ARTIFICIAL HEART.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9112, 11 June 1908, Page 3

ARTIFICIAL HEART.

SCIENTIST CLAIMS TO BRING DEAD BACK TO LIFE.

What is popularly termed a "brass Siaart" ha 3 been invented by a Virginia scientist, Professor George Foe/by which he injects oxygen into the lungs of a patient at point •of death, and claims to re-establish vitality. The machinne is built ns neaily as possible on the lines of the human heart It i 3 about 18in in height, with two cylinders, corresponding to the ventricles and auricles of the heart, and inlet and outlet valves. Double tubes enter the larynx and nostril 3of the patient. While one set of tubes draws off poisonous -fluids an 3 gases from the lungs, the other set forces in the life-giving •oxygen. The following are a few of the remarkable experiments carried out by the professor:—A pet rabbit was given morphine, enough to kill a man immediately. Afterwards four ounces were administered. When all ordinary restoration failed, physicians declared the animal dead. The ittjhehine was then applied, and withiV three minutes the effects of the (niison and anaesthetic had been drawn off, and the rabbit jumped saw ay. A large dog wa3 next "killed and •brought to life again" within five minutes. Subsequently the machine was applied to a hilariously drunken man, who became sober and normal in a few minutes. American scientists seem convinced that it means the saving of thousands of' lives which otherwise would be lost through drowning, asphyxiation in mines, and coma. By letting the contrivance force upon him the inhalation and exhalation of oxygen, Professor Poe was enableJ to stop •breathing for ten minutes. Exaggerated stories of Professor Foe's fame are being circulated in Virginia. He is called the raiser of the dead, and has been obliged publicly to insist that the machine retains, and doe 3 not create life. Hj is inundated with letters beseechiihx him to revive people who had been dead for weeks, months, and even years. The invention, which has been pUanted throughout the world, is to hj tested in the leadingjhospitals of tjfj country.