Text: Anonymous, “Horrible Experiments,” New York Herald (New York, NY), whole no. 18,311, October 10, 1886, p. 13, col. 4

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HORRIBLE EXPERIMENTS.

A ghastly pantomime, recalling to mind Poe's narrative of the galvanizing of a mummy, was enacted on Monday at the Practical School of Surgery, where the bodies of Frey and Riviere were placed at the disposal of the surgeons to experiment on. A number of experiments were made, among them the following, to reestablish circulation in the severed heads: — The veins were injected with blood taken from a living animal. The skin of the face, previously livid, became charged with color. The lips recovered their natural red and the cheeks filled out. Irregular movements agitated the skin and the faces resumed the appearance of life. Electric currents were passed through the facial nerves and the contractions of the face were noted. There were, however, no results in the slightest degree indicative of any restoration to life or consciousness. The nerves shortly ceased to betray any sensibility, and it was evident that all perception and sensation was at an end.