DEATH CONQUERED

Waikato Times, Volume 118, Issue 19662, 23 August 1935, Page 7

DEATH CONQUERED

PROFESSOR’S SUCCESS. ■/ * JZL.I h DOG’S HEART-BEAT RESTORED. * / ' r '■ !T JP THE VALUE OF RESEARCHES. _ 7 United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright MOSCOW, Aug. 21. Demonstrating the conquest of death, Professor Bruchonenko, a Soviet scientist, astonished delegates to the International Congress of Physiologists. He drained nearly all the blood from an anaesthetised dog, which ceased breathing. Professor Bruchonenko, after 10 minutes, applied autojector apparatus designed to pump blood into an organism and maintain the normal blood pressure temperature and also feed oxygen Into the blood stream. The dog’s heart-beat and breathing were restored after five minutes. The autojector was disconnected, and the artery sewn up- The dog continued breathing, and a moan testified that life had returned. Professor Bruchonenko asserts that when death is not final —namely, when the tissues are not destroyed—life can be restored, lie lias restored life 35 to 40 minutes after death. It is expected that the researches will be invaluable in accident cases. OPINION IN NEW ZEALAND. MODIFICATION OF THE PRACTICE (By Telegraph.—Press \ssoclatlon.) AUCKLAND, Friday. A leading Auckland medical prac*litioner said yesterday that Professor Bruclionenko’s experiment was really a modification of the practice of blood transfusion. The point was that Its usefulness was limited to cases where the tissues -were normal. It could he used when accidents had occurred or where surgical operations were to be performed, but It would have little bearing on the question of lengthening life where the tissues were diseased. There was no doubt that the experiment would have a practical application, -but probably not outside.main hospitals, as the requirements that would need to be mfet would only be found in a large institution.