Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1913-09-12
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By F. A. Mitchell

wentieth exper.inenters in institutions
hat there WAS in intermediate state
between life and death. since life In
many organisms could be suspended
" being frozen in liquid air and after
ward reSuScitated..
1t was found that bacteria. the low
st plant organisms. have enormous
,owers of resisting death. Bacteria
f various diseases were frozen in.
:quid air at temperature of minus
60 degrees +. There are instances of
lie lives OF frogs. rats. snails and fish
icing suspended by this freezing proc
rs. yet on being ''thawed out" after
everal weeks they revived.
These animals were found to be per-
ectly normal when placed in a refrig.
rating jar filed with liquid air at
'ertan temperature. After short
inc the animals appeared lifelcss. A
Month later they We're removed and on
,eing massaged showed signs Of life.
,ften reviving completely.
1t does not appear that these fnvesti.
gators made experiments with. human
beings. Doubtless" human beings OBJ
iected to being thrust into glass
.ank filled with liquid air 800 degrees
below zero. 49,.
Since then there has been no effort to
discover whether human beings could
,,e frozen and brought to life.
In 1885 a party Of tourists started
from the town of Chamonix. in Swift
:er!and, by the old route to climb Mont
Blanc. the railroad to the summit not
hen having been built. One Of the
Guides. Hans Twingle. twenty years
I'D. was to lie married on his return to
Anna Bishof. three years his Junior.
The lovers. in the first freshness Of
youth. babe each other goodby, the girl
u tears. for she had dreamed that she
'ad been separated from Hans till she
vas an old woman near sixty. when
he met him again. he being youth
II twenty. At that age be had no sym
.,athy for an old woman and turned
his back upon her. At the parting she
feared that her dream BODIED some
rouhe either for her lover or herself.
And 40 it did. When the party re-
surlle1 to Cha monk Hans Twingle
vas not with them. He had fallen
ntO crevasse on the glacier hundreds
II feet deep. and no effort was made
recover his body. The glacier moves
It such rate that it would bring
:1ans' body: down to point where the
zee would give it up In exactly forty
'ears, Anna BISHOP. though she mar
led. all her life hoped that she would
Ter youth when be should be returned
from his ley, grave..s: s..z,- 4 ~. So ::
A few years ago Dr. Donenshunner,
IN Investigator Of the Institute For
Original Research. went to Chamonix
md heard the story Of Hans and Anna.
He found the latter an old woman and
N 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
1925. On the 1st Of July last the doc
:or went over to ChamOnix and wait
ID for the appearance Of the body. He
lid not reveal his purpose. since 1t
seemed so quixotfc that he feared de-
'ision. 1t was to determine with the
assistance Of the latest scientific meth
IDS whether Hans was dead or in the
state and. If the latter.
he could be brought to life.
1t was late in September before
Hans body appeared. DR.. Donens-
runner had revealed his intention to
he deceased relatives and secured
heir permission to resuscitate him.
lie had secured bathtub. which he
Tiled with water at So degrees. or one
legree above the freezing point. He
,laced the body in this tub and grad
tally advanced the temperature. mas =
'aging the thorax about the heart and
the operation over the whole
'Ody.
A record Of what further expedfents
he scientist resorted to he turned over
. his institute, where they are on file.
IOuuLicSS llct "OuIu Dc NOO, III oACo
:ional to he given here The point l
Wish t" mention especially is how his
ormer swpetheart's dream came true.
When Hans still Il man OF twenty. had
,een restored Anna. attended by her
IRA ndda lighter. was introduced to the
apartment where he was. Hans sprang
lp. brushed by his former sweetheart.
nearly KNOCKING her over. and. throw
ng his arms around the granddaugh-
er. exclaimed: 49,
"Anna. dear heart. am back with
you in time for our wedding!" j,
"Gott in himmel!'' exclaimed the old
woman my dream has come true:
de spurns me!' j. - q :.
what ia the old bag saying?" que
lied Hans. -, "
"Old hagr' whined Anna. Then. los
ing control Of herself. she seized
broom standing in corner and bella
bored him numerically.
DR.. Donenshunner blames himself
for scene that was too much for
heart that had been frozen forty years
He did all In his power to bring Hans
back to life second time. but his eff
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