Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-04-29
GERM CELLS OF LIFE.
HEY RETAIN VITALITY EVEN AFTER
APPARENT DEATH

..tartIiDE Theory showing Thai
i. slant Death u nm ImpossIbiIity
nd That We May he Conscious FoI
"me Time After Dissolution.
"Iou often meet with the phrase
death was instantaneous and you
h,l.eve it, hut instant death is impossi
Lir
A professor has been studying the
uhicct. a man uf renown in his own
wnrid. and he has discovered certain
Important data proving conclusively
hat no one can meet with instant
icath- He works out his theory on the
iata afforded 10y the physiology of cells
He states that no one yet has proved
the difference between "A dead and live
brain cell When this has been done.
then we can more easily ascertain how
lon: a time elalHes before tie death of a
cell takes place
But. first what Is a cellr To he brief.
both plants and animals including OF
course, man-are built up of units ele-
nentary units. which you can only de
tcct under the microscope Now each
tiny cell is II vital elementary unit We
are nothing but highly developed results
of the individual vitality of huge quan-
Titles of these fundamental cells
As this is undeniahly So how is il
possible. by simple decapitation. say
to cause instant death in the millions of
cells which compose the brainl Ii is
known that brain cells have their own
cell life and are liable tn live certain
time after they are cut off from outside
nutrition without the supply of any
blood whatever from the body The
nourishmrnt is supplied inside the cell
walls and il can go on living after be
ing eat off from other resources
From this argument il is clear to the
professor that these millions of cells in
the brain must continue to live after
death has apparently intervened-that
is. when death appears. bni only on the
outside Ia have been instantaneous
After man : leg is cut off. or an
animal :, ynu can stimulate the nerves
for long time but yoli cannot do il
after the cells are dead Yun cannot get
any response III all
Electricity has been thought To be the
germ of life hni this Is II fanciful the
ory when confronted with the new laws
as by research established
The countless millions of cells of
which our lsIdies are entirely composed
contain the germ Of life. and il is i'm
possible for these to be visited with an
instantaneous unconSciousneSs
You can take living cells from pig 8
glands and this same professor will
demonstrate to you that after these
glands have gone through their prepara
tion the cells are still living
But the curious fact remains that AT
present there are no data showing the
supposed length of time it takes for the
cells of the brain 10 empty themselves
Of the germ of consciousness or life. but
il is certain that consciousness does not
cease Immediately after. say. head
has been cut off a body The belief.
however is that AT least four or five
minutes must elapse ere death finally
steps in to arrest life
Ii has been noticed in the case of a
decapitated head that the cheeks remain
red fer some minutes after the sever
ance. a conclusive proof that the cells
are living
The heads of decapitated animals
have continued to bite and snap at the
air for three or four minutes after sew
erance This phenomenon is well mark
ed in the head of tortoise separated
therefore must he retained for some
time after the head is severed. from the
very fact that though being separated
from the trunk its nutritious blood and
gases taken from the fund stored mp in
the cells. are in sufficient quantity to
is unknown
Do the brain cells die simultaneously :
No because they have their own indi
vidual cell life Our scientific friend
also makes the very startling statement
that in many diseases the brain cells
although the person TO all appearances
is dead may live for three or four hours
after supposed death has taken place
In the case of healthy person being
hanged seeming death is not instanta
neous at all Organic motion Is arrest
ed hut real death Is certainly not in
stantaneuus The brain cells are the last
to die and life Is not reall,- extinct un
til rigor mortis sets in. which i'll the
case of healthy person dying sudden
ly is proiracted
Now when il is known that an ordi
nary cell lives after being removed from
II living body why then. cannot the
brain cells retain their life when the
conditions immediately surrounding
them are much the same as during their
previous existence
The head of a chicken was cut off
and after certain stimuli had been
made II opened itS mouth and gasped
five minutes after its head had been
decapitatrd from the hdy
The head of IA certain animal was cut
1ff and found susceptible 10 light for
many minutes after II was apparent
ly dead \ strong electric light WAS
held IN front ul the eyes and moved
alternately near IL and far away from
them The pupils uf the eyes followed
the lI.ht IN its movements expanding
and contracting that is To say focus
my themselves upon the light as II
moved backward and forward Ii was
proved that the animal WAS capable of
smelling hy the use ut certain pungent
dors placed near the nasal organs
and all this issauSr the brain cells We're
vet living
Raising Ducks without water.
Ducks don | need water To thrive
There are many duck raising plants in
this country where thousands Of the
fowls ARE bred each year for market and
where thrr l. not even n puddle for
them Ia founder IN One of these farms
is credited with an output OF 20. 900
ducks yeaI
smoking Before Tobacco.
There j. some reason IL think that pco
pie smoked lcforc tobacco was introduced
In several old looks uf hnu>cw fiery certain
herbs naIyttl nn' Ia In smoked. - which
means perhaps inhaling. aS we should say,
hut the other Specification Is hy no means
impossible \ vast number uf clay pipes
.iave been fuurd under conditions v hich