SWISS' PROFESSOR'S EXTRAORDINARY EXPERIMENTS.
Some interesting experiments on the possibility of suspending life for :i definite period have been carried out by Professor Raoul Pictet, Geneva. In one case he took some live gold fish, froze them in the water to ■2O. degrees (centigrade) below zero, and then alter three months’ “death” gradually warmed the block of ice and brought back the fish to life. .In an interview in “La Suisse,” Professor Pictet says that ho carried out his experiments in older to see whether the phenomena of life could be made to disappear and be again restored, and the most convincing results have been obtained with freshwater fish. Frogs can bear freezing up to 28 degrees below zero, snails have been borne from 110 to 120 degrees, and a dog has been seen to go through a whole hour at a temperature of 110 degrees below freezing point without dying.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/STEP19110726.2.71
Bibliographic details
Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 131, 26 July 1911, Page 7
Word Count
151SWISS' PROFESSOR'S EXTRAORDINARY EXPERIMENTS. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 131, 26 July 1911, Page 7
Using This Item
Copyright undetermined – untraced rights owner. For advice on reproduction of material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in