The state chronicle., 1889-08-23
THE ELI\IR OF LIFE.
THE WHEELS OFTINESAID En
I'll IN ED BtCk.
Some " onderful fleets OF Experiments
m En-. land and America of Dr. Brown
Sequard's Elixir of Lite.


consists in injecting hypod~rmiraly into
the human system the vital essence de
rived from the bodies of various animals
| such As the rabbit, and the guiuca pig
1t was discovered by DR. BRuwS SEQu ARD.
who claims that II will give ;euewcd vital
ity to an old or weak man. nE REoWN
| SEQUARn'S father, CAPTAIN EDWARD BRUW \
| Of the American navy, was Pniladel
phian and married 4 Crench woman on
the Island Of Mauritius named SFQUARD.
| He and his desc hndaut> took the name
| BRoWN-SEQUARD The diScorerer Of the
elixir of Youth" WAS their eldest child
He was educated IN France bur VAS after
wards a professor at Harvard and prac-
! tised medicine IN Boston for some years
subsequent to 1878 He married twice, his
first wife being MISS FLETCHER, Of Boston,
a relative Of DANIEL EBsrER Il IS not
de Leon, that it will make the old man
young again but that it viii give him the
| physical power and the endurance of a
young man. He does not hold to b, dis
covery further than this that While ;e,a-
titic world a basis for further eNpt i,..euts,
And he simply claims for il the u.ar.. of
easing the burden of old age, DR. Bh"WN
| >EQUARD first tried the tXuerimrnt upon
/ himself and thus de> cribes the effect
am seventy two Yeas old. Ny general
strength, which has been considerable, has
notably s,l4,. !, ,;.,Iuaily dIullul9hed during
he last ten or twelve years. Before May
18th last | was so weak that l was alwalS
compelled to sit down after half an hou;' )
HoIh in the laboratory. Even when re
nained seated all the ,ime III the iato.a
tory | used TO come out Of It quite ex-
/ hausted after three or .our hogrs' expert
mcnta. l3or. and sometimes after Only
80 houis. For many years oa returning
hone III a carriage by siX O'Clock, atttr
several hours passed IN the laboratory.
was 50 tAtren ely tired that | invariably
I hat to 20 TO bed after taking ha~liiN q
Very small amount OF food. Ne'y tie
quently he exhaustion was 50 greA' tAas,
Z althOlgti extremely sleepy. 4, Ii. i}t t2r
hours go TO sleep, and | ouiy ~irp, vcll
Atyiv, waking up exceedingly ured
The day after the first suDcj!l alIe1tIS II
jec. ion, and still more ".trr the tWo
81, ce,uing ones Il radical change TOOK
I place II me, and had alap." r'.;.>on -
say aud 10 write That had -: e,! at least
all the Strength possessed good many
wears ago. Considerable laboratory wo.A
hardly tr,l me. To The grea' ,sotonI9h
mcnt Oh my twr principal a>ei0 tut<, i,ro.
/ i AroOuY,.! ;tId iGnOc4ut, tiI .; 'ltf ltr-
1 sons, | Mas able 10 make eNF, ran. MS 10.
I several hours while s1aueln4 ~. feeling
10 lie, 4 Whatever 10 I'll IpAn. >tth
more. pur day t,..e 23j u May. AFTER
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/ rhane,pd and ! had .no.. 10 .,o.Ir .-In}yi[
80 ,to,,, .+,;r. E.,..., u bold ~
dif:'.y5r49 .7.1,,.. .+,.,. ~.
! -.,.,,,,5 i,,-.,.,5,,, foind tb.,t I ha1 fif.t
/ r.o,i,,1 nv OH fo>rar. and r4tYfr.4 -
! M ,,r.>,o,i. bat,}ts i, nat r4Sr.,.f
Nv limbs tesf77i vi,h . d,,n,nnfne,ar
So n.,.L hafor.. -. ~. ,n.i 4n~l,.,
/ 80 ,,onth touo.,,,, 49, 49, ,,i,,tio,}
| showed > decided JAIN Of strength, The
! .,y,.r.ye number of kiIorra1,5n,4s moved
! b., ~ ba
/ - f,.t init,ct w., .,t,,,r $, li .t..,.., y,
| 49, ..,i f-.r ~ in5.,.t;1, - lf,.,
| no 70 tI m, ~,in h4ino f.nu. 6r,7 !j,n-
! ,r.,,,,n.. In ,hat roSna,t ,h. f,....,rr,,
| iiey0rs reacotIirpd in a great measure the.
| streugth they had hen | Wa ..y - II.
| London unore tAan twenty years "-oj
| So
| was is 40 to 46 kiIoyrsmmes
Hltt regard to the faculty OF il,elltct-
uaI laoof' "nlch had dili-ta. 'iS0 "l'ii-1
'lo '''9H -" ye"'1' g t. t,,., u -
t.,.r "a ,,fta,. +hri,
davs of nv experiments
i is evident from these facts. and some
others that all tine functions depending
| on the power Of acton Of tn. nervous
! centres ana e,,,..cj4iIy of the 5pillal cord
vpr. ,nf;.hiv 4i,d ranr,Ily imnr.yfI b,. the
| in ni.ct,ou, hsyn nsed IN. last of tncss
| iriec,ions y.,s ,rad.. ~, .Iunp 5,h .honf
tiy. weeks and :, nalf aro ceased max
inr Use of them for the our,ose Of asrer
tt,i,,inp how long their rood effects world
| last For fo,.r week ~, mare. chance
o,.c,rrad h,,t ,rr,5fI.,1iv .itIc,,,,i r.,,i,liI,
from the fhir,, Of this NOM, tIulql bavr
wjtne .sed almost a complete return Of the
state of weakness which existed before
the trst injection. This loss Of strength
is aa excellent counter proof as regards
| the demonstration of the influence *