Eureka Reporter | 1904-08-05 | Page 3 | Experiments with a Corpse

experiments WITH A CORPSE gruesome scene enacted at un vers ty of glasgow john evelyn who lived in the time of charles II 11 records in his diary aa instance in winch a girl hanged for felony wag revived and lived to marry and become the mother of a numerous family A strange scene was once en acad at glasgow university to that anatomical theater was brought the body of who had been hanged for an hour but whose neck had not been broken A galvanic bat tery was applied to the body by dr ure of the university with startling results in the first experiment every muscle 01 the body was immediately agitated with convulsive shuddering movements the legs were thrown out with such violence as to overturn one of the assistants next full labored breathing was produced A third ex sent every muscle of the face into fearful action rage horror des pair anguish and ghastly smiles united their hideous expression in the dead man s face the onlookers tor the most part fled in terror from the the ater one swooned the concluding trial caused the corpse to point with his fengers at each of tue remaining spectators in turn then they dared do no more dr ure in deliberating upon the phenomena believes that they might have brought the man to life which he considered undesirable in a murderer and which perhaps would ha e been contrary to law