Show CORPSES PRESERVED A discovery by professor Prof CMor str alzi at idonie home mome letter to london through the courtesy or piones tor sor medical inspector of santo spirito rito I had a the opportunity of be I ing in present resent at a ft final examination examina tiou of the body y of a young man upon which dr F pietro Ton Toni inesti neati of verona had experimented by the use ot at a liquid preparation ho he had discovered for the preservation of dead bodies reservation whether ge er of men or animals and the visible result wag was most surprising the subject died on the of laul month that taatia is nearly six ire we ks kiego ago of disease of the lungs and the liquid was injected thirty six hours alter after death on the ath mat i e tap twentysix twenty six days later the ordinary woodin wooden coffin waa was opened in the P presence cresence ot of professor seal A representing bentin on tho the occasion occa the minister Mi nistor of public public instruction dr Poste maki demonstrator of clinical surgery in the roman University etyle i dr bretti army surgeon our eon and an others t to and the body was ac bound und in in a perfect state of preservation and flexibility and presen presenting ting the appearance of one that bad had only been dead a few hours the cranium thorax and abdomen were then opened and the brain lungs heart and viscera a all of which bih wera were found to bs in a perfectly well preserved and healthy state when removed the operations completed and the fraces verbal signed the body bra brains go and it intestines were set apart for a continued test of time which expired on wednesday on entering the operating roam I wes was unable to detect any offensive odor the arms and legs and other parts I fell felt were soft and supple and except the absence or of rigid rigidity ityl presented the normal condition ol 01 recent death previous to the body being confined for interment one leg and cue vae arm were lacen off for further preservation enervation eer and examination incisions wera were made and ani pieces piece were removed for micro copia examination and everywhere tho tile muscle sand tendons tendon a presented ted their normal colors and were perfectly fresh and sweet the tte brain lung and liver which were on a table apart had st first sight a very un promising appearance they were completely covered with a coating of green mould and might have been mistaken mi for lumps of old bronz bronze but on being cut across they were found to be in a perfect state of preserve pre serva tion the condition of tho the brain WM was cost roost remarkable bable ii it had under gone no alteration Wha tATer the white ani ann gray substances and all the convolution convolutions were as distinct as if it bad had teen removed from the cranium in addition to the named by the minister of public in st ruction with reference ferenee rv to the ap al of discovery in the anatomical schools of th kingdom and in other waya ways con necked with the medical and chirue giacal sciences the minister Mu ister of the army and navy aliaze have appoint d others to con confider conci iler aliat tise can be made of it in connection with their oi expert ments mat have bave been brea mude on iti th t odies of animals with equal guam lend tend to ive thai that the discovery ni may sy le e of great at utility for el elameto ameti tar purpose and col eBe eci cutly Ally in the preservation in a perfectly biresh state of carcasses of meat ineat for exeor tation to loni long A As regards the liquid D dr elti etti declines for the present to of what tauer itil it i is co posed ol 01 he flo states however that it is pr perk factly innocuous and ad its ID imperceptible percept ibl 1141 in proof of ite its barales sar dronk I a um m told vold on ant it anen ih im jima hut month before P proceeding roce eding to inject the body |