[10] Using the resources of his factory, Poe experimented with oxygen cylinders and tubing and found that he could resuscitate rats and rabbits that he had suffocated.

[11][12] He found that he could continue his research by enlisting the help of Arthur Frederick Ostrander, the article states: "Not the least interesting feature of Prof. Poe's device is the fact that a mere 10-year-old lad, Arthur Ostrander, acted as eyes and hands for the almost sightless and semi-paralyzed scientist in the construction of the device", the young son of his friend.

[13][14][15] Arthur Ostrander acted as Poe's eyes and hands, allowing him to further refine his device.

[12] He gained fresh publicity in 1909 when a man called Moses Goodman was revived using his apparatus.

[4][10] He was buried in Confederate Square, a Civil War memorial situated within Magnolia Cemetery, in Norfolk.