, 1889-01-31
A RESURRECTION.
spssslstisns ConcersisE the Restoration
OF Prossn Bodies TO Life

opssslstfsns ConcerDisg the RsesoRstion
OF Prossn Bodies TO Life
Doctors will tell you that person once
thoroughly frozen cannot be restored TO
life again, and yet in defiance Of such die
tum Clark Russell, the greatest realistic
prose writer Of nautical tales, gives us .
circumstantial account of the resuscitation
OF . frozen pirate in his story Of that name.
Later, indeed no later than August last,
. man was resuscitated, and walks the
streets OF San Francisco, who it 10 sup.
years ago. A certain Richard Burnham
takes trip north in whaling. ship. and
discovers In the ice the corpse of man
perfect in all its parts and Of course
soidly frozen. BY paying the cap
tain Of the whaler $4,000 Mr.. Burn
ham induces him to return to
San Francisco, where in the labora-
tory certain DR.. Dunn, the prehistoric
survival 10 relieved of his ICY environment
with the assistance of hot stove and
steam. The body thawed out. the water
in. Next the hearts action 10 restored by
the use of "strephanthus, an herb which
grows in East Africa only. An electrical
battery is next applied and from the con-
fined effect of artificial respiration the
ephanthus" injected into the medium
vein to stimulate the hearts action, and
the electrical battery acting on the
nerves, the man is revived, eats q
plate of soup and SWALLOWS q couple
ual, according to the veracious Robert
Duncan Milne, the story teller of the Ar.
xonaut is now in the habit OF psrambula-
and Is also acquiring rapidly the
mastery OF the English language. II
seems q pity almost that this alleged re.
lie of prehistoric times, intelligent as he
10 accredited with being, is not something
more than the creation of the human
fancy. What mysteries Of the esrth's past
history he could reveal: what theories be
could upset, and what estimates he could
confirm, and above all what bonanza he
would be to . dime museum. Stranp
things have happened. Fact, indeed, has
years ago Jules Verne's Twenty Thous.
and Leagues Uuder the Sea" was received
merely as an entertaining tale. and yet in
the light of recent developments it ia not
unlikely that the fancy Of the French story.
teller will be to all intents and purposes
brought to o realization. OF course
human invention may not presume to
explore the vast depths of the sea or
reach the South Pole; but with the
| secret OF the storage of electricity
and the ability to run powerful ma
chinery with il, submarine navigation
will be comparatively easy task. But il
we only could unsolve the riddle of the
past. lf we could but resurrect frozen
barbarian of 10000 years ago. Fancy the
anxiety of geologists and evolutionists,
and conceive the solicitude of theologiaua
to acquaint themselves With his religious
prediIections. But suppose it was impos.
sible to resuscitate man who perished by
freezing 10000 years ago, there is another
question connected with it. that OF ply
geological character. Would the soul In
case of such revival return 70
the bodyp Think of the soul being
recalled from hades or heaven after
being absent from the body 10000
years! II the soul should have chanced to
be In heaven, conceive its reluctance &C
the re-occupancy Of the mortal function.
Or, on the other hand. should the soul
have been in hades, imagine the pl ocipi
fancy with which it would resume its for
mer place OF residence. The resucitatior
of the body under the conditions describes
by Mr.. Milns would set at rest once ant
forever our status after death. CosjoiptlJ