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OBITUARY. 
We have to record the death of Mr. Thomas James 
Richardson, 16th Lancers; his diploma dated Dec. 21st, 
1859. Also Mr. John Dixon, of Cadogjan Place, Chelsea; 
his diploma dated May 19th, 1852. Also, recently, Mr. 
William Rowe, of Jedburgh; his diploma dated April 26th, 
1865. Also Mr. Thomas B. Sharman, of Old Leake, Lincoln ; 
his diploma dated May 29th, 1844. 
MISCELLANEA. 
EGYPTIAN MUMMIES. 
It is said that' in the tombs of the Necropolis of ancient Egypt 
two kinds of mummies have been found. One is incomplete—that 
is to say, all organs necessary to life have been separated from 
them; the other, on the contrary, is quite complete. Having observed 
this, a Swedish chemist. Dr. Grusselbach, who has the reputation of 
being both great and learned. Professor at the University of Upssal, 
has come to the conclusion that the Egyptian mummies are not all, 
as has been said and believed for some thousands of years, bodies 
embalmed by any process of preservation whatever, but that they 
are really the bodies of individuals whose life has been momentarily 
suspended, with the intention of restoring them at some future 
time, only the secret of preservation has been lost. Meanwhile, 
Professor Grusselbach adduces many proofs in support of his idea; 
among others, his experiments during the last ten years, which, he 
says, have always proved successful. He took a snake, and treated 
it in such a manner as to benumb it as though it had been carved 
in marble, and it was so brittle that had he allowed it to fall it 
would have broken into fragments. In this state he kept it for one 
or several years, and then restored it to life by sprinkling it with a 
stimulating fluid, the composition of which is his secret. For 
fifteen years the snake has been undergoing an existence composed 
of successive deaths and resurrections, apparently without sus¬ 
taining any harm. The professor is reported to have sent a petition 
to his Government, requesting that a criminal who has been con¬ 
demned to death may be given to him, to treat in the same manner 
as the snake, promising to restore him to life in tw'o years. It is 
understood that the man who undergoes this experiment is to be 
pardoned. Whether the Swedish Government has accepted or 
rejected the learned chemist’s proposal is not known. 
Eesatum. 
In our record of the death of Dr. Dalzell, it was stated that he was not a 
member of the profession; we now learn from Professor Williams that Dr. 
Dalzell was entitled to he called a Veterinary Surgeon, having obtained his 
diploma from the Court of Examiners of the Royal College of Veterinary 
Surgeons on April 15th, 1867. 
