Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-08-10
THE ELIXIR OF YOUTH,
From the New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
The use of vitalizirg fluids In the
bodles OF animals ae means of prolonp-
Ing and inyigoratlDg hanan life has been
recently advocated by DR.. Brown SEQ uard
after series of successful experiments
upon himself The details were first re-
cited In a paper read In Paris before the
Societe de Biologie, and were received By
the learned audience with thrill of as
punishment and AIR Of scientific incredu-
lity. AS Dr.. Brown sequard was in his
seeenty-third year no was promising
subject for hypodermic Injections Of HE
new elixir Of life, and the emphasis with
which he described the freshness of youth
pu'sating through his veirs and the 70
coyery OF impaired vital functions
produced o profound impression upon
the physiologists aud surgeons there as.
semhled. Subsequently one of hts as
sistants, DIR. Vsriot, SOLICITED three debili-
tated met, ranging In age from "a to GS.
and turned the syringe upon them with
tho result OF Immediately improving
their digestion. Increasing their muscular
action, and also Of causing general merry
GUS excitement. Sufficient time has not
elapsed to enable Dr. Brown .Sequard TO
Judge OF the permanent effects Of the
treatment OF these three patients; hut he
has prepared for The Lancet q synopis
OF bis papors on the subject, and Of his
own experience, with the reservation that
Dr. Nariots experiments, so far as the re-
suits have been observed, strengthen his
own conclusions respecting the potency
OF the elixir.
DR.. Brown-Sequard's preliminary ex.
periments were tried on animals iu order
to prove tho innocuIty of the elixir, which
was derived from the blood and certain
GLANDS OF guinea pigs AM dogs. Before
using the syringe upon himself he tested
the detection by administering 1t to two
superaunuated rabbits and one old dog.
AFTER this dog had received twenty
suucutAneous injections without harm he
considered II safe to operate upon HIN.
self From May 10 to June he made
ten injections in his arms and legs using
dark reddish fluid obtained from tho
glands OF very young healthy adult
dog ara several guinea ligs. The results
were most surprising. Before the ex-
periments upon himself he was so weak
that he was invariably compelled TO sit
aiter working Lalf All hour in Lis labora-
Tory; ana Tor many years he had been so
exhausted after returning home at
O'Clock as to be forced at once to 20 TO
bed, where he would DO too tired to sleep.
Alter the experiments he was able to
stand for three or four hours in his
laboratory and TO write In the evening
Tor al hour and half without feeling a
sense OF WEAKNESS. Instead OF creepiUg
ana hobbling on staircase, as had been
his habit M recent years, he could run
up and down like boy. His arms, test
ca ny dynanometer, regatned strength
which they bad not possessed for twenty
SIX years. Digesd' n aud other functions
were markedly improved. With regard
TO the facility of intellectual labor. which
had greatly diminished with advancing
age, he records decided return 10
normal conditions In the prime of lie
ln brief, al function depending on the
spinal chord and nervous centres were
notable and rapidly strengthened by the
action OF the "vlta'2ed principles" of
the healthy dog and the agile young
guinea pigs.
Having demonstrated in his o-yn per- |
son the efficacy Of his rejuvenatlng mcdI- |
cine, DIR. Prown.ScQuard, like the scien. |
tltic Investigator he T., stopped taking it !
IN order to ascertain how long the bene |
fetal results would last. For four weeks |
there was no marked decline of vitality.
but from July 3 there was complete re- |
turn OF tho rre.exisliug inlrmitlps and |
weaknesses OF old age. AS he was no |
worse than he Lad been before receiving, !
The first injection, no philosophcally ac- |
ieptcd the temporary loss OF reinforced |
strength as u c0unterproof of the vital |
zing Influence cXorted by his elixir Tor q |
month With the borrowed resources of |
another robust dog and few mora |
guinea pigs he calmly contemqlates In |
writing to the Lancet the prospect of !
IL other mcnth'1 ltus. of youth and
manly vi or. He does not, however.
Jain the merit Of discovering the secret
u perpetual youth, but rather OF easing
he burdens Of old aye. lie modesuv
lives he results TO the scientific world as
basis for further experiment, express
ug belief that while nut7itiye actions
ringing on certain changes in men and
n'nals are absolutely fatal and ire
9 sible, II is possible by means OF the I
italihed elements used by him and the !
hrea superancuated Parisians 10 ro-eu-
ow tissues, muscles and nerve ceitrrs
iith powers once possessed, but i'm
aired by the weight OF years. Popular
aith in DR.. Brown.sequard's antido.r
Or Old age Will depend in large meas
re upon his own success in keel'ug
imseli alive and vigorous by means OF /
his monthly doses of dog aud guinea ,
Is. That he will live long and thrive on /
Is dark rcd decOctiuu viii be the desire ,
ali men, whether In their Prime or In !
lelr dotage,