Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-23
4 Russian Scientists Remarkable
Claim That He Has Discovered a
Substance Which Will Put Human
Beings to Sleep Harmlessly for In
definite Periods, and Will Abolish
Cold Storage and the Feeding of
Meat Animals in Transit.

animal heat and for that reason they eat and
drink only now and then during the period of
"leshka."
In less than five hours all the community got
up from its sleep and began to talk seri-
ously. Finally found that the whole secret OF
their Winter sleep was the eating of peculiar
herbbread that some of their members knew
how to prepare. | tasted pieces of it and found
IL rather pleasing, although coarse 1t had
SWeetly fermented taste and smelled of pine
leaves and honey. He explained to me simply
that he had watched for years most carefully
the herbs that bear eats before he went to
hibernate until he found the secret and made
an experiment with 1t. The result SO sur
prising that the of the herb-bread became
real seasonal habit OF the whole colony
The life this way is easier and more pleas
ant" explained the old man, chewing again
some of the herb-bread. There is no trouble
OF keeping the cows and pigs for the Winter
and cutting the wood for heating the houses
There are plenty of wild animals we could
hunt, but what's the of all the hard work?
We rest during the Winter. and in Summer we
feel fine and we'll
1t was In that wild Siberian Buriat village
that ! got the first secrets OF our compound
Later 1t was also visited by Professor Bahme-
teff The old Buriat named the herbs and how
to prepare the bread, and | began to expert
ment with Professor Bahmetieff. The Buriat
herb-bread was at first rather disagreeable to
our civilized digestion 1t has taken several
years or hard work to perfect the preparation.
The recipe will soon be made public so that
everybody can prepare his sleep-making bread.
The Russian Imperial Society Of Scientific
Research recently asked Professor Bahmetieff
for statement concerning our discovery and
he sent the following report:
Il have the honor to submit to the Director
OF the Russian Imperial Society OF Scientific
Research specimen of my preparation suffi-
cient for one experiment with five animals, to-
gether with the necessary directions. The ami
mails to whom 1t Is administered will show:
0D Cessation Of all activity associated with
alimentation and excretion; (2) lowering of the
body temperature to that OF the surrounding
medium; (3) total or almost cessation of res
piration; a. marked increase In irritabity OF
muscles especially of those Of the left side OF
the heart; (b) a slight exchange of gases kept
UP In the lungs by the cardio-pneumatic move
ment- necessary factor In connection with
feeding OF the preparation is the gradual low
erfng OF the surrounding temperature. The an
imals submitted to experiments must be kept
in a place whose temperature is between 81
and 80 degrees Fahrenheit. 1t Is advisable to
start with rs and get down to 81 degrees at
the beginning of the coma or period of sus-
pended life
my varied experiences with animals of DIFF.
ferent races have proved that the preparation
acts equally we'll upon the organisms of man.
mails, reptiles and birds. l have administered
1t to bears bats, chipmunks and ground squir.
rels, which all belong to the alternating class.
] kept them in cold storage chamber where
the temperature varied from 40 to 60 degrees
Fahrenheit during the hottest part of Summer
and they all went at once to sleep
BY experiments upon man, partly upon pris-
oners, partly upon myself. have come to the
same conclusions Cases of suspension of life
through psychic influences In man are fire.
quenty found in India. where some religious
ascetics are stated, upon unimpeachable author
1ty, to possess the power OF throwing them
selves into state closely resembling my ana
biotic coma for an indefinite period One was
that OF a fakir.' who in my presence was buried
alive at Lahore in 1907. He was exhumed and
restored to life after remaining In the ground
for three weeks, the grave being guarded by
my experts and every precaution taken to pre-
vent any interference with the body"
The Russian Imperial Society of Scientific
Research Immediately made experiments with