The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-12-07
MAKING HUMAN STATUES
Latest Fad of Science and Art in
Paris.

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arr enthusiast a person may be- he woul.
scarcely be willing 10 step into an cleo
trolyte bath and remain therein motion
less, for a week or two just 70 enrich N,
Louvre. or some other museum of art
by more or less perfect piece of stat
uary.
As anthropoplsstin Is the talk of tbs
town-it Is said that several rich mem
bers Of the American colony have already
+ contracted 70 nave themselves done IL
/ gold. A correspondent for the New York
World Went directly 10 the father of the
T Invention, Dr. Yariot.
I If I may say so without laying my
/ self open to the charge Of frivolity.~ he
/ begun, man is a long while dead-much
longer than alive. He may obtain a fair
share of the comfort while living. but
afterward-horrid, Buried between Ten
pieces Of board and boardlets. or Gre
rlated-the thouh5 always appealed TO
me-
DIT Nariot Is a smart man. with light
brown eyes and a benevolent cast Of coun-
tenanee- His study struck me as the
most interesting anatomical museum in
the world
While J was Gated, sun undecided
where 10 look first. my host went to the
cupboard with glass doors, to return
presently with a small naked baby in his
arms. 1t seemed asleep. and made a
lovely picture
Little Marie has been dead ten years. %
said the doctor. and he produced the
death certificate He Above ne TO ex-
anime the body There was not the
slightest sign OF an incision. The skin
looked healthy The cheeks were slightly
red. the eyes were bright and the hair
had retained its natural curls The lit
tie body seemed 10 be of normal weight
It's limbs ard arms. even the fingers and
toes and likewise the neck. retained their
pliancy The eyes could be opened ana
closed DR.. Yariot kept it lying on a silk
covered horsehair mattress
How did you perform this wonder
asked.
That is my secret" he said
You want to keep It in your book.
them
Il hate writing replied the doctor.
But you will lecture-you viii give the
world the benefit OF your discovery
II iectured on it four or five years ago
before the Paris medical society. The
world and the newspapers have q short
menlory
Ny preparation destroys neither the
features. coIors nor any special marks.
continued the physician. See this head
OF man When alive the person suffered
with skin disease. Here are its disfeur-
ing marks. When my process is adopted
il viii be- no longer necessary TO demon
strate on living bodies. my -enIivened
corpses VIII do as well and-they last
forever.
Next the doctor exhibited number OF
arms. legs and feet. which proved com
pleteIy pliable He held candle be-
hind them: the objects were transparent
enough for me TO distinguish the smaller
bones. the veins and the muscles. There
was among them the hand of a person
who had died Of dropsy. It was elastic
but when I pressed it with one finger
there appeared no hollow spot
The human and animal brains preserved
oy DIT Variot showed all the character
istics Of the living brain They were as
soft IS rubber and could be handled ike
rubber
he doctor exhibited a table. the TOP
II which consisted OF anatomical portions /
Of human lungs. hearts and strips OF |
brain. retaining their natural coiors on
he four corners were inserted petriaed /
human ears. likewise remarkable for their 4
natural color. mould ard pIiancy.
II use no alcohol for my preparations.
Explained DR.. Variot. To preserve ami /
nal or vegetable matter place IL IL a /
.hemlcal bath. that has neither odor nor /
aste. IL took me 70 a tank. seemingly
HE'D with crystal water Therein aoated +
& piece Of beef in color and general ap-
iearanca IS vas ever exhibited in 4 meat
.how Il bought il three years aso. said
he doctor. There were also many spec
rers Of sea fsh that looked alive and .
elk alive toe. plants that appeared 70
e just taken from q greenhouse and
lowers in full bloom. The meats and
ictuaIs VIII make god eating after ten
-ears. said the doctor. or after twenty
r nfty years. Tor that matter. for ny !
PREPARATION does not destroy. Il preserves
ubstsnces as wen - color ard taste
AS - The pliabilisy OF dead objects
g nich SENS 70 puzzI YOU SO much. / can
store Tire same condition even 10 mum
MES Nariot showed ne the arm q an
Egyptian mummy which h had revived
% the extent of making il soft and
lastic- It moved ga its joints its color.
Ike that * AL Egyptian mummiss. vas
row.
And this IS what you CAB znthropesIes-
.smr asked the correspondent
Dr. Far.ot smiled sarcastIcasly- You
&C. ~ said u an somewhat % na-
0nai econor-ist ard Enow that humanity
getting cramped fer want u s-ace
Wat WQuld become Of IL II everybody
.ere ahle 20 preserve his loved ones. and
b. resi-. for au time. Why. ths living
crpses would crowd the uvinE tocles
z The earth Nay say: this parr OF ny
isenticn Is for scientists only Z Is
,tended 70 benefit anatomical study and
.sdfcai science IL general ~ 10 suthrus.-
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acsssarr funds
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