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NOTE G. (Page 80.) 



The cat which was resuscitated, after being 

 apparently dead under the influence of the 

 woorara, was given to a friend, and lived, as I 

 have been informed, for some years. 



Not long after this experiment was made, I 

 repeated it on an ass, with the assistance of Pro- 

 fessor Sewell, at the Veterinary College. The 

 animal lay in a state of total insensibility (the 

 lungs being inflated by means of a pair of bel- 

 lows and a tube introduced into the trachea) for 

 more than an hour. He then recovered, and 

 seemed to suffer no inconvenience afterwards. 

 The poison used on this occasion had been given 

 to me by Mr. Waterton, who had himself brought 

 it from America. The ass had been purchased 

 for the purpose of the experiment, by the late 

 Duke of Northumberland (then Earl Percy), 

 and was afterwards given by his Lordship to 

 Mr. Waterton, in whose island he was allowed to 

 range, and where he was alive many years after- 

 wards. 



The method of resuscitation, which is here 

 described, is evidently applicable to all cases of 

 apparent death, in which the action of the heart, 

 so as to maintain the circulation, continues after 

 respiration has ceased. The success of the treat- 

 ment depends, 1st, in cases of poisoning, on the 



