HEART OF CORPSE BEATS

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 608, 9 March 1929, Page 9

HEART OF CORPSE BEATS

SCIENCE DEFEATS DEATH AMAZING CLAIM MADE (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) LONDON, Friday. A British United Press Association message from Moscow says Professor Theodore Andreiev, of Moscow, has made the astonishing declaration that the principle of the revival of the dead has already been demonstrated, and only requires surgeons to work out its technique to achieve practical results.

Provided the heart and lungs and other essential organs are structurally intact, it should be possible to revive the dead. Several years ago a corpse was placed on the operating table and Professor Andreiev injected the Ringer-Lokke solution and adrenalin, in the presence of a group of assistants.

The dead man’s heart began to beat violently. Gurgling sounds from his throat caused the frightened assistants to decamp. The heart beat for 20 minutes. The experiment was repeated, but owing to the public prejudice against the use of human bodies dead dogs were used, from whose bodies the blood was extracted, or they were killed by injections of poison. One dog that was poisoned revived. It. was again poisoned several months later, and revived. It continued to live normally. DEAD FISHES REVIVED Professor Kuliabko, another pioneer in the work, has revived dead fishes. The science of electro-cardiography has recently proved that life lingers after clinical death or the cessation of breathing. A remarkable series of electro-car-diograpbic charts show that the heart is alive sometimes for 60 minutes after death has been pronounced. This interval will provide doctors with an opportunity to effect the revival of the patient.