The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-09-19
A STORY OF
1925
o. F. A. michel

The nineteenth century. 20 prolific In
Inventions and discoveries, laid the
foundation for some remarkable steps
In knowledge Of the functions Of the
body. During the drst decade Of the
twentieth experimenters in institutions
for original research became aware
that there was an intermediate state
between life and death, since life in
many organisms could be suspended
by being frozen In liquid air and after
ward resuscitated.
1t was found that bacteria. the low
est plant organisms. have enormous
powers Of resisting death. Bacteria
Of various diseases were frozen In
liquid air at a temperature Of minus
$50 degrees F. There are instances Of
the lives Of frogs. rats. snails and fish
being suspended by this freezing proc
ess. yet on being "thawed out" after
several weeks they revived.
These animals were found to be per
fectly normal when placed In q refrig.
Grating jar filed with liquid air at a
certain temperature. After a short
time the animals appeared lifeless. A
month later they were removed and on
being massaged showed signs Of life.
often reviving completely. n
1t does not appear that these investi.
gators made experiments with human
beings. Doubtless human beings OBJ
jected to being thrust into a glass
tank filled with liquid air $50 degrees
below zero.
Since then there has been no effort to
discover whether human beings could
be frozen and brought to life.
In 1885 a party of tourists started
from the town Of Chamonix, In Swift.
zerland, by the old route to climb Mont
Blanc, the railroad to the summit not
then having been built. One Of the
guides, Hans Twingle. twenty years
old, was to be married on his return to
Anna Bishof, three years bis junior
The lovers, in the FIRST freshness Of
youth, babe each other goodby, the girl
In tears, for she had dreamed that she
had been separated from Hans till she
was an old woman near sixty, when
she met him again, be being a youth
Of twenty. At that age he had no sym
| pathy for an old woman and turned
his back upon her. At the parting she
feared that her dream BODIED some
trouble either for her lover or herself.
And 30 It did. When the party re-
turned to Cha MONK Hans Twingle
was not with them. He had fallen
into . crevass on the glacier hundreds
Of teet deep. and no effort was made
70 recover his body. The glacier moves
ut such q rate that 1t would bring
Hans body down to a point where the
10 would give it up in exactly forty
years. Anna BISHOP. though she mar
ried. al. her life hoped that she would
i've to look once on the lover of
her youth when be should be returned
from bis icy grave.
a. few years ago Dr.. Donenshunner,
an Investigator Of the institute For
| Original Research. went to Chamonix
and heard the story Of Hans and Anna.
He found the latter an old woman and
on questioning her as to the date that
Hans had disappeared learned that the
body was due to come forth from the
glacier during the summer of the year.
to0k. On the LIST of July last the doc
tor went over to Chamonix and wait.
ed Tor the appearance OF the body He
did not reveal his purpose. since II
seemed so quixotic that he feared de
rision. 1t was to determine with the
assistance Of the latest scientific meth
ods whether Hans was dead or in the
suspensory state and. II the latter.
whether be could be brought to life
II was late In September before
Hans body appeared. DR. Donens-
hummer had revealed his intention to
the deceased relatives and secured
their permission to resuscitate him.
He had secured q bathtub. which. be
filed with water at 80 degrees. or one
degree above the freezing point he
placed the body In this tub and grad,
ually advanced the temperature. a
saying the thorax about the heart and
extending the operation over the whole
body.
Aiecord Of what further expedients
the scientist resorted to he turned over
to BIZ institute. where they are on Ole.
Doubtless they would be too profes,
sionaI to be given here. The point ]
wish TO mention especially II how hia
former sweetheart's dream came true.
WhNHans. still q man Of twenty, had
be6ESeAtored Anna. attended By her
granddaughter. was introduced to the
apartment where he was. Hans sprang
up. hEushed BY his former sweetheart
nearly knocking her over. and. throw
ing ~ arms around the granddaugb-
tel. exclaimed: a
Anna. dear heart. l am back with
you - time for u weddingy'
''Gett In himmelr. exclaimed the old
wonlap my dream has come true:
He bpnrps met
whist u the old bar sayinx7" one
ried sHans, s.4s ss Il
"Q50shaR.' whined Anna. Then. Loo
ing control Of herseif. she seized D