Martinsburg Gazette And Public Advertiser

Physiology--The London Hunterian Society is at present engaged in the performance of a series of experiments on the subject of the human blood, its properties, component parts, operation in the entire system, and its co-existence with the vital principle,--The experiments are intended to destroy the truth of certain doctrines with regard to the human blood, promulgated by Doctor Barry. At the last meeting of the society, on the 27th ultimo, the result of a very curious experiment was detailed. The stomach of a subject just expired was opened, and the pulsations of the heart were distinctly perceived for about to minutes after. This fact alone demonstrates that the cessation of vitality was not in consequence of the termination of the circulation in the blood. Several similar curious experiments were detailed, and it is intended, when the result of all shall be ascertained, to submit it in an authentic form to the public.