Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-08-08

Then II was coutiOed TO one or two per
sons that body that mad been more
than matt century aye prepared for
lite perpWuaunG process had been
discovered ana removed to the NStitu-
ton With It was n paper some four
DECADES old, giving the results OF ex.
perinents in reauimatiug bodies \ ~,
port was circulated that tate discover,
les completed the process laid down in
the paper and might possibly render
II effective
We are enabled in this issue owing
10 the enterprise OF one OF our repor-
torial Statt, wAlo used ear meSaphoues.
y ray telescopes tor looking through
stone walls and other modern devices.
10 give our readers the most remarka
bic achievement in science ever pro
duced by mortal man,
In the year l9A5. when the thermom
eter stood ~ degrees below zero Fab
rcnheit. there died In Chicago Muriel
Anderson. The night OF her huriat
her lover went alone to her grave, ex-
humed her body and removed II to his
laboratory. his object being to attempt
70 reanimatc IL. He had not then per
fected any process by which this could
he accomplished and for the time be
ing devoted himself to preserving the
body His method was twofold, sur
rounding II by chemically produced
cold-250 degrees Fahrcnheit- and her
metic sealing. This accomplished, the
h.N.V l.NfN To- III .f.NN Ia
laboratory, and the professor proceed
ed with his experiments for resusci
tatiou on the lower animals
Time passed without any results sui
hciently certain to warrant the pro.
fessor In rlSking the life OF his loved
one In cold storage
Professor Swartz died without Civ
ing up his secret. but he made provi-
sion for continuance OF his work
contingent upon certain happenings
Recently the ground on which his lab
oratory stood wns sold for the purpose
of erecting u 200 story skyscrapcr upon
It. In digging for the foundations the
workmen came upon a suhcellar or
vault fifty feet below the surface In
which was a large glass mausoleum.
Attached to It was n notice to look In
the wall behind metal plate There
was discovered paper stating that
the mausolcum contained the body OF
Muriel Anderson, supposed to have
died In 1855 Then followed state
ment giving the process for life preser.
walton and the results of Professor
Swartzs invcstiga tons with view to
terminating bodies
The find was reported to the owner
of the property and he summoned n
member OF the corps OF Investigators
OF the Institution For Scientific Re.
search The mausoleum was removed
to the Institution and the paper read
and discussed ut a meeting of its stat
OF Investigators. IT at once appeared
that certain obstacles that Ind been In
the way of Professor Swartz had been
removed by recent discoveries made
at the institution
The first question discussed was
whether the body would be found upon
examination to have retained the germs
OF ne LOT UNI " century, but " WIN
agreed that this knowledge could only
be gained by the right process of re-
animation That process was under
discussion for several weeks with ev-
cry effort TO keep the secret Finally
DR. Shuntunner, Ph. D., |. s. dnvesti.
gator In scienceD. presented n plan OF
procedure that captured the invcstiga-
tors, and II was determined to put IT
in practice mt once.
The glass sarcophagus was found to
contain water, but Mt temperature OF
l45 degrees minus. or In the solid
form Its Introduction had been In
tended To show thnt water should he
introduced when resuscitation was com.
mpuced: warmth was gradually intro
duced and with 1t intinitesima quaint
ties OF oxygen and then II little ordi
nary atmosphere
The body resembled n skeleton Gov
cred with lcarher but under u slow
process Of the Introduction OF air and
water n slight filling ont was percepti-
BILE. The latest microbe nntiseptlc was
used. and successfully. 80 slow was
the process that It was n week before
the watchers began To perceive tho
slightest sign at a living organism, and
even then there was no certainty con
corning It,
II would be impossible for the unset
entific mind to follow the various de
vices preventive Of danger applied by
the revivers Results alone can be Civ
en- Within ten days the body Ind ms
sumed some degree OF roundness.
There was stu the paIlor formerly sup,
posed to indicate death, but now known
In some cnses 10 indicate only sus
pension of the action OF the heart. The
first sign OF life was n slight trcmor, ut
which the resuscitat0rs ciasped one an
sthcrs hands In nm ecstnsy Of hope
II was soon after this that the body
was removed from the sarcophagus
and placed in warm bed. The region
about the heart was then alternately
eIutched and released once In several
seconds 10 start the action Of Tint or