New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-27
lSTILL TRYING THE ELIXIR.
NOR LESSER EXPERIMENTS WITH WOMEN.
soME ALMOST INSTANTANEOUS BENEFITS

soME ALMOST INSTANTANEOUS benefits
! FOLLOW THE INJECTIONS.
IS The interesting experiments in the use OF Dr. Brown
Sequard's elixir which DR. A. NJ. Lesser began III "i'
pryate laboratory at No. 81 East Thrtiethst Few
weeks ago were continued Sunday under faVoraoio
circumstances As already stated, the doctor expert
ments as rule only upon persons suffering rom
loss of vitality due either to senility or some ols"S0
People in whose bodies the germs OF acuVe uieo"9o
stil Turk not encouraged to submit TO the opera
tion During the experiments on sunday cuzeh
of Paterson n j. callc at the laboratory and asked
TO have his wife, who is suffering from paralysis Vi
the left side submitted to the test. But Dr. Lesser
gave him little encouragement saying thai III ta'
case the brain affected in such way thSi 'no
elixir could not aid it. lie thought 1t possible nov"
ever, that an injection would increase the general
strength Of the body and In that way, lharecu9' 10
Eevc the woman.
While in the former experiments the glands OF q
lamb were used by the doctor he tried on Sunday the
glands of young bull. two years of age. These he
considers fully as good and healthy as those OF the
guinearpig or sheep
While the fluid being prepared the hret
patient. Arthur J. Conley. of No POI East seventy
seventh-st. was placed in the operating chair
Mr.. Conley is employed by the Trow Printing COM
pany. and was injured in the wreck on the IhruaNe'
elevated road in March. 1888. The vertebrae OF his
spine broken in places. and give him in conse
nervous prCsttOn. Before the injection, the arms Oh
galvanic battery in which the positive end was sat
urated with 10 per cent solution of cocaine, were
applied 10 the two sides of his arm. After rev
minutes the place to which the cocaine had been ap-
piled was tested and found insensible. The hypo-
dermic syringe having been filled with two gramnles
of the fluid the longpointed needle. which had peeh
heated beforehand was forced under the skin In such
a way that the muscles not touched. The nuld
was then slowly injected the first dose requiring aoouV
thirty seconds. This followed by second IN
lection of four grammes and after the lapse Of few
minutes by two more grammes
Mr. Conley felt almoet pain during the various
injections. His rubbed well after the IN
strumcnt had been removed After DR.. Lesser had
taken his pulse temperature and number oil reSpra-
tions and examined his blood under the mscrOocope,
he was asked TO give up his place for short tune 10
fIe second patient One half hour after the inIec-
ton the only changes Mr.. Conlcy's condition were
increased pulse. temperature and respiration lie
complained Of a slight dizziness but evil effects
followed.
The second patient German woman, Mrs
Roetcber of No J37 First ave, who gave her age as
seventy -four. She afflicted with muscular and
peuralgc rheumatism aud suffered violent pains almost
continually making it impossible for her 20 use her
arms with ease Particular taken with her, lest
Che ipstmc nj might hurt her But sne brushed the Gov
criug away from her eyes when :he syringe was IN
serted declaring that she did not feel it at all ana
did not wish to be encountered in that way. 1t re-
minded her. she said, of her first vaccination.
The fluid was injected in:o the left arm which Dr'
Lesser considers the better of the two because it is
more passive than the right. six grammes were put
into the woman she considered 1t sufficient Be
fore the operation her pulse temperature and respra
lion were taken Ly Sister Maud Daley, who Is Vaiu-
able assistant she doctor I'm all his operations r
pulse and respiration were found TO be VI anu 10
Eighteen minutes subsequent to the injection they hau
increased 10 10 and and twenty-five minutes al
terward 10 so and 20. Her blood which was eA-
amined micIOscOpically, was found weak MIS-
Boetcher complained of dizzy feeling in the head at
first but this passed off in the course of haf-h0ur
She then rose and 10 her own establishment was aoie
10 button her and the strings OF her apron al
her back. She it is needless TO say geeiui In
The extreme and left the doctors office with salts
fled look
third patient who submitted TO the operation
was Miss Small of No. 175 East seventy fourth~st'
The OF cocaine IN her was dispensed with Do
cause of lack OF time Dr. Lesser will not use the
fluid later than one hour foilowlhs the hinis % at
animal from which II has been taken Nhe1 In .nou
period has elapsed he believes there may be danger
from blood pois1n95 suCh l, s the nrSsTbcd
time he thinks. providing the animal has been 1oulu
healthy T.. A..
loss of considerable blood al various times, through
bronchitis She j. young woman no; more man
twenty-five years of Despite tbs absence OF tne
benumbing drag the arm tn operation was per
formed so skllfuly that SIS Small felt little pain
She received three injections OF two grahhicS each
About three minutes after the injection. sHshl
swelling probably aud half inches in diameter
was noticed al the Faint where the needle entered
the skin il due not to the punctule; inc doctor
said b, 10 the direct effects OF he huld Tbs
was also true in the case OF BON MI
iConley and Mrs BOetcher An examination 0i MISS
Smalls blood under the microscope had icNcaou tlc
sart that II was unusually thin and that the cOpuscles
were not of tho normal number - A..
She was affected differently from the others by the
fluid. She felt cold for time, and then was throwh
into a Slight which lasted only few minutes
however Her pulse increased to so, and her temporal
tllre from 9S to 902. half hour laef' she ~
that She felt much better and stronger, ana that me
Nud mad the exhilarating effects of light ntoNlcan
Her lps Redeemed. her checks lost much OF tlc pde
ncSS And her ewes grew brighter. 1t had beeh
long time she declared, since she had ENJOY suol
consciousness Of strength. - , $500, .,
When asked how il possible that Slcn rdpu
changes could be effected by the elixir. and whether
tbey were moi due in great degree TO the imagination
DIR Lesser answered 1t takes about twenty minutes
for medicine 10 circulate through the system IL -
mite possible that such results, 10 you no uCpI
ednrnrsinr could be accomplished in that time. Inc
;a of the patient need not come IN play AT
Oh y Two hours after the bull had been Killed III
The slaughter-hOusc, the three patients had eit te
house with the expression OF many thanks 10 uls
doctor who Is determined to give the Brown soqudlI
elixir a fair trial. Probably the m"st M'eIofscu
,noctatOr Of the proceedings was a doctOT WIGS,
.ana the reporter Is not at liberty 10 dlNlgc. hu'
Nc nositiye assertions TO the effect winch an III
se.ion 90 tho elixir made two weeks ago. had upon
himself are remarkable. He declares mat ne y a
new man since the doctor operated upon hln anu
reoices i'm strength which he had not hdu ior !c"is'
THE NOVELTY OF CLEAN CUSTOM hOOSh.