A REMARKABLE EXPERIMENT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1317, 2 March 1883, Page 3

A REMARKABLE EXPERIMENT.

An American paper contains.,the ( ~.,,,.,,,,f0110wing:—"Dr Lancaster,; What on' ( earth areyoti doingf said .a: Whig l ut ; - to the ptysicutrii Gity 1 •'' -; Alms House, yesterday," as tnat gentle- j . manwas administering a big dose of i eWoroform to an old b'afn'yhr,d rooster I ( 'i;..;j n the ;Hopital ■£ ! ',',' : 'sir); Jthis. is. the rooster",season, l ''.■}' i*- aw ; going;to show: .that both \ V.':;.r and rooste can live tyitbV.l 1 • v. ''out !; brains '.in; this !! free 'country,' 1 J ; .'.'iwithnU, fine instruments and took j the bird's head just above the.ears, and 1 •Vi'.' cautiously gathered lip the 'muscles, J .and veins, and applied chemi- ' ... . ; - r cals to prevent the flow; of bjood. Into j ';(!'(. ,/the neck of the biped he placed a glass 1 !',.•• ..tube—a channel through. which to < •■* introduce food into the crawr-;and then, i ■"• '' ; h putthe bird into a' box : Covered with j ..••, , cloth,.with a hole in the centre for the ] .'.,.> headless neck to go through..: "In : a * : .;.:':.! few/ hours," the .doctor' : said,! ".this ] :-■ •"•'chieken will walk': round with steady j ]'\"'\ step, a.brainless "agent,' without sight £ ..' s ';:i|iougbt 'Or feeling." And sure ( v ,;•••' enough, the doctor was right; At 5 J : '"V"' l j) l ni l the'chahticleer was walking about j ; :/■ ■:' Ihe floor of the dispensary with no care j -.. it/ t -: where or when he would get the next' ( ■ :■<■ meal. ' ';'■ : k