The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-12
TO TRY THE NEW ELIXIR.
THE BROwN-sRQUARD FORMULA
TO BE TESTED IN SAVANNAH

Used in the Experiment-What Se-
vsnnsh Physicians Say About the
New Discovery-The Climatic Diff
culties Surrounding the Proposed
Test-The Experiments in the West.
The Brown-Ssduard elixir has aroused
the attention Of the medical fraternity of
this city, and those who endeavOr TO keep
abreast Of the progress in medical science
are deeply interested III the experiments
being made in this country. and one physi-
clan said last night to MORNING NEWS
reporter that when it is considered how
effective some drugs are hypodermically
administered, one should not condemn, as
impracticable, the hypodermic use Of the
very essence Of life which is vitalizing
agency which no drug can equal.
The physician went on to mention some
OF the discoveries III medical science which
are now used by physicians who avail them
selves of the advantages the researches of
medical scientists have placed within their
reach, aud the physician, who is a young
man, went on to say that the young physi-
clans have TO do something TO hold their
own against the older school of physicians
who are often welded to old-fashioned
notions, and who are prone to denounce as
fad" each new contribution to advanced
medical practice.
NEW MODES OF TREATMENT
In referring to the hypodermic treat
ment, the physician said that an agency has
been found which, being hypOdermically
administered, will unload the stomach in
from two to four minutes, much sooner
than the stomach pump could be got to
work. Another preparation administered
with the hypodermic syringe will arouse
the hearts action and set the pulse bound
ing, and still another will restore respira-
ton to the normal The medical fraternity,
the physician went to to say,
especially the younger members
OF 1t accept more readily the
advanced pharmacopRia. In the history
of the youngest member # the fraternity
the physician stated, the antiseptic treat
ment was unknown, and yet now the old
fashioned treatments practically discarded.
Surgeons no longer unbandage amputated
limbs daily for a month or two to treat the
discovered member, but the ligatures are
antiseptic, and under the antiseptic treat
ment the bandage is rarely removed until
the liberation has healed, and the time and
anxiety of the physician is saved and much
pain and nervous disturbance spared the
patient.
TO TRY THE NEW ELIXIR.
And you think YOU will test the efficiency
vi tub DEOWu-O8QudFQ eIlXlrt
Yes, think [ shall. | of course want to
see if it is practicable to attempt it, and if
ind that 1t is shall give it a trial.
Nv hat about this climatel 1t is said
that the experiment would have to be al
tempted very soon after the preparation of
the elixir, owing to the rapid fermentation
OF organic matter after tne death of the
subject from which it has been taken. and
the danger from the experiment would be
greater here than in northern climate
That Is true" the physician replied,
but think the vitalism of the elixir may
be preserved by another agency. That, of
course, is what want to investigate. | see
no reason now why the vitality may not be
maintained until the preparation may be
hypodermically administered"
IF you attempt the experiment what
animal will you draw uponW
GOAT TO BE THE MARTYR.
81 think will make the test with the
provocative glands of a goat, as it is Que of
the most vigorous animals we haven
| IAN older physician, when asked what he
| thoughtsEof the Brown-Seuuard elixir.
neither accepted nor rejected it. He sug-
gested, however, that the climatic influences
here might not be so favorable as at the
| north. He Is not inclined to be pioneer in
adopting the treatment, but suggested that
some real old physician, who desired to be
restored to the vlgor and elasticity of youth,
hould just try the elixir upon himself, aud
If the results were satisfactory it would
soon meet with popular favor Should the
experiment be made here. he believed
that the goat would be the best animal to
draw upon, as the guinea pig used in the
Brown-Sequard formula has long enough
been a martyr to science.
AN OLD MANS LIFE RENEWED.
The Cincinnati Enquirer of Friday has
an interesting account of two experiments
made last Thursday with the elixir by DR..
Longfellow of That city aud briefly reported
IN the MORNING NEWS. Three pair of
sleeps glands were taken warm from the
slaughter table and triturated in a com
mon mortar, preserving the temperature as
FAR as possible, after which the mass was
subjected to pressure, and the elixir,
aCout the consistency of sperm oil, was
strained through muslin by the pressure.
An Old colored man OF 70, Grip
pied with rheumatism, had one
drachm of the elixir Fundamentally
administered under the cuticle OF his arm,
and another drachm in the leg near the
knee. In a few hours he is reported to have
become as trlsky as a young lamb and
walked several squares to the physicians
otfice to show what a wonderful change had
taken place in him. Anoth II alfl cUed "a
tient, a white man, unable to walk, was
treated the same day and bv
1880 O'clock in the evening he
walked to the doctors office to convince the
physician and friends how elficacious the
elixir had proved in his case.
LIKE DRINKING CHAMPAGNE
The doctor administered a hypOdermic
injection of the elixir under the cuticle of
his own leg, and he described his feeliuy IS
for several hours as similar to that when
Inyigoratei by the drinking of champagne
Physicians in Indianapolis, Cleveland, ST.
Louis, New York and Washington are ex-
perlmentlng with tho elixir, and reports of
Its wonderful vitalizing agency follow each
experiment.
By many it is beloved that it marks the
development Of new agency, to bring
book the color to the cheek, plant dimples
IN the place Of burrows, and lengthen hu-
man life to an age that will parallel the
longevity of the patriarchs in the days of
ante1iluvians
BASE BALL NOTES.
The Barries defeated the Blue Lights
yesterday by a score of Is to - The
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