Standing on the table amid the group, he demonstrated a synthetic drug much used on Erb for producing temporary slowing down of all bodily functions. With it he showed a drug for relieving this condition. Upon calculation it was found that one injection of the drug would hold a man in a sort of suspended animation for a full year. At that time it was deemed advisable to revive the individual and recondition him physically. The body very slowly wasted away during this period as it was used for food — only a minute amount of energy was required to keep the body alive in this condition. The subject retained a hazy consciousness during the entire time with periods of natural sleep.