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Show 8TAYIHQ THE HAND Or OEATH. Thtr Is hia ta U m CsrUU -tn4 llapl,! SI.SHt f nialt.IUIIos. Colonsl Ifenry FJlle, of tbo lioyal cnlaeera, claims to havo discovered certain au l rapid means of resnfcllatlng ' persons from tho effects of snrjocatlon. A sapper among tho men under bis corn-man, corn-man, l at Chatham was ono day fonnl enveloped In tho folds of a' half empty ' war balloon. Tho coal gas with which It hail been Inflated had suffocated him, and to all apiaranca ho waa a dea l man. Hut elforta avert mado to restoro him, though the pulsnleea hftirt Andes daverous faco of tbo man gavo no en-I en-I couragrment to persorere. In a moment mo-ment if (otnelhlnz like In.plration It I occurred to Uolnuel I3f lale to send for I aomo tnbracf compressed oigen, which had been prepared for thooiTbidrocn . light. Tills pure eiygtn, at A very Ugh pre tnro. wan hurriedly conveyed Into tho mouth of the prostrate ssmwr bv means I of inserting th- noulo of tho valve bv I tween hla trUb, an 1 tbo su ly was "Kenlly turned on" to tho ainallct intent, in-tent, TbotlTcctttas alssolutely Instan I taneons. In an Instant ho crs ned his eyes and selied tbo norxlo between Ids Utu. In short, tho sat per was not only thoronghly revived within a few inln ctes, but In half an hour t alkrd away, qulto well, to tho barratks, and refused to go to tho military laoti4tas1, aa was suggested by his commsndlng omccr Of conrao tho olijectlou will, bo raised that overybcly has not tubes of puro oiygeu at high prvssuro In rcadlneim to ajply to such cases. Happily oxygen In quantities as largo as thoao admlnlstorcl la not needed, and It can bo stored "In small, strong bottles mado cf tho finest steel, with a valro giving an absoloto heniHtloseal." Thcso vessels may bo as smsll as a rod a v, ater bottle, nnd may bo inado part of tho medical stock of ciery doctor Oxygen at any degrco of compression required can. in fact, now In) obtained, and tbo wholo apparatus for mtoriug vitality can bo packed In a small box qulto portablo. What (icwlbilltles may not such a dis rovory as that to which wo have drawn attention involvel It is eqnslly avalla bio, wo aro assured, for those persona who liavt been aathyxlatnl by choko damp In coal mlnet, or by ordinary coal gas. l'coplo apparently drowned, nnl thovo Inseuslblo from long esposuro In tho rigging of a ship, might alio In raved from au untlmslyenl by what Colonel 1-lsdalo calls "a doso cf oiygeu." It arould probably bo Invaluable, too. In caeca of suffocation from tho fumes of charcoal, or In cases where chloroform had ojierated Injuriously on a weak heart. Such a dlscoury should at unco occupy tho attention of tho ItO)alCol lego of Fbyslclans, with a view of asoer talnlng whether Colonel Hlsdalo hal overrated tho bineflctcnt iffecta to bo anticipated an-ticipated from ho almlnlstratlon cf puro oxygeru London Chronlclo. |
