The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-09-23

F7 HE secret of life and the vital
principle of it's source have
been uncovered by an lndl-
ana physician. A lengthy
series of experiments have
- been conducted, all leading
conclusively to the support of the theory
advanced by the investigator, and the
success Of the experiments have been
sufficient, according to the physician
associates, to convince even the most
skeptical member of the profession that
the Indiana doctor has brought to light
most important discovery.
The physician is DR.. c. w. Littlef1eld,
a well-known practitioner of central In
diana, whose home Is in Alexandria, and
whose laboratory also is located in the
gas belt city. For fifteen years DR.. Lit
tIefield has pursued his investigation and
experiments and only recently consented
to make public the result of his laboratory
work.
During all this time the physician has
confined his experiments to cats, dogs,
monkeys and other lower animals and,
only upon one occasion was it found pos
sible to test the potency of his discovery
on a human being. In this solitary case
his theory was proved as correct as when
its workings were applied to animals CT
the lower form.
DR.. Littlefeld asserts that his expert
ments have demonstrated to his satisfac-
ton and to the satisfaction of his medi-
cal associates some Of the following
facts:
Life is not dependent upon organic
function as principle.
1t may be infused into organized bodies
even after the organs have ceased to
perform their legitimate offices.
Where death has been caused by means
not impairing tissue formation or III
duced by causes not destructive of or
gans vital in their purpose, life may be
recalled and a perfect resuscitation may
be secured by the employment of the
most simple agents.
In short, Dr. Littlefield makes the as
founding assertion that he can bring the
dead back to life. But as is obvious, he
qualities his assertion with the declara-
ton that his methods are imperative
where death has been occasioned by It's
sue or organic destruction which cannot
be repaired or replaced.
The Indiana physician asserts that the
secret of life, in substance, is volatile
ma gnetism.
In demonstrating his theory the doc:of
employs a solution of saline origin with
salt as the basis, saturated with cleo
resin and exposed for several hours to
an atmosphere Of free ammonia.
The chemical thus formed, he declares,
IS an exact reproduction of conditions OK
listing in the human body Here, low-
ever, the volatile magnetism is drawn
into the body from the atmosphere
through the lungs and finding present in
body tissue mineral compounds the DOT
cnt atmosphere is at once absorbed held
in bounds and later compounded by nat
l.ral processes with the tissue and organic
formations In other words, by securing
through artificial means the solution
which has proved so effectual in his ex-
rerinents the doctor asserts he Is only
duplicating on a small but comprehensive
scale what occurs in the human body
when air enters normal lungs and Ie-
comes tho life-giving atmosphere Of a
t.crmaI body.
Having secured this saline solution, DIR.
Tdttlefield reduces it to a powder. 1t is
this powder that he has employed
throughout his long course Of expert
ments. For instance, having put to death
a dog or cat by downing and allowed
the corpse to remain long enough to con-
vince anyone following his Investigations
that all life is extinct, DR.. Littlefield
takes the corpse and, without preparation
of any kind, places it upon heated stone
or porcelain plate, brought to tempera-
ture corresponding to that Of the normal
body, and covers 1T thoroughly with
light layer of the powder.
Within three or four minutes from the
time the powder has been coated over the
dead body signs of life manifest them
selves and within fifteen minutes after
the resuscitating methods were begun, in
every instance, the subject has returned
RI normal life.
Possibly one Of the most peculiar feat
,,,aa of the doctors experiments is the
fact that, upon regaining consciousness
and life, in every instance, The beasts
have displayed an intense anger. This,
after an hour or so. however, wars
away. and the subjects become greatly
attached to DR.. Littleheld, refusing to be
Generated from him. Cats. the expert
menter has discovered, are probably less
responsive to his methods than animals
az similar Importance in the animal scale.