Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-10-24

Let Every Fat Man Read THIS.
| PRINCE BIsMARcKs CURE BY MEDICAL
NovELTY-DR. ERNST sCHwENINGER's EXTRA
ORDINARY HIsToRY-HIs METHOD OF TREAT
MENT.
Correspondence Of the n Y. Sun.
LONDON, October 5.-There II Q fashion In Ill
ness and disease as there 10 in dress furniture
travelling food, in nature even; and we car
neither accept things as they are, or be long
satisfied with them IS we make them
We have suffered from nervous exhaustion
and nervous excitement, and have endured
hyperdermic injections OF morphine; we have
unanimously exchanged indigestion for rheu-
matism, and swathed ourselves In wool; we
have dreaded anemia, and lived on malt and
raw red meat; we have run through the gamu'
of all ailments, and concluding that every
thing Is admissible save perfect health, we
now discover that we are running to fat. Un
adapted, as it appears. to elegant converse,
obesity Is yet the favOrite topic. I'm bon point
las the French scholar who writes English
| bugbear of the day. Human weight Is freely
discussed, and the weekly loss or gain is noted
| what diet is conducive to an abatement OF
portliness. The specialists are pitted against
| by heart. Banting, of course. is obsolete. That
system, coeval with remote and ignorant anti.
guilty. is cast aside: In the midst Of conflicting
minor opinions, all, however, agree that in this
matter DIR. Ernst Schweninger, of Berlin, Ii
Jaedle prineeps, and an undoubted oracle.
about 80 or "a, Bavarian by birth, and looks
like a Jewish nihilist. His beard Is thick and
biue-black, his face set and swarthy. His
glasses he habitually wears. He is uniformly
dressed In black; his coat Is buttoned up to the
a1e nS amen oeng visible and ne Is an Of
Prince Bismarck. He was at the University of
Bonn with the chancellor's second son, Count
William Bismarck, and the two young men
kept up sort OF desultory acquaintance. Some
time back the count, who had entered the
army, met the young doctor: consulted him him
about his rapidly increasing bulk, apd In less
| than three months not only lost sixty pounds
In weight, but found his general health bene-
bad, his son persuaded him to consult Schwen-
niger. The young doctor was summoned, and,
of Ss patent pe9 h
with numerous questions Bismarck, who Is
| constitutiOnally impatient, suddenly refused to
eooIiy remarked: III npy you do not want to be-
interrogated, you should go to o veterinary"
to 10
| for one minute, and then said, tartly: young
man, if you are as clever as you are rude, you
Nevertheless, Bismarck took Schweninger's
advice, got cured by him, and from that hour
conceived the greatest affection and confidence
for the young Bavarian doctor. He persuaded
him to settle in Berlin, never lets q day pass
without seeing him, and treats him as one of
the family. He has his seat at the table, his
place at the fireside. The premier never travels
without him, and at every recurring anniver-
sary or festivity one of the chanceilors sons
rises To- drink Schweninger's health.
Such rapid favor excited jealousy and created
enemies. One Of them ventured to ask Bis
haa to s snd Ss
timacy, and then the previous history of the
young man was unveiled.
band OF medical students who had incurred
the accusation of rObbing cemeteries of dead
bodies and limbs for dissecting purposes, such
Ina hoe nj trpn
at that time. Schweninger Indignantly repudi-
ated the charge, and denounced the custodian
OF the churchyard who had suggested it as be-
ing sneak and drunkard. The man vowed
To be revenged, and set himself TO watch the
young student. His opportunity soon came.
" lille on his rounds late one night the custo-
dian came upon Schweninger in "a remote and
obscure corner, apparently bending over q
grave. He was about to lay violent hands on
him when he saw that the young man was not
alone. woman was with him, who, seeing
herself discovered, fled hastily, but not before
well-known professional gentleman in Munich,
and assured himself that he had disturbed
the husband densd
all guilty participation, and, in the face
OF the guardians testimony, lost his head and
swore to u cock and bull story of the lady being
his patient, his having suggested mode OF
treatment and she, fearful OF the consequences
had insisted upon its being unfolded to her in
some unIrequented spot. He repeatedly and
under oath reiterated this impossible nara
tive. The affair, however, did not rest there
that a tribunal of honor was called before which
each man had to stand by his word or recant it.
impressed like all his countrymen by the ma
je,ty oil this selfconstituted tribunal, Schwenin-
niger quailed, and owned he had foresworn
himself. The divorce was pronounced the
lady's advocate subsequently married her, the
young man was condemned to nine months Inn
prisonment, which was committed to tour, and
ON his release from the Munich Jail ne was BAN
This, then, was Bismarcks friend, a felon
and an exile. The chancellor had all the docu-
ments sent to him from Bavaria, perused them
carefully, admitted the facts and remained
stanch to his friendship. Some time ago
he asked Schweninger what he could do ior
him. MIN "Rehaoilltate me, prince he answered:
Make me professor OF the University OF
Berlin"
No such place was vacant but it Is in the en-
That privilege Bismarck determined to resort
to, and his overmastering will swept aside
the emperor objections A post of professor
nant ci.snor of the learned bodies arose, their
opposition was unanimous, and the case was
ca ried before the reichstag. The statutes de-
clare against the nomination OF q man whose
character Is not unimpeachable, and who has
suffered terminal condemnation. The debates
were stormy and protracted, and even Bis
marck S preponderance seemed al one time in
sufficient to carry his candidate. The Cabi-
proving the reasons urged against schwenin-
ger, concluded by saying: This man has re-
stored our chancellor's health; what shall we
do with him?"
Schweninger was appointed professor of med
icine in the University OF Berlin in a post
created purpOsely tor himself, with u reputa-
ton already widespread and the protection Of
the emperor and Bismarck. AT his first lee
ture not one student was present. Seeing the
hall empty, he did not even walk to his desk
According 10 usage, he left his cards on all the
other professors, and they were not returned.
When he ventured To send them to their wives
they were coOily sent back. Professionally,
DIR. Schweninger has conquered. His immense
personality has asserted itself. The students
recognizing a master, have rallied round him,
and he is founding school. The most Illus
trious patients seek his advice. summon him to
their bedsides or wait patiently for their turn to
enter his consulting room. Fortune flows almost
unbidden 10 his Golfers. but socially he is still
den 10 any gathering or admitted into any
house. However, he is the protege. or rather
the independent friend, of the chancellor He
has "a lifetime before him to- Stay prejudice with
tue weapons OF science and 10 bury the shame
ful past under the glory of success. Above ALL
he Is apparently indifferent and callous; 50 1t
may be safely predicted that the future is his
10 fashion after his will.
To conclude as began, and to return to our
fashionable complaint OF obesity, fish, and a
great dea! OF fish, is the important factor by
which the celebrated professor opposes flesh,
NJ DE s.
Getting Down to Their Christian Names.
From the San Francisco Chronicle
Did you ever listen to young couple working
up 10 that point Of adectionate intimacy at
which they call one another by their Christian