The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-03-25
TO RESTORE THE DROWNED 10 LIFE.
Experiment. OF Dr. Lahorde-Strangs Cases
and n Queer Machine.
FROM n, covrr,p dcs Fan Unti

II IL dlHlCllt Ia form a correct lira OF lhH pr
siSttncc II latent NJ In thu case OF III" n'plyS-
ialcd II IS p~opulnrly believed hat, " the SUB
jrct cannot b. brought back 10 llte after ten MN
utas' application Il the usunl methods, all tur-
Their efforts are useless. That IL a mos, untor'
tunAt" error, and it should b. Euarfrd against
1t is m Ignorant prejudice that has sent many
people 10 their graves. who might have Dneh saved
J by The excrcis' Of a little ~patitncA.
Some years ago a coast guard named Agnel
was on duty a, n poin, called fAnse du froph'te'
on the southern coast OF France. lie mafu CRIES
a. distress. A cabin boy Of ono oi tho vessels
at anchor vas drowning. Tho m@~r o.
! ,hn craft PUN ,ci mo N, water TO save tn O"y'
The effort was too mUc. for him. va "'cnme
exhausted and both were about To SINK, Nheh
the coast guard came 10 their Assistance. WIN
difficulty h. maraYsd TO brtng the mhl ashore
but IN, 10Y di,App AIRED under the water Nghe'
swan out again 10 the place where the boy sans
~. after ? ppAtcd dives, at list SUCCEEDED IN
bringing tho littlo fellow TO thc surfat'' ms
boy had been under tho water Tor more than th
minutes lie gave no sign Of Il'' N'spi'H-
ton was suspended completely. But Afh'1
remcmba'iu! the Instructors In The circular
q 1894. given by Dr. laJordr % the Ncadrnl:
Of Medicine, tri d "2llar fractions 81 " TONGUE
worthy p,rg.yrranra wa, crouno1 wifi success.
RespJra'lJn was at last rc1staolshed and Va
boy r. covered. The case u mentioned W ths
Official I port Of NJ. Nauliar, chief Of tA, customs
s,rNIc, oi Mlrs'iilsi 20 tho Wrect'ur G'lleraI,
Cnui 1898 no physiolosist and no mndlcai
nan would dare TO assert thai In surt a cas- iaWn.
| IL, cold sub. 1T, for hOuTs BltlA' hours dc'sin'
: ARK tn, eytrcme limit. rs T. matter q fact,
vc do not vet know tho length Of tille that sep
ora''l Apparent death from real death. II vsf1's
according 10 the subjects. put, n9y'tul'I'ss,
Il Is Cartpin that N, s.rttp, or latent life, alwhNs
exists in thu case Of a subject who's, organs arc
sound. Lxprior OF apparent dralh' rsirtl,a
''rs, especially nv the suppression OF the cardln,
respiratory function, Il not the final ana real
death. ~ llie he organism ceases 70 nTe on
lhg surface, says D., i%haorde 81 We ACatgDS,
4 lives inside" That il to say, HE CONTINUES
IN a latent state by the persistence OF thr lunc-
uoual grop'rl - Of the orsaLic 81 mons ana VS.,
sues. M sensitive plopTl'S are VI, my 70
dis pponr. then follow thr mutornetve functions
and finally muscular con,racuhty. tonpie1
death demands ume. t
bv the cessation ~ a rrl-Crdlal iuncuOn, IKE 'h9'
Of reSriratOa: but. If me organs ara lo' in!utru,
they Cd. b. started again add o' ulAdt 20 rsuals
'G,ir formal aclOn, NhIy latent W." EXISTS
oIA should never despair VI saving a drowned
ur asphyNlat-d p'T~ou. The most hdl'pehsaols
function To arouse Is lhdl If rapHaunn' lhe pti
NJ, ulal function # life. 1t * nee. nea'S ~ cA'Lte
tl' respiratory rrNaX winch, according 10 III.
Labordy possess exlEaJrd.A4ry NM power
Low VIII, is tho duration Of the latent lio Of
cas-, shows ,.at /, cag last for three hours, Dr,
alorus report, q length Of from ,,%o I" thI'9
hours In his rNpr uWuut- COB d"gs. lie erected
in onn en- - a e,r1"- Jul terrier. and ch.otoicrm"6
the animal Until r. 9rq'lpn arCuwplet yN'opp'd.
iLC dog Wa oy, lrL., u"at, lut'N minutes
traction revived hIu. Then 'n' experiment NI.h
chlo-0'9rn va, r"u""rd aud c"n'ihi'd rnili
9l the evidence a. c.npl'te a rhNNla Wa7 "''ap
iI~u"d. H. va SONS rrl' / Aui u. iIIt'y :
. lt''r TIE q = NIs caW.a lazarus, u lrE E
D. L.rF n~tYH H rFHN This fIA he hDNt nv . NH o.