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"I did not know that such things were possible," said Mr. Middleton, / when Prince Achmed had concluded the tale of the episode of the two / Orientalists and the faithless woman. "Do I understand that the person / in this condition is asleep?"
"It is not consistent with strict scientific accuracy to say the / person is asleep," said the emir; "for the vital processes are / entirely in abeyance and the subject is devoid of any evidence of / life. The pulse is still, for the heart no longer beats and all the / blood having retreated to that inmost citadel of the body, the skin / has the pallor of death. Only in a little spot upon the crown is there / any sign of life. Here is a place warm to the touch and the first and / most important operation in restoring the suspended animation, is to / send this vital warmth forth from where it still feebly simmers, / coursing once more through the body's shrunken channels. This is / accomplished by shaving the crown and applying thereto a succession of / piping hot pancakes. The tongue has been curved back over the entrance / to the throat. You reach into the mouth and with a finger pull the / tongue back into place. Plugs of wax in the nostrils and ears are / removed, and in a very short time the subject is as well as ever."