DAY BY DAY.

Waikato Times, Volume 112, Issue 18802, 25 November 1932, Page 6

DAY BY DAY.

Although modern processes of emihalminsr nrflr.lnrip. burial

New Test fop Death.

canning preuuiue uunm alive, the dead in Europe are evidently still, disposed of by methods

that were in vogue a century and more ago. At least this inference is to be drawn from a request that came to the Parisian Academy of Medicine from the French Chamber of Deputies last year. The Chamber wanted to know what tests could be applied to determine whether or not a person pronounced dead was really alive. Thereupon Dr. Balthazard presented to the academy a paper In Avhich the standard tests were listed and discussed. Now 'comes Dr. H. Bordier, also of the academy, with a method which is apparently new and infallible. He starts with the assumption that while there is life there is always some circulation of the blood and other bodily liquids, even though there is no noticeable pulse or beating of the heart. Therefore he sends an electric current (1500 milliamperes) through the body. With a very delicate thermometer thrust into the mouth he measures any change in temperature that may result. If there is still the faintest spark of life there is always a rise, allhough it may not manifest itself for twenty or thirty minutes.

Lord Reading, Lord Chief Justice of

British Rule n a Boon to India, j T

Great Britain and former Viceroy of India, addressing a dinner given in his honour in

New York, sain: we in England have had to face unanticipated crises apart altogether from international political complications. In addition to other problems, England was confronted with a serious situation in India. I am anxious that you should understand our position in India, for we care so much for your opinion. I would ask you to keep in mind the immense complexity of the problem, the burdens of responsibility that rest upon British shoulders, the care they have taken to discharge it with fairness and with justice and with proper regard to the rights of those minorities whom it is their solemn obligation to protect. If all these considerations are kept in mind we need never fear the judgment of wise and thoughtful men or of those who seek to ascertain the truth, for never shall we be more certain of the conclusion that Britain has done her duty well and nobly. 1 honestly believe that the rule of the British in India constitutes one of the most glorious records of the history of the British and is a just source of pride . Heaven forfend that I should suggest that no errors have been committed, but in arriving at a judgment comparison must be made of India as she was and had been throughout the centuries before the British came and India as she is under the present system.