Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-12-04
DIR. TANNERS IDEAS.
he TALKS OF PREMATURE s,,p,t,
AND SUSPENDED ANiMATloN.

DocSor convinced That Man
Can Hibernate,
ra n,snt years have gone since DR.. II. s.
fas.;. peliofhca MS wonderful feat of
hsii X iofty gays and nights in Clarendon
t,a ~, ~ !se" LORI city. For sixteen DAYS
The sixteenth day he began to d,iai. ,z mttrl
and subssted on this alone drr;,n az a' ~
naming twenty four DAYS of Lis sast
The public has not heard much If ~
plucky little doctor for the LAST fa,y yoors
put not long ago he turned IN in CHICAGO
bright and clipper, u splendid sneciTp 5y
OF man in perfect health. and With a
rotundity Of form Indicative rather of tho
Don vivant than Of man who oats onlv
Two meals day in summer and only nne
in winter my oiie
"here have you been keeping vour
SELF doctorf' asked a reporter after
friendly greetings had been exchanged
I ave just returned from New Nov
'co' where l have been for nearly fonr
years' pursuing certain Investigations of
y sciehtiilc nature. am much interested
VI the subject OF suspended animation or
counterfeit death. am convinced that n
,ar greater percentage of people are
buried awe than even those who have
ever given the matter much Thought
would 90 willing to believe In no com.
Try In the world are the dead buried with
sucn criminal haste. may say, as in the
United states. have been looking into
this subject more or less for tho last
twenty-five years, and the evidence have
accumulated is startling tell you. if is
murder, horrible murder, and it is high
time some agitation was started for t5n
purpose OF securing needed legislation on
tue subject OF tho burial of the dead
THE MOVEMENT IN EUROPE.
inc principle of life is so subtle. ICON.
tlnued the doctor, chat man with eli his
science knows nothing about it. and the
only safeguard against the awful crime
OF burying alive those we love lies in the
precautions that are taken against com.
uniting their bodies to the tomb hefora
decomposition has set in. That Is the
only unmistakable sign that death he's
finally taken place. The people of Hol.
land were among the first to awaken to
the Importance of this subject. and in
1864 a society was organized in Amster
dam for the purpose of looking into cases
where death seemed counterfeit rather
than real. In less than four Years they
mad resuscitated-saved from entombment
alive-no less than $50 persons. In 17GS
the authorities at Milan and Venice. and
those at Hamburg, followed the example
set by Holland, and little later similar
societies were formed ct London. Paris
ana Glasgow. As O result of the WORT, and
Investigations of these societies. among
tie members CT which were some of The
foremost scientists of the times. it hos
been proved thct in d great number of
cases where every known test had been
appi!ed and preparations made for the
burial the subjects had recovered. These
experiences led Professor Morine, of the
University Of Rome, to offer 4 prize of
1000 francs for tho best essay on eppar.
ent death; and the Marquis d'Cuehe left
$4,000 francs to be used in discovering. the
best means that could be applied in de.
teeting the counterfeit Of death. And SO
in I'll countries statistics collated on this
subject are startling, as revealing the
danger of premature burial"
/ Now don't you think" asked the
doctor, that this is subject that PEG.
pie should discuss, should be walked up
abouti"
What remedy have you to offer.
doctor!''
Simply this: l hold-aad it certainly
cannot DO successfully contradictcd--tha
the setting in of decomposition is the
only certain sign Of death. In the alb
senco of this burial should be DELAYED
weeks and months, if necessary, for so
long as there is no decay life may hang by
Il feeble thread, and, by that subtleness
OF which | have already spoken, the re-
coyery be spontaneous.
THE DOCTOR WILL HIBERNATE.
t1f1 l1n.. J;caoN-a,r- 1,oA 7 IL,
said the doctor, sis that alternating ami,
mails do not use their lungs during the
period of Information. For several wears
| have been studying the habits Of this
class of animals, and, do you know, ]
am about convinced that man can hiber-
nate" -
Here the reporter must have looked the
ncredulity he felt, for the doctor FASTENED
| to explain; Take the bear for example;
lis organs of respiration are the same as
mans, and it hibernates for months with
out food or drink. | have also been
studying the philosophy Of the adopts
who used TO be able to 60 into the death
trance at will. Their preparation for this
was long fasting, and the trance condi-
ton following was, in my opinion, q sea
son of liberation, | am studying now
with view of making some experiments
in this line, and the tiino may come when
will permit myself TO be sealed up in an
air tight coffin and laid away until such
timo as | shall designate for it to DO
opened.
But, doctor, you will not expect to
come out of test like that alive, will
your
YES, indeed" was The earnest reply.
Il have twice been near tho portals OF
the tomb in my studies OF this subject Of
life principle and OF suspended animation,
and firmly believe can go still nearer
that can to all outward appearances be
dead, and, remaining that way for a
length Of time, can still come back q liy-
ing witness of the truth Of my theories
and Investigations"
Speaking of his fast, lie said: The
fact is, with most people tho body rules
the mind, while the reverse should be the
case--the mind should control the body,
Appetite, and it may be T. Gepraved one,
| clamors for this or that desired article,
and people rush off to crafty 1t. When
| | began my forty days fasting | said to
my stomach: Here, old fellow, | have a
lob for YOU. | want yoa to talsc good
long rest, and want no grUnbling about
it, That settled it. st 10 o'clock CT the
last day of Ily fast, when had only two
hours to &c, a little child that WAS in the
room where Was thrust g ripe peach TN
der nv nose. II Adam was tempted as /
was then do not wonder that he fell.
had so little longer 10 SO without eating
that | relaxed my will power, and truly
my greatest cutferings wero during the
last two hours of my last. Chicago
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