Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-08-15
The "EIiAIrofLife." &"

The papers of the east are now pub
fishing accounts of tests which are be-
ing made by physicians with a fldId
substance which they call Elixir OF
Life, which has been discovered 10y
DIR. Brown-Sequard of Pars.
The discoverer is an aged physician
and perhaps one Of the greatest that
ever lived. "He is," in the language
OF a Detroit physician, so medicine
what Napoleon was TO war the great
est OF his kind" The "elIxirr is ex-
trac ed froC. the glands Of either the
young lamb or the guinea pig, AID is
injected under the skin of the patient
with nm ordinary hypodermic syringe.
The effect is that Of wonderful reju-
venating power. The patient, who
must be an aged man or one whose
vitality is very low, experiences an al
most immediate change which makes
him feel like he was twenty years
younger. sHis eyes grow brighter,
respiration more distinct. stomach
stronger and digestion improved. The
effect Of one injection lasts Spr one
month; whether or not repeated iDjec-
tions will continue to imr rove the pa
tient OF whether their power will
afterward be exerted in vain, has not
yet been demonstrated, as the expert
ments have not goEe sufficiently far
since the discovery.
Taken as body there is perhaps no
profession Of men SO full OF doubts ss
physicians. Any new thing iG their
science they receive with doubts and
many Of them endeavor to talk il
down. The discovery of Brown
Sequard has en- countered this obstacle.
The pre-eminent standing Of the man,
however, renders 1t imperative in the
profession that anything coming from
him should be treated with respect
and those who allege that the doctor
has become fanatic in advancing his
discovery do but demonstrate in
themselves qualities which are not sd-
mirable In any class Of men, much
less physicians. The discovery has
been eagerly received by DR.. Ham
mond, of New York, the foremost
medical authority Of the United States,
and II is estimated that 80 per cent Of
the medi fraternity accord IL that
recognition which 1t merits.
The conduct OF DR.. Brown -Sequard
regarding the discovery Is such that
holds him up to the admiration Of the
public. He has not sought to gobhle
II to himself aud cover his inv ntion
with a patent; be has not kept the
means Of securing the potent fluid
secret, he has made no clairs as To
what 1t will do, he has given IL no
name, the "Elixer Of Life" being a
name which has been bestowed upon
II by the newspapers. He has simply
made discovery 10 medical science
and given II to the fraternity with s
statement Of what IL seems TO do, and
the powers IL appears to possess, and
invited them to experiment upon IL
farther. Certainly the conduct Of the
Doctor in relation 10 hi. discovery
bears upon its face the mark Of great
ness.
Whether or not there has been Sc
cured by science from the dark realms
Of the unknown power that will re-
store youth to age aud rescue the race
from death Is not yet made plain. but
surely step appears t. have been
made In that direction and the discov-
cry of Brown.Sequard say what
might be said against It, in the opin-
lou Of the finest medical minds OF the
country, takes its rank among the first
discoveries of a century which In this
respect never had peer.