The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-16
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Surgeon-Gen. Hamilton Differs from
Dr. Brown -Sequard on That Point.

Surgeon Gen. Hamilton Differs from
Dr. Brown-Sequard on That Point.
From the ST. Louis Rel ,bIic
DR. Brown-Sequard, the great French
specialist in nervous diseases, declared before
the Biological Society of Paris, of which he
is the president, a few days ago, that after
twenty years of experimenting he
had discovered a true elixir of life, a sub
stance that would rejuvonate the old and
make strong the feeble. He contended that
if the living cells of "A Young and vigorous
being could be injected into another where
the vital spark was low, his organism must
vibrate Ill unison with the fresh life.
Many years ago the doctor advanced views
OF the same character in lecture
before the medical faculty Of Paris,
and has since been engaged in expert
menting on the subject by treating old and
worn out animals Finally, AS ne states, he
reached such perfection that he tried his
elixir upon himself with startling result.
The doctor is now - years old and, pre-
sumably, is bject TO the Weaknesses and
lntirmities of age HIS reviving substance,
he Explained, was derived from certain
organs or glands taken, still uuiyering,
from live animals and reduced at once to
pulp in a mortar with distilled water
From this compound he extracts an essence
which he uses as a hypodermic injec-
ton. The doctor administered to himself
cubic ceniimeter with a hypodermc
syringe. just as morphine is mi cted He
declares tuat the day following this expert
ment, after two injections of this vital
essence, be felt himself transformed. Before
that time half an hours work standing up
in his laboratory exhausted hi n. Now he de-
clares he can study three hours uninterrupt-
edly without the lea trepose. His appetite has
increased, his sleep is sweet and refresh ng
his stomach performs its functions ad.nra-
bly, and his intellectual labor is performed
with wonderful ease and clearness. His
fesings also have been youthful. DIR.
Brown-Sequard declares that the dose he
took was equivalent to ten years reiuvena-
ton.
The statement by so eminent a doctor as
DR.. Brown-Sequard tn t he has discovered
a means of renewing life Is we'll calculated
to cause the furry it has in scientific circles
Dr. Brown-Sequard used TO be well-known
in Washington, and in fact, throughout
America. Ten years ago he was prob
ably the leading authority on nervous dis
eases. He had & eat many personal and
professional friends, and is widely read
medical author.
Surgeon General Hamilton was asked BY
the Republic cor espondent wha5 he
thought of the announcement that had
come from Paris: IL saw it,n said DR.
Hamilton, land am very much surprised
Is It Is true that DR.. Brown-Sequard made
| such stateme as he has been reported to
! have made to the Biologic Society. [
should be it TO the wandering fances
| of an old man in his dot9ge DR. Brown
| Sequard is some 80 years old, aud naturally
| his MUD is not SO clear and vigorous as it
used to be- | used to know him well up to
eight or ten wears ago, and l know that he
| had never made aNy experiments in the di-
rectiol indicated by thi, story. So the
| statement that he as eX .erimented twenty
| years must be exaggerated. This effort to
find some drug that will extend life or re-
| juvenate people is, as every sensible
person as well us every physi-
clan must admit, chimer!cal Fx-
| Fermentation to this end in the line indi-
| Gated by this story of DR.. Brown-Seouard
! is especially absurd. So absurd that am
satisfied that DR.. Brown -Sequard would
never contemplate it seriously unless he is.
| as fear in this case, gettingi to his dotage.
Why, if be did kill any animal and from n
part OF its body made distillation to inject
into living persons blood, instead of pro-
| longing the subjects life 1t would poison
| him. BY the decomposition ich sets IN
after death the porto of the body taken
! for the elixir would become poisonous and
| dangerous instead OF hfe-giYing. Every
| Bh1e4N1Afi IL hnAlOuS W IIt lOuR Il9 lie OF
| lis patients. DeSi for long life is uni
versa, but no physician in his right mind
WI uld think OF injecting dec cti ms of de-
| funct animals into patient in the hope of
| extending ms life This way TO S rsDCtaen
! life is to conserve it-not TO try to renew il
| | think that it is impossible to prolong life
! indefinitely, but the ay II do is not the
way indicated by this story about Dr.
! Brown-Sequard.
! hot ca,,=ne daatb2 TIL - - 90 E
the organs of body. If we can prevent
or retard the wearing nut of those organs
! we can prevent or delay death Now. sup
! pose It Is possible to find accurately by ex-
! pertinent the amount and kind of food
| necessary to the performance OF a certain
amount and kind of LABOR Then YOU sit
! down with ielcil and a pieco of paper
and make schedule of your days work.
| supp Sc you say you a q gOi . t. read one
! hour, that you will write three hours. that
you will talk two hours, that YOU will
drive two hours and sleeu eight hours
Then when you have your programme for
the d. VS. exertiolS all made out. YOU And
out how much braiI food, now manY ounces
of muscle food, how much nitrogenous food,
how much of each kind of food is REQUIRED
to do the work YOU have 10 10. End ont
what food will best do the work; fad out
first how much Of 1t you need TO do the
work you are aing to do and
then act accordingly. Then eat
nothing but what IS necessary to do the
work. In cold weather you must eat food
to keep YOU warm, too. Drink only what
is necessary. Ia this way YOU reduce the
wear on the organs Of your body to Just
what is replaced by the food and there is no
surplus nourishment to get rid of. Of
course 1t Is not possible to find out lust
what 70 d aud just how much of it is nee
essary to do your work. If it was, yoI
might prolonG your life indefinitely if
YOU liked. according to this plan.