Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-08-23
The Elixir OF Life.


renewing life aud rejuvenating the
patient. The discovery was an
nouned by the distinguished French
physician in paper recently read be-
fore the Societet de Biologie, and IS
he himself is man of 20 and for
long time has been in an enfeebled
condition, the statement that he has
tried it upon himself with successful
results occasioned great excitementin
the medical fraternity. The worn
out and debilitated Parisians have
hailed the discovery with delight,
for no people upon earth are more in
need of such an elixir vitae or more
likely to welcome the announcement
that fluid has been found which by
injection once a month will keep a
man twenty or thirty years younger
than he really is.
DR.. Brown-Sequard's elixir Is a
reddish fluid, obtained from the
glands of young dogs and guinea
pigs. He tried it first upon some
aged and invalid rabbits and decrepit
dogs to whom life has become a
burden, with the result of finding
that the venerable rabbits were in
spired with all the freshness of
Young Dummies, while sere and faded
dogs reverted to the agility of pup
pyhood, lie then tried upon him
self, making ten injections in his
arm between May 10 and June 4,
and awaited results. Speedily the
old gentleman nerves, muscles, and
TISSUES regained their wonted elias
ITCHY and vitality. He could work
at night. run up and down stairs
and stand up to his work for hours
in his laboratory. His digestion be-
came perfect. His Brain clarified
His arms and legs regained their old
strength. Every ganglion of nerves
was surcharged with vital electricity
To all events DR.. Brown-Sequard, "a
years of age, was man of 80 in tho
glow of health and perfection OF
physical manhood.
Discoveries of this kind are con
tagious. DR.. William a. Hammond
of New York, has now been expert
menting with the elixir, but instead
of using the liquid of dogs anc
guiena pigs he has adopted that of {
spring lamb. He says; Il take the
selected portion of lamb freshly
killed and pound it into a pulp in
mortar; with this ! mix a teaspoon
full or two of water, and the mixture
I filter through a Swiss fltering
paper. The fluid slightly thicker than
water, comes perfectly pure and lin
pid." This fluid, which seems to b,
the concentrated essence of lani
rather than a gland iluid, he has APP
piled To several old gentlemen will
astonishing results all of them be
coming several years younger anC
manifesting the freshness and agil
ity of young fellows. He says "OnC
man about 60 years of age had hac
his arm so nearly paralyzed viii
rheumatism that for nearly year
heycould not raise his hand to hi.
head. Soon after the elixir was in
iected into the arm ne was able &c
WELD it in any direction and almost
as vigorously as he had ever done.
Neither DR.. Brown-Sequard nor DR.
Hammond is yet prepared to claim
that the fluid is an infallible or perm
anent remedy. They prefer to ex-
pertinent further before insisting
upon its success, but it is evident
that both these eminent practition-
crs have faith in the fluid.
1t is needless to say that their ex-
periments will be watched with al
most painful interest. No other
connection in the matcria medica
will have such popular charm as the
dog, guinea pig and spring lamb
mixture, for to be 40 and so is a con.
summation men and women devoutly
wish, and anything which will stay
the devouring tooth of time, not to
mention the fatal stroke of It's COM
panion in that period of life, will be
welcomed with keen delight. At
thu first glance the remedy is as lu-
dicrous as is the thought of a world
full of hearty and athletic old gray