Wichita eagle., 1889-08-17
BROwN-SEOUARD ELIXIR.

Some interesting experiments were made
yesterday at the City hospital with this
newly discovered vitalizing fluid. The
| tests were made by Drs. Jones and Bacon
in the presence Of number Of medical
students. The subject was Andrew Thorn
as, IS years of age, who was a victim of the
Ashtabula horror in which so many lives
were lost. He was in the second coach
from the smoker which went over the
bridge and caught fire. He was fearfully
burned about the head and face, no vest
ige of hair has ever grown on him siuce
his injuries. The fluid used was from Il
yearling lamb killed about an hour
before the experiment An ounce
of the greenish fluid WAS injected
hyperdermically on the left arm. In less
than five minutes the pulse of the patient
rose from fifty-three up TO ninety-four.
His entire body appeared to be covered
with Precipitation, but when on closer ex-
animation, to the amazement of the ply
sicians, was discovered to be substance
resem bling fine down. Within two hours
not a vestige of his sears were visible, his
entire body being covered over by fine wool
two inches in length. The patient was
placed in bed and the doctors retired for
the night.
On their return in the morning, sixteen
and half hours after the use of the elixir,
they found the patiet standing on all fours
bleating like sheep, which the matron
stated had been kept up for several hours.
much to the discomfort of other patients
in the ward.
The subject had eaten nothing since the
hoI # ha
ordered breakfast of milk, mutton chop
and toast. He daintily nibbled at the
latter, drank the milk at one gulp, but
turned with evident loathing and horror
at the sight of the chop At this moment
Young girl passed through the ward
carrying bouquet of wild flowers and
grasses; she was amazed TO have it rudely
torn from her grasp and more surprised
yet to see it devoured by the patient in an
increditable short space Of time. Whilest
this astonishing manifestations were going
on one of the attendants informed the mat
ron in the hearing of Mr.. Thomas, that
Mr.. Wolf who furnishes the hospital with
ice) was coming. The name seemed to
have a startling effect on the patient; he
trembled in every limb, crawled under the
bed, crouching and horror stricken. and
for some hours no inducements could pre-
vail on him to leave his hiding place. A
tempting bunch of white clover placed
near him finally brought him forth. DIR.
Ham cut off portion Of the substance
growing on his neck. 1t was submitted to
Dr. Leopold who pronounced it equal to the
finest Cotswold fleece. The experimentors
were somewhat apprehensive of the effect
of the elixir on the patient on the discov-
cry that the lamb from which it had been
extracted, was covered with scabs, but
when they learned that Mr.. Thomas was
au inveterate smoker and slave TO the
weed in all forms, they had no further
fear on the subject, as it Is well known
that nicotine and tobacco are used as a
scab preventative by sheep growers.
When the reporter called on DR.. Bacon
last evening he found that gentleman con-
fined to his bed suffering great pains in
his feet. This was attributed to a slight
scratch on his hand which had boone in
oculated by a blood corpuscle while cut
ting the wool Off the patients neck. At a
late hour last evening the doctor was no
better, the nails had fallen off his toes and
symptoms Of hoof rot were manifested.
We will watch and report the progress of
the case of Mr.. Thomas from time to time,
leaving nothing undone to advance the in
terest of science, and the effect OF the elixir
first sought for and presumably discovered
by Ponce de Leon.