Show NEITHER LIFE NOR DEATH marvelous results of experiments in suspended animation made upon I 1 worms and microbes Mic robes one of the most extraordinary manifestations fe stations of life Is a condition quite common among the lower animals and known as or suspended animation the creature is to all appearance pe arance dead the most refined means of observation cannot detect a sign of life the blood has ceased to flow the nerves no longer respond to an any v stimulation there Is neither respiration elimination nor sensation tills this state stale may last a long time but given the proper conditions the creatures will come to life again tile the lower we go in the scale of life the more pronounced in this state of neither life nor death v some remarkable experiments recently conducted by E shultz and A bingol of petrograd Petro grad are described by the berlin correspondent of the scientific american the experimenters dried roundworms round worms till they were as thin as paper strips then cut them into thin slices when placed in water the tissues swelled to their normal proportions and the pieces of worm resumed their life just as do those of any worm that Is cut up they took some threadworms thread worms roti fers and microbes mic robes dried them thoroughly kept them thus tor for eight months then locked them in an airtight box bos through which a current of pure hydrogen flowed tor for two wee weeks ks thus they were not only dried but effectually fe dually deprived of oxygen yet on being moistened they came to life again quickly strangest jot of all those that had bad been locked in the hydrogen chamber revived in 15 minutes while those that had merely been dried needed d 40 minutes |