Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-23

r. ceeded In preparing a compound whlch
produces a state of suspended animation
in men and animals. 1t really brings about
that state OF coma in which bears and other
alternating animals pass the Winter.
Certain natives of Siberia also have the habit
of alternating although this fact Is not gen
orally known 1t was by studying the food
.aken by these people to produce their Winter
coma that we prepared our compound. 1t Is a
food that greatly increases the glycogen form
ing power of the liver. 1t contains honey and
various herbs ! am not at liberty to make
public all its ingredients at present
The substance has the power OF putting a
man into state of suspended animation for
an indefinite period. as far as we can Judge.
During the coma his vital functions are almost
at a standstl and when he awakes they are
more vigorous than ever.
have no doubt that ancient legends Of pro-
longed sleep such the fairy tale OF the
Sleeping Beauty" had their origin In some
coma-producing substance like this. 1t seems
perfectly possible to put man or animal into
state Of coma for sixty or six hundred years,
judging by our experiments
The discovery may revolutioniEe life In
hundred ways II a man has an income OF
only So 900 year he can put himself TO sleep
for nine months and live at the rate OF $4,000
a year for the remaining three Live storage
vaults will be provided where persons In
state Of suspended animation can be lodged M
small cost for an indefinite period.
Some OF us would like to go to sleep for years
In order to avoid some unpleasant situation,
while others would desire the same condition
in order to wake up In another and more inter
esting age.
If you put small sum Of money in trust
and 60 to sleep for two hundred years, II ought
according to present financial laws, to be an
immense fortune when you wake up. That
was what happened In H. G. Wells's remark
able novel, When the Sleeper Wakes" which
now becomes an actual possibility.
O,,r lob ha pYttf Inf rfata Of
suspended animation and brought back to life
for nereds when they we're needed. What
wonderful effect 1t would have on the world
If we could bring back to life George Washing
ton, Abraham Lincoln, Napoleon, Shakespeare
or Socrates! With this compound II will be
possible to preserve men OF genius in this way
Ordinary sleep means restoration OF our
energies, and suspended animation will produce
the same effect In higher degree.
The manner in which came to make our
discovery was very interesting While observ-
ing the feeding habits Of the bears in Siberia
! was told by Siberian hunter that there was
q colony Of Buriats, or Siberian wild natives
in the northern part of the Province of Tomsk,
who slept like bears through the Winter. He
consented to act my guide and bring me to
the colony. II was the beginning OF the cold
Siberian Winter. After a weeks driving on
sled along the frozen Obi River we finally came
to the strange Buriat colony. consisting OF
some twenty log huts in a valley. The sight we
saw was strange one. Although the houses
showed signs of being inhabited there was
sign OF any life about them. Only tracks Of
wild animals were seen on the snowy streets
of the village. No noise, no movement of any
kind anywhere. We entered first one then
another house, They were all empty Finally
we arrived at the largest OF the huts and found
its door covered with hay.
The whole interior was q heap Of huddlcd
together human bodies lying mostly on the
wide, square stove and on the benches and
tables A heavy air filed the wide room and
the temperature was not very low although it
was cold outside. II was evident that the stove
had been heated not very long ago. AS the
air was bad l opened the door and small win
dows and at once the room became cold. With
this one by one the dormant human bodies
began to move and finally one OF them rose
and gazed at US amazed II seemed to me from
the first impression as II the whole gathering
was intoxicated or poisoned by some gases
MY guide, who spoke the Burtat language asked
them what was the matter with their sleep,
and one who was apparently the chief replied:
1--WE are Just taking our Winter nap. II is
our usual lesilSa.'"
Our further Conversation revealed the fact
that the population of the whole community
had come here together. ~ their food supply
was getting scarce And simply gone into a
lethargic sleep as they had done for years.
The "starosta" told us that they plunged them.
selves into a condition known as "leshka,"
which means that everybody goes to bed and
stays there during the FIVE months OF the Win.
ter. One or other of them gets up now and
then TO replenish the heat in the stove II the
room gets too cold take drink OF cold water
or eat piece of herb-bread Then he goes
back to his 'leshka." Their leading care during
the long Winter is TO keep down the body meta
bolism, to waste as little as possible OF their