Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-08-06
Life Worth Living.
If DR.. Brown-Sequard Is Not
Dead Wrong.
HIS ALLEGED GREAT DISCOVERY

Old Men Made Young Again by an Injec-
tion of Essence of Lamb-Many Physi-
clans Experimenting with the Now
Method-varied Opinions Expressed In
Chicago-Dr Dewolrs Patients-An In
dianapolis Mans Case.
CHICAGO, Aug. 6.--Some weeks ago the
renowned DIR. Brown-Sequard, of Paris an
nounced that he had discovered the "elixir
of life," in other words method of making
the old young again His process consisted
of taking portions of the flesh of the lamb,
Immediately after slaughter, and as soon as
it could be done-in couple Of hours-in-
jecting the essence of this flesh into the blood
of the patient The flesh is macerated and
a little water added, then very carefully
filtered S, as to get fluid perfectly free
particles of tissue DIR. Sequard recited some
remarkable cases in which, by this method,
he had rejuvenated the aged, and cured
rheumatism and other ailments.
An Absorbing Medical Subject.
The announcement has started vigorous
discussion among the doctors, and the emf
nent physicians ears must have tingled yes
terday, for a score and more Chicago col
leagues of his were calling him all sorts of
names, good, bad and indifferent He was
called senile old fool and various other
equally vigorous names by some, but by
others the discovery was received with more
| or less credence The subject has been
taken up all over the world, in fact, and dis
patches from New York, Washington and
| Indianapolis tell of experiments made by
DIR. Hammond, a well-known medical au-
thority, DIR. Purman and others. DIR. Ham,
| mond is so far inclined to believe a great
discovery has been made
Experiments I'm Chicago.
Chicago is not tagging behind. A series
| of experiments is now being made on a half
dozen of elderly and more or less decrepit
citizens of this city to test the efficacy of
| this discovery. DIR. Oscar C. DeWolf, the
| health commissioner is the local Moses who
| Is to lead Israel into the blessed land of
Canaan, where there will be- no more old
age, no more hmping, rheumatic, used-up
| and shriveled old fellows. DR.. DeWolf be-
gan his experiments a week ago. His first
patient" was bullet-punctured veteran on
West Washington street, a man who had
| just about become convinced that life has no
further charm for him
Trying Essence of Bullock,
| regiment he is said 10 be, was easily per
| suaded to lend himself to the experiment.
On Tuesday Of last week DIR. DeWolf made
his first attempt He went to the stock
| yards. He chose a. healthy young bullock
| for his VICTIM and he obtained the parts
needed five minutes after the animal had
been slaughtered With them he went to
his laboratory, where the old veteran was
| awaiting him. The parts were then cut into
| small shreds and pounded in a mortar-thor-
| oughly "triturated,' as the doctor called it
small quantity of water being added
Then the stuff was carefully filtered And
! thus the elixir was obtained 1t looked like
soft, thin mush of a pinkish hue
The First Injection.
The veteran had watched the whole prep
arations, and he, without making any fuss
| about it, barred his thigh and had two drains
of the fluid injected into his system, the in
| strument used being an ordinary hypodermic
syringe. The time consumed between the
operation and the killing of the bullock was
one hour forty-two minutes The doctor
chose young bullock because he thought
there was more vitality in it than in an ordi-
nary lamb But on other patients" he has
used lambs parts, and on one patient" at
least he has tried young dog. Dr. DeWolf
10 wy hpOuA Tue Oh MS eN-
periments, but it is understood that one of
his patients" is an ex-sheriff.
Dr. DeWolf Waiting Results.
1t will take another week or so before DR.
Dew off Is in a position to speak with sci
entific assurance of the results of his expert
ments, either way. What he was willing to
say meanwhile was this: I'm trying the ex-
pertinent with Dir. Brown-Sequari's elixir
| of life myself. and that is why am not
ready to give final opinion my belief be-
| ing, before any results have been accom-
plished on one or another of my patients, that
| there is nothing in it