§ COLONEL LOCKWOOD (Essex, Epping)To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has yet received any report from Professor Schafer with regard to the experiments performed by him in connection with the drowning of 749 dogs; and, if so, will he state the result as it affects the advancement by new discovery of physiological knowledge, or of knowledge which will be useful for saving or prolonging of life or alleviating suffering.
(Answered by Mr. Secretary Akers-Douglas.) The only report which I have as yet received is a copy of a paper by Professor Schäfer, entitled" Description of a simple and efficient method of performing artificial respiration in the human subject, especially in cases of drowning." This is the outcome of the investigation made by Professor Schäfer on behalf of the Committee on Suspended Animation appointed by the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society, and I would refer the hon. Member to that paper for information in the matter.