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After giving nine years to the research, during which time he electrocuted 900 guinea pigs, twelve rabbits, ten cats, ten dogs, ten pigs. 500 sheep and ten calves, Livingston Polk Ferris. Bell Telephone Laboratories Engineer, last week in Electrical Engineering, was able to state precisely why a person may drop...
The killing current may be as small as two-tenths of an ampere if it is the 60-cycle alternating current common in most U. S. communities. One ampere is the minimum killing amperage of direct current which Mr. Ferris investigated. In all cases the voltage was relatively unimportant.
Those small currents kill by causing ventricular fibrillation. Normally the fibres of the muscle of the heart contract and relax in perfect rhythm, like a complex machine whose parts are all working in unison. In fibrillation the muscle fibres start to flutter independently of each other, thus stopping the heart...
Mr. Ferris caused typical fibrillation in the seven species of animals with which he experimented by running various kinds and amounts of electricity between fore and hind legs. Thus he caused the currents to traverse the animals' hearts. He had no need to experiment with human beings after he...
The Golden Arrow (Warner) is a minor comedy based upon the theory that a pressagent for a cosmetic company could make headlines by: 1) establishing a cafeteria cashier as a cold cream heiress; 2) grooming her to marry a European title; 3) publicizing her $30-a-week newshawk husband as...