The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-04-21
I2ATIEICIAl4 RESPIRATION
WGRK ON DEAD DR.ABBrT

in its leg. Seven ounces of ethersIwas
then administered. In few minutes tho h.
rabbit showed absolutely no sgns Of
life. careful examination failed to re-
veal any heart action.
The test was carried SO far as to place
a mirror at the little animals mouthBanI I
nostrils bur absolutely no breathing was
indicated. After fifteen minutes both OF
the doctors present declared that they
could not detect the faintest signs of life <
in the rabbit The apparatus was then
set in motion. The tubes Connected with
cylinders were applied to the rabbit
nostrs and the cylinder pumps We're
started. One of these pumps was en1-
ployed to pump out the poison while th9 4
other forced oxygen into the lungs. which
were in an absolute state OF coHapse, 3
After five minutes vigorous action
not the slightest sign of life was Z
visible. o.
Restoring Life.
Shortly after however. slight breatn-
ing motion became visible me appa
rttts. which has been carefully adjusted.
as the machinery permits through tho =
sides of the lungs, was kept in enersetic
notion After ten minutes had elapsed
the body of the rabbit was seen to vistbly
culver. 1t YVES something less than fif-
teen minutes after the action had been
commenced upon this dead" rabbit when !.
the little animal staggered to its rect.
The action OF the respirator was then
stoppcd. and the rabbit continued to im-
prove very quickly In something less
than a half an hour after the Injection s
had been made the dead rabbit vas as 4
lively as ever, and 1t was only with some
difficulty that it could be held long
enough to satisfy the photographers
The same or similar test mas speei, IS
made with other animals. In several cases
human beings have been restored in the
same manner only. somewhat les.s Quickly.
In trcGting a human being the body IS
extended ut full length and the tubes are
inserted in exactly the same way In
man patients have been treated for ass
phyXiation, drowning and ntoSicnt.on. y
Professor Poe declares thatsit Is 1mpos-5$
sible for I, man to breathe freely sustain
ing life for an Indefinite period with his
mouth tightly closed so long as the
points of his instrument are in the mans
nostrils and the pumps are workinS5lp pro- 81
pcrly. The professor has himself subs
mitted to these tests and has demon-33fs
strated that for ten minutes, andleven#
longer. he can live without q singluga
draft of mir being taken to the lungs
except through the medium of tho
oxygen cylinder.
The professor. claims remarka Bile efli-sa
cheney for this contriyance in revlNinss
cases OF extreme intoxcation. The the
DRY of the trea tmcnt is that his machlne s
will pump the liquor gases out of ftasn
lungs at the sane time supplying them
with oxygen. The same results have t :
been obtained in cases of asphySlatfon.
carbolic poisoning or drowning. RemarkSss
able results have also been obtained IN
cusn nj infant asphyNia'' occurring aE
childbirth. This Is. of course, q conditions
which threatens the life of a consid-
cradle proportion OF children. In other
life life Nsf'' '''t
store the dead to life. While this would
seem to be the last word in syndicates.
It nevertheless will be seen to he q
Legitimate enterprise While 1t n,ay he
declaring dividends based upon the num- M
Der of people raised from the dead, the S
enterprise, is nevertheless legiti,nate:s
One OF the most appealing phases OF
ence which every day reaches the nttiee5
of the life-restoring syndicate, The mail 4
Of the company is filed with heart
breaking appeals. The fathers and moth. Hs
weeks and months send implorng letters
begging Professor Poe to bring hack to-
them the souls of their little ones. Sew
eral letters have been received in Which, 4.
people have offered to forward at once
the bodies of members Of thor familiea
over which the last funeral srYices have
been held
| While dlscaiming any power oyer
than q purely scientific one, Professor
Poe is nevertheless confident and 1t would
seem Justly So of the efficiency of his q
! machine, 1t is pointed ont that a very
considerable percentage of those who d
are given up as dead are really ninera-
bio to this mechanical treatment. In3G
other words. many Of the dead may
he restored to life.--New York Herald.
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