| Show r I d' d 17 rJ lT f t FIND HEART OF RAMESES Vital Organ of Great Egyptian King Preserved in Vase for Years A recent Issue of the Ren- Ren dus of the Paris academy c au account of the successful Identification of the the heart heart of Rameses II the Sesostris Sesostris tris of the Greeks after having been preserved since 1258 B. B C. C in soda and antiseptics Some months ago says the New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Times the council of the National National National Na Na- Museum of the Louvre acquired possession of the four vases vases vases- in In blue enamel which contain the viscera and heart of Rameses II IL and bear large me medallions medallions' representing the names and attributes of the king The directors of the Egyptian museum museum museum muse muse- um desired absolute confirmation as tc tche the he contents of the vases vases' and the he examination of their contents tc to M. M Lortet who with his colleagues Professors and RIgan made a careful physiological ex ex- Three of the vases contained con bandages of linen tightly compacted com patted and hardened by the carbonate of soda and aromatic resinous sub substances stances of reddish color which hac bac been employed as antiseptics and hat hac probably contained the stomach Intes antes Intestines Intestines tines and liver of the great king ThesE viscera however were only found t tc be be represented by r qu quantity of granular granular lar matter mixed with a large proportion tion of powdered carbonate of soc soda a and so could not be bo identified The fourth vase which was fitted fitte with a lid Hd or cover adorned with the head of a jackal proved to contain the th i heart This organ was found transformed trans formed into a kind of oval plate eight centimeters long and four centimeter wide The substance of the heart was wa hornlike and the saw had to be us used d IE iu obtaining sections of It for examination and finally the razor so as to reduce these sections to the attenuation necessary necessary neres sary for microscopic examination Under the these sections section I gave unmistakable evidence of the muscular muscular mus mus- cular fibers peculiar to the heart especially espe characterized by being arranged In bundles of such fibers crossing other Since this special special- arrangement is not fo found nd In IIi any part of the body except the tongue anc and andas ancas as the mummy of Rameses II Is preserved at Cairo contains the tongue Intact the experts have nc doubt whatever that the vase actually contained the heart of Rameses II flat fiat flattened and transformed Into a hornlike s substance by Its long sojourn In the soda preservatives King Rameses II died 1258 years before before be be- fore the Christian era and hence some years have elapsed since his heart hear was first embalmed |
