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pale, the ghost of what it was," wanted repairs. 

 Three years elapsed after arriving in England, 

 before the ague took its final leave of him. 



During that time, several experiments wereExperi- 



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made with the wourah poison. In London, an London of 

 ass was inoculated with it, and died in twelve 

 minutes. The poison was inserted into the leg of 

 another, round which a bandage had been pre- 

 viously tied a little above the place where the 

 wourali was introduced. He walked about as 

 usual, and ate his food as though all were right. 

 After an hour had elapsed, the bandage was 

 untied, and ten minutes after death overtook him. 

 A she-ass received the wourali poison in the 

 shoulder, and died apparently in ten minutes. 

 An incision was then made in its windpipe, and 

 through it the lungs were regularly inflated for 

 two hours with a pair of bellows. Suspended 

 animation returned. The ass held up her head, 

 and looked around; but the inflating being dis- 

 continued, she sunk once more in apparent death. 

 The artificial breathing was immediately recom- 

 menced, and continued without intermission for 

 two hours more. This saved the ass from final 

 dissolution; she rose up, and walked about; she 

 seemed neither in agitation nor in pain. The 

 wound, through which the poison entered, was 

 healed without difficulty. Her constitution, how- 

 ever, was so severely affected, that it was long 

 a doubt if ever she would be well again. She 



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