Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-08-09
The New EliXir of Life.

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The New EliXir Of Life.
The experiments of DIR. Brown Sequagd
OF Paris, or rather the results Of those eN-
perimcnts are attracting the attention of
the medical world His elixir is the in
spissatcd juice Of the procreative glands Of
guinea pigs and rabbits" and is used 10y
injecting it under the skin. Some Of the
results, as reported, are remarkable-old
and broken-down persons have been made
to feel young again, diseases of long stand
ing have been cured, etc,
DR.. Hammond, the retired Surgeon Gen
eral of the L. S Army, was lately inter
viewed on the subject and said:-- When
the first accounts of the elixir of life were
received in this country" said he. II was
very much disposed to doubt the efficacy
of any such means, because, as / read the
matter, Dr. Brown Sequard used the juices
of various glands, etc, but when l got the
full details in the French Medical Journal
found that his experiments were restrict
ed to the use of the inspissated juice of the
procreative glands of guinea pips and rab-
bits, and, think, in one case, in one case,
of a dog. I at once inferred chat the rea-
son why the guinea pig and the rabbit had
been used was because they had been han
dy in the doctors laboratory.
II thought l saw an objection to using
the provocative gland of a guinea pig or
dog-that the one remarkable thing about
the guinea pig was that it is timid, and
that the dog is not carnivorous and not cd
ible. I at once concluded that the cores
ponding glands in the sheep were far pre-
ferable for such experiments as | designed
to perform.
Il therefore procured the procreative
glands of a sheep, cut them in small bits,
ground them in a mortar, mixed the mass
with a small quantity Of water, and then
filtered the mass through pure Swedish
iiltering paper. the purest of all that l.
made. | thus obtained clear opalescent
fluid.
TRIED 1T ON HIMSELF
Il injected thirty minims of this into the
arm of a man a little over 60 years of age,
having previously injected a quantity of it
under my own skin to show that 1T was
nothing injurious 1t is a rule of mine to
perform all of my own experiments upon
myself first
Dr. Hammond turned up the sleeve OF
his black alpaca coat and the wristband OF
his buff ff-colored flannel shirt to show that
theIe was no mark even where the inlee-
ton about s o'clock in the evening. No
i'll consequences ensued. He said the next
that he had become frae from a rheumatic
pain that he had had in his left arm for
over year.
''He had heen unable to button his shirt
collar or to use his arm freely in any way,
even to scratch the back of his head or to
stroke his hack har, until the day he recoy-
cred the free use of that arm.
did it stay curedl' was asked.
Yes" the doctor replied, lit staid cur
ed. | saw him not an hour ago. He has
had three injections altogether. He tells
me that his power for work has been much
increased and his labor is of such car
acter as to require the use of the mind as
well as the body"
''He adds that he has noticed a buoyan-
cy spirit that he has not enjoyed for ff-
teen years, and that he has recovered GER
tain functions that he had supposed he lost
fifteen years before His vitality he was
sure had increased in every respect.
knowing so WE'LL" Or. Hammond went
on, chat the principle of suggestion is
such powerful influence with almost all
persons, l hesitate to give an unqualified
acceptance to what appeared to be the
outcome of the experiments. 1t requires a
number of observations before | can ac-
cept the results as absolutely reliable, and
am now about to extend the experiment
very considerably
NOT YET SURE OF THE ELIXER.
GLOW about your own injection Has
it braced you up perceptibly"
Il can't say so. l have thought that
felt livelier all day, but of course there is
no telling whether took enough to have
any effect or not"
These organs" he went on to explain,
''are brought to me fresh. They belong to
lamb-yes, it's no doubt pretty good
mutton; the animal is not dead an hour be-
fore the elixir is under the skin of the sub
ject."
'There is this diarence from eating
these organs, as you know we do, and find
them great delicacies; the cooking destroys
the vitality of the germs that may be pres
ent, so would delay. If kept as long as
twenty-four hours it would be inefiicacious,
and perhaps dangerous. 1t requires an alb
solutely fresh essence"
at is evidently great thing!"
''Well, haven't lnuch faith at the same
time ! admit a great many things that can
not be proved by mathematics. Two and
two certainly don't make six, yet every
year the domain of the impossible becomes
less and the domain of the possible and
actual larger"
''What one hundred years ago was abso-
lutely impossible, and the doctrines the
teachers of which would have been burned
to the stake, are now everyday occurrences.
Suppose man had gone about France
then saying that he could communicate
with person 5. 900 miles and could hear
in whisper the words of person thirty or
forty miles away;'he would either have
been Judged lunatic or diverted to to the
stake as ally of the devil. There have been
great many searchers after the elixir of
life. Whether DR.. Brown-Sequard has
discovered it or not, the promise seems to
he good"
Much to the surprise of many, John l..
Sullivan, when arraigned in New York
last Thursday, made no opposition to the
requisition of the Governor of Mississippi,
but said he would go South at once. He
doesn't expect to be imprisoned, but thinks
fine will settle his case easily.
THE Canadian press is indulging in min
atory and perhaps naturally i'll lltempered
remarks over the seizure of Canadian seal
ers in Behring Sea.
THE SuDreme Court has confirmed Judge