark as one OIL lhe fhafaons ooVo
years oid. lt was considered that no one
would liz to have the color OF his ances-
dfy disputed, asa thls plah was aoandOn-
ed, Hermeticaliy sealing the corpse in
casket Immediately alter death, was also
abandoned as impracticaole. Inc ire
eaeney OF cases "i catalepsy would rem
DEL such course dangerous.
ANTISEPTICs UNSUCCESSFUL.
various sptjseDtfc preparations. such
8.rvvood vipppar. sulDhates of aIumnia
and No auIcoloride Of mercury were
empIo\a bud the effects were not sutH
ClenU 10 warrant their adoption. DR.. Sc
yaD proposed that a bodv should be sab-
socted 10 the action of =. strong electric
battery while e15posed In a chamber 6lIed
with chloride of lime. This was done and
the result was a blackened and tlnrecog-
nizable mummy.
Some four months AFRO Prof. Aldee Per-
nwski arrived la thus civ from Chicago.
"A vef.r ago he came to the United States
from Moscow. bringing along with him
a process Tor the netrlfactj0n of hodiea.
Tbe principle Nv which mineral instead
SaninaI actjon il brought abollt after
.1tn was discovered bv him accideU-
,,..1Iv. he claims. and uerfected. bv him as
V belieyes- alfeY. MANY wears of researeh
nd experiment. He 'endeavored to IN
NodueB his discovery in his native coua-
CIV. At-9nts and physicians smiled skep-
slcalfvapd asked for eXperiments. When
told that not less tgan year would bere-
Allieo lor lhe compete conversion
Of body 10 an iudestruet-
ne stone statue ne was laugh-
ed al ana denounced As an lhlpostor VINO
NoUIu make MS alIe@eu experiments Ihe
opportunity i0i obtaining advances Oh
money. froi. feroWshi 10 poor man,
buI ne ohefeo 10 conuucl the experiment
uhdef any conditions that Tue RUSSIAN
bollege OF Fnyslciahs IN IT. Ieiersbdrg
would propose gearing hnhSeu an tle eA-
pehsee, nus enc s3N@hts refused 10 accept
even Jhls ohet' .,,.,
feehng Jhat ne could not nope Tor rec
Dgniuon IN his own country, he tried
4 rance IN Faris' at least-clS tiiIliihg 10
be the heaaquatlerS Oh scle ntihcai re-
seaICn, anu especlaily IheI lelatin& 10
surgery anu @e1IcIhe-he hopeu ne "Ould
nave q nearing puI was olscouraEeu 10
hho nIusei Regarded as an lnteillkenJ
+ - y B. nc heu rance ~ hI7t ~ nGlhS
~ ~ " h--is ianV, ouG ne IuousnI ms iucA
Wouiu oe ho oTt.eI IueIe anu, DG4hR re-
1nlhoed OF a TelahVe VINO IS wen eslaD-
1is4s0 a. . SUI seoI III Inca ~. ne Ies9iN
=! " ~ % .no "a 'ien IVY oeileN ila thaI
~ hIhslliah slilshL secure niil - nearing;
n knew uOtnth9 % lne Iar west, ana
AnO's5'k enn' aitol II q a. illoItH9 tllal ny
Cooiu 40 nolhlng mere ne came hast WIN
tne lhtenVloh ol Trying Nc" orA ana Lon
hoH'
CONCURRENCE OF IDEAS.
As luck would have it, he stopped in
Philadelphia. Dr.. SegaH, Though a Ger
tnau. was reared and educated in Russia.
md holds a high position among the for
u1er 81 btects OF the Gar living in this
city. Accidentally he met Prof. Perow-
ski, and naturally smoke OF his discovery.
Nearly every known method Of Dresery-
sng dead bodies had then been tried bv
the society of which DR.. Segau il
President. Thsir principal defect was
that the cOrpsas treated could not be
made retain an appearance nearly uatu-
raj.
The RUSSIANS discovery struck him as
Bbe one 10 which they were in search. and
1T was resolved to give him the long. sought
opportunity OF test. the society underta-
Ripg 10 l7e;sr is,s EXPENSES.
had been secured for the nrevious experi,
cesa of netrtfactien nearly thiee 1uobtbs