REVIVING THE DEAD

Hokitika Guardian, 9 March 1929, Page 5

REVIVING THE DEAD

RUSSIAN SCIENTIST’S CLAIM

(United Press Association-—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright).

MOSCOW, March R

Professor Theodore Andriev, of Moscow, has made an astonishing declaration, on the principle of revival of the dead. He said that he already* had demonstrated .that it only required that siirgediis should work out the technique to achieve practical results. Provided that the heart, lungs and other essential organs were structurally intact, he said, it should lie possible to revive the dead. Professor Andriev stated that several years ago, a- corpse was placed on the operating table, and Professor Andriev injected Ringer Lokke Solution and Andrcnalin, in the presence of a grouy of assistants. The dead man’s heart began to heave violently, and gurgling sounds came from the throat, causing the 'frightened assistants to decamp. The heart beat for twenty minutes. The. experiment was repeated, but owing to public prejudice against the use of human bodies, dead dogs were used, from whom blood was extracted, or they were killed by injections of poison. One dog that was poisoned was revived:: and was again poisoned, and several’''-months later it was again , revived, and continued to live normally. V

Professor. Kuliabko, .another pioneer in this work, has revived dead fishes.

The science of electro-cardiagraphy recently proved that Dk* lingers after the clinical death or the cessation of breathing. "A remarkable series of electro-cardingraphic charts show that the heart is alive sometimes for sixty minutes after death has been pronounced. This interval would provide the doctors with an opportunity to effect a revival.