THE MODERN "RESURRECTIONISTS."

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXV, Issue 3753, 29 July 1869, Page 5

THE MODERN "RESURRECTIONISTS."

After the execution in Pfaihdelpbia (U.S.) of a criminal, arrangements were made by the friends of the condemned to have an effort made to resuscitate the body^ .Accordingly, a committee appointed for the purpose were in waiting at the pnaon at the time of the execution, and the body, wrapped in blankets, was brought to the University. The drop was four feet ; the cord around the neck was a small oue. He hung by the neck thirty minutes, _ md there were signs of life only four minutes after the drop. Ten minutes after being cut down ho was placed upon the table in the amuhitheatie, the time elapsing from the execution beiu^ forty-four minutes. Six ounces of whiskey were injected into the bowel?, and one gallon of pure oxygen g*s was forced into the lungs, and a powerful galvanic battery applied to the medulla oblongata and the pit of the stomach. At the same time the tongu* was withdrawn from the mouth and the body turned fiom sid« t» side, after the method of Marshall Hull, for artificial resp.ration. In four or fire minutes a marked change occurred in the countenance ; the cheat gi- iually expanded, the eyes opened, one arm was drawn up, and, by means of a stethoscope, contractions and dilatations t.f the heait were distinctly heard. So evident weie tho signs of life thifc his friends exulied over the fact that he really live'!. Another gallon of oxygen was introduced into the lungs, and the battery was charged so that the current p<ie*ed the entire length ot the spine, and the artificial respiration continued. $\n a few m .merits the si^ns of life incicised, but in a shoit time di-acpea cd. Nitrous oxide gas wa3 injected into the lungs by au artificial opening into the trachea, made l.y Professor Duffe, but all to no purpose, ai,d at the expiration: of one hour and twenty-hve minutes the experiments ceased and the body was hinded over to the fiiendo. The Ntiv Orleans Times reports an extraordinary medic.il case — n bringing back from dratb, or all but death, to life by slraDge mean, and with equally htrange results. A young German fell from a platform and wan well-nigh dashed to pieces. His skull was much injured, his eyes were fi»e timtw their natural size, all his senses were suspended, hia body could be pricked with a penknife without the least evidence of feeliog. When taken to tho hospital it was supposed that he would die in two or three hours; but, "by a novel mide of treatment — the neuropathy of Dr. John Chapman, of London, whkh consists m the application of heat andculd alternately to tho whole length of the spine by m-a r ia of a special appaiatus for the puipose, aided by the employment of induced and interrupted electrical currents called Faradization— the young man coincnpnced a gradual improvement;. At the expiration of a month tho black and blue which disfigured the upper p.ut of his body had nearly all disappeared. In six weeks his eyes, without any improvement of vision, w-ire reduced to their natural S'Z6, his head had contracted to very near its normal measure, and all the senses returned to their healthy status." But though reinvested with full consciousness and the power of using his tongue, it was impossible to communicate to him any idea, name, or object. Tr.e recollection of every word and idea had been licerally knocked out of hia head. He could remember uo word of hia mother tongue, and ib took him three weeks to learu his own name. fie is, however, improving, and nature promises to complete the work which Dr. Chapman's extraordinary modo of tieatmonl began.

A Disconsolate Widow. —Between Celeba Swamp and Lime Creek in the ".Nation," we saw a considerable crowd gathered near a drinking hou3e, mo<t of then seated and smoking. We stopped to see what was the matter. It was Sunday, and there had bein a quarter race for a gallon of whiskey. The first thing I noticed on alighting was the singular position of one of the hordes of the party. He was kneeling down and standing on his hinder feet, ha head wedged in between the ends of two log* of tho grocery, and was stone dead, having evidently run di'ectly sgaitstf the luilding at full speed, causing tha horne to partially fall. A bout five paoes f roM the body of the horse lay the l icier, quite senseless with a gash in his throat which might have let out a thousand Hvea. As I said, most of the crowd were seated and smoking. "What is all this?" I inquiied, "What is the matter here ?" " Matter !" *ft«r » while aniwered one in a drawling voice, giving ft good spit, and refilling his mouth with a new dud. " Matter enough ; theie has been a quarter race." " But how came this man and horse killed?" I asked. "Well, ''answered the chewius* and spitting gentleman, '• the man was considerably in liquor, \. reckon, and he run his hos<? chuck aftia the house, and that's the whole of it " "Has a doctor been seDt for?" inquired one of our rarty. "I reckon there ain't much use of doctors here," replied another of the crowd. " Burnt brandy couldn't save either of 'era. roan or boss.' "Has the man a wife or children ?" inquired I. ''No children that I knows on, ' answered a female who was sitting on th" ground a short distance from the dead mau, smoking composedly, "He has a wife, then," I remarked. " What will be her feelings when she learns tha fatal termination of this moat unfortunate race ?" "Yes,' sighed the female, "ik was au unfortunate race. Poor man ; he lost the whiskey." "Do you happen to know his w ife ? Has she been informed of the untimely death of her husband?" weie my next inquiries. "Do I know her ? Has she been informed df his death ?" said the woman. " Well.l reckon you ain't acquainted about these parts. lam the unfortunate bidder." " You, madam ! You the wife of this nr\n who has been so untimely out off?" I . xclaitn-d in astonishment. "Yea.and what aVout it ?" said she. ' Untimely cut off? His throat'ejeut, that's all, by that tarual sharp end of a log ; and as for ita b-ing untimely, I don't know but it's as well now as .my time — be wasn't of much account nohow.' She resumed her smokiag, and we resumed out i jurney, . o , Whioh is the irfoafc profitable bußintss? Shoemaking ; because every pair of shoes is soled before ie i» finished. . , Landlord : " John, I amg»'.ng to »i c your rent.; " Hoij'v, sir, you are very faiad, for 1 cannot ivise* myi«lf.'i