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...Angeles last week one Dr. Ralph Wiliard froze a guinea pig solid, then revived it. The guinea pig immediately nibbled a piece of spinach, apparently none the worse for refrigeration. Dr. Wiliard, 32, a swarthy, Russian-born chemist, next proposed to freeze & revive a dog, then a monkey, then an ape, then perhaps a human. His ultimate purpose: "To use freezing to kill bacteria of certain diseases while retaining suspended life in the tissues...
Before freezing the guinea pig last week, Dr. Wiliard injected sodium citrate into its veins to prevent its blood from clotting after the heart ceased beating. Next he put the creature, a soft, brown handful, into an asphyxiating chamber which he pumped full of ether and oxygen. When the guinea pig was unconscious Dr. Willard replaced the etheroxygen with carbon dioxide, and with that atmosphere slowly cooled the guinea pig until it was ice-hard. In that dead state the hard, brown handful remained several hours...
...revive the guinea pig, Dr. Wiliard gradually warmed it until its body temperature was normal (105° F). An injection of adrenaline and ephedrine started the creature's heart pumping, a transfusion of fresh guinea pig blood gave it vigor until it could regenerate its own blood...
...Reverend Wiliard Learoyd Sperry Plummer Professor of Christian Morals, Professor of Homiletics and Dean of the Theological School, and Chairman of the Board of Preachers to the University, will conduct the services in Appleton Chapel this morning at 8.45 o'clock...
Earned runs-Harvard, 5. Two base hits-Wiliard. Three base hits-Barber. First base on balls-Trinity, 4. First base on errors-Harvard, 8; Trinity, 8. Struck out-Trinity, 11: Harvard, 6. Passed balls-Harvard, 1; Trinity, 3. wild pitches-Harvard, 2; Trinity, 1. Double plays-Howland and Willard. Flies caught-Harvard, 2; Trinity, 6. Fouls caught-Harvard, 2; Trinity, 2. Out on bases-Harvard, 2; Trinity, 3. Left on bases-Harvard, 7; Trinity, 4. Time -2 hours. Umpire-Mr. Knight of Boston...