The Washington times., 1920-01-02

tbe m0rgue.
She had been there but short time when while search
g for evidences of her identity attendant found that
her heart beating very slowly and weakly She
taken to hospital and after few days, well
ever
Although she had taken heavy dose of morphine with
suicidal intent the drug had remained in her stomach and
because Of her bodily inactivity had had effect.
was very cold and heavy rain had been falling for
some hours before the woman was found
The explanation of the strange by the eminent Dr.
Rauterberg who presided the investigation was that
the girl had brought about either voluntarily invoun
ty the same condition of the body that characterises
animals when they hibernate and remain practically with
out signs of life for months at time.
He explains that the effect of the cold and the rain was
to reduce breathing and blood circulation condition which
resulted in practical suspension of all bodily functions
The fars of India, whose feats of suspended animation
have been equaed outside that country said to be
able voluntarily to put themselves in state closely
bling death and to remain for weeks time, while
they are imprisoned in vaults or buried underground
The process of Information is ndulged in by large
class of animals and insects Practically all insects may be
found in winter if you look for them under other
loose material hiding in the cracks in buildings in
the bark of trees.
Many of these insects prepare for their long winter
sleep by weaving for themselves overcoats, which
petey ncose them except for minute openings which ad
NIT air and light.
The winter garments the spider are frequently eab
orate especially those which made by mother spider
for her unmatched young to winter in Having finished this
work Of preservation the mother herself dies of the cold
OF the wasps it is only the queen wasp that is pro-
against the rgors of winter The of the family
freeze to death.
The bees, by their activity in the hive keep warm
enough to survive ordinary temperatures Ants busy
below ground in the winter they the surface in
the summer
Toads frogs lizards bury themselves in the earth or
seek sheltered underground places during the winter
Difficulties of observation of alternating animals have
nterfered with obtaining specific knowledge of just what
happens when they prepare for winter In many the
process OF breathing is entirely suspended
hedgehog which will normally drown in about three
minutes may be taken from his winter home where he
found rolled up in ball. and kept under water for long
period without any seeming distress He can be rolled
about and matreated without awakening but if brought
near fire will show signs of life and weakly
about returning to his dormant condition he
taken away from the heat.
Bats immersed in poisonous gases suffer no i'll effects
showing that they do not breathe.
The bears winter habits the interesting His
sides always well fatened before the first cold weather
comes when he seeks his winter It is the end of
the winter sleep that the mother bear appears with her
baby cubs born in the darkness of her cold weather
The bear he prepares for his sleep rolls his tongue
back until practically closes the throat making breathing
Of swallowing virtually impossible
The Information would seem to be the
Of food for there certain forms OF life the tropics
which, during the of drought although the tempera
ture is still warm, sleep aestvate, weather
sleeping called until the supply of food is renewed
Scientists consider it not improbable that primal
especially those which lived in the cold climates
accustomed to hibernate sleeping did the other animals
through the winter months
Whether the of the Berlin was reversionI
to the original habits of s of course uncertain The
cold weather the ran and the outdoor exposure
dtions under which her ongago ancestor would have
thought time to sleep and the suspension of
functions even to that Of digestion in her cas gives ground
for believing that she may have followed his example
We have not lost all our habits Occasionally we
find ourselves much animals than angels and are