The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-01


turned on the steam. LET US see what an
other twenty-four hours will bring forth"
went down town that afternoon tn pro-
cure some surgical and electrical appliances
which the doctor wanted. At next morn
ing We again examined the body. The
steam bath was doing its work splendidly.
The body had now quite lost the signs of
extreme emacistion-it had actually begun
to assume something OF the appearance of
a normal AID healthy looking CORPSE. The
limbs were assuming more rounduess; the
features were losing their pinched and
drawn look.
1.-THE action of the steam :" observed the
doctor, as he again opened the valve, is
gradual and uniform First OF all, the skin
is moistsned and softened, cuticle and
epidermis begin to feel the influence Of the
soothing fermentation. Meanwhile the hot.
moist vapor has been penetrating the 10
terror of the body through all the avenues
of approach-nose, ears and mouth, the in
ternal organs are reached through the
esophaguS, the lungs through the larynx.
For the last forty-four hours the work of
softening hes been going on slowly but
surely, from within as we'll as from with
out. There is not a fiber, q molecule Of that
body which has not been reached by the
molecules of oxygen and hydrogen, in
chemical combination In the form of steam.
Something like eighty pounds, or ten gal
Ions Of water, have been deposited in in
finltesimal atoms throughout that body,
each muscle, nerve and fiber, cartilage,
bone and brain receiving Its proper quotum.
The body now weighs about l2O pounds, as
| can tell by the depression of the elastic
bands, the spring OF which | previously
gagged. Another forty pounds will restore
it to its normal condition, and this calcu-
late will not take moro than twepty-four
hours TO deposit. We will then proceed to
caCopd Sfa vrhf0h IN oil
the various ducts and channels of the body,
blood vessels as we'll as intestines. so as to
free them from whatever impurities or
effete matter may have been left in them
when death supervened. This is absolutely
essential, as otherwise blood poisoning might
ensue. The blood, for instance, contains 80
per cent. Of water and 20 Per cent, or one
fifth, of solid matter. The veins and arte-
ries are now charged to some extent with
water containing this effete ooagulated
blood in solution. Every particle OF this
must be removed. So must the contents of
the stomach aud intestines"
By means of an air pump the feat was
satisfactorily performed and the blood yes
sells and interior canals Of the body effectu-
ally cleared of all contamination. This
important operation was performed before
noon next day, the body still reposing upon
the elastic bands.
Now for the final stages Of the grand
experiment" said the doctor, motioning me
to help him in lifting the body from the
glass receptacle, where it had lain for the
last three days. Frame, bands aud all we're
lifted out and set upon the door in Juxts-
position to the lounge at one side Of the
apartment, the windows having been previ-
ously closed and large fire lighted in the
crate. The doctor then took of his coat,
rolled up the shirt sleeve of his left arm,
took a lancet from case of surgical instru-
ments, tore up several yards OF lint baudage
and took q seat upon the lounge beside the
corpse. He then deity made an incision in
the right forearm of the body, laying bare
q portion of the ulDar vein.
Now" he said, ''be quick when 1 open
this artery. Press the incision close TO the
cut that have made in the mummy's arm.
Don't be afraid. I'll do most of the work
myself; you will only have TO do the tying
Of the baudages-that's all"
The doctor then took the lancet In his
right hand aud opened the brnchial artery
IN the left forearm corresponding to the
vein in the arm of the mummy. The blood
spurted in quick succession of leaps for a
second or two before he could apply the in
cision exactly to the opened vein in the arm
of the corpse. Having made the connection
TO his satisfaction he directed me to band
age both arms together with the lint liga-
ment that had already been prepared. 1t
was peculiar confguraEion, that of my
friend, Prof. Franz Herzog, reclining on
his back upon the lounge, with his arm
strapped tightly to that of a naked corpse
1--WE have now got warmth and blood, y
observed the doctor. My blood is being
forced by srterial action into one of the
veins of this gentleman. It will presently
reach bis heart, and you will now proceed
to stimulate the valvular action of that Or
gan. This you will DOLBY means of a cur
rent of electricity from that battery on the
table there in this manner: At the end of
one of the electrodes you will inda very
fine needle. Take that needle and force it
into the flesh just over the heart here. 1t
must be shovel home with sufficient force
to penetrate the tissues Of the heart There
is g similar but smaller needle at the end of
the other wire, the negative one. That you
will gently insert into the nape of the neck,
just here" indicating point Just below the
base of the brain. Then you will turn on
the current. The object OF this is to estab-
lish sympathetic connection between the
vascular system of the body as governed
by the heart, and the nervous system as
governed by the spinal cord"
l did as the professor directed, rnanipu-
lating the wires Of the battery aud inserting
the needles at the points named
I'VE must not expect very fattering re
suits at first" went on the professor. 81
cannot afford to give our friend here moro
than about two-thirds of a gallon of blood
for starter. That will however, be sufi-
cienr to set the works agoiug. We must
depend upon internal nourishment and nat
ure to do the rest"
The doctor took out his atch from his
fob with bis right hand, looked at it judici-
ally and waited. Ny eyes were intently
fixed upon The face of what had hitherto
been the mummy, but which was now really
very respectable looking corpse. Ten
minutes more elapsed before either of us
spoke. During this time-could it be posi-
ble2-something like faint glow seemed to
be tinting portions of the skin In the region
of the heart. Suddenly the doctor bent
forward from his r, clinlng attitude upon
the lounge. and eagerly put his left ear upon
the breast OF his grewsorne neighbor. q
Hush p he said. 81 think distinguish
very feeble pulsation. See whether you can
distinguish the same.''
applied my ear to the spot and assuredly
distinguished signs of motion. AT the same
time something like q suppressed gasp issued
from the mouth.
"The lungs are beginning to do their
work, whispered the doctor. 1.-THE blood
is beginning TO be oxygenized. We shall
triumph after all. But l am feeling weak
j have overtasked my energies. Help me
e with those bandages.'
In a very few minutes the doctor was re-
leased from his uncomfortable position, aud
both his and his subjects blood vessels were
tied and bandaged. A Rroan issued from