Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1889-08-22
Dr. Brown-Sequard's Elixir.

iit A~f " NAAAi ifAtti- Hbitl- ~ tit FiflitS
+ ot animals A. means ~ prnlpnging and
iny' sora,ing human Iifc has been recently
advocated by Dr Brown Scquard after
series ~ >ncrc~>ful experiments upon him
self The details Wtr,, iir-t rrcited II
paper read in Paris before Snci-tc de- Bio.
lu-ic. aud weTc received hy the learned
audience with thrill ~ astoni~hmcnt and
an air II >cicutlfc incredibly A. Dr
I Rrown-Sequartl was In his seventy third
year he was promising subject for n.y.
podrrmjc injections Of his new cllNir Of
/ fc and the emphasis with which he dc
~crih.'d the freshness ~ youth pulsating
/ through h> veins and the recovery Of i'm.
paired vital functions produced profoand
. impression upon the Psychologists and sur
grons there assembled subsequently one
IF HIS assistants nr. Variot selected three
dcbilitated men ranging III age from flfiy-
four 10 s'Ity-eight, and turned the syringe
upon them with the result Of Immediately
improving Their digestion. increasing their
muscular action. and also by causin. gen
,rll nervous excitement. Suflcicni time
has not elapsed to enable nr. Brown
Svquard IA judge nf the permanent effects
Of the trcatm, nj Of these three patient.
hut he has prepared fpr The Lancet
SYNOPSIS of his papers on the subject and
of ht~ own experience, With the rcsrrva-
tion that Dr Nsrint'~ c1pct mrnt~. 20 far
as the results have been observed strength
en- his own conclusions respecting the po-
tcncy ~ the eliAi-.
pr Brown >cquard'S preln nary ,xpcr-
iment, werc tried on animals In order to
prove the innocuily of the ELIXIR. which
was derived from the blood and certain
glands Of gninea pigs and dogs. Before
using the syringe upon himself he ia,ted
.l.-.t~rf,,p INV BFt,tts .f-rt ~
sdperaunuaicd rabbits and one old dog
After thi, dog had received twenty subcu-
taneous injections without harm he con
sldcrrd il safe TO operate npon himself.
From May 10 iO june he made zen injec-
tons in bly, aims and Icgs. using a dark
reddish fluid obtained from the glands of
4 very young healthy adult dog and sever
al guinea pi-s. Tue results were most -ur-
pri>ing. Before hi experiments upon
himself he Mas 50 weak that b. was inva-
rabN compelled to >it after working half
an hour Id hi> lah"raiory; and for many
yrar- he hal been 50 exhausted after re
turning home A. to he forced at once 10 90
10 bed. where he would be too t'red "a
sleep. Aft r the experiments be Was able
/. b stand for thrrt, ~ four hours in his
laboratory and u write In the evening for
an hour and a half without feeling a sense
hphhljug on a staircase. a. had been his
hahjt in recent years he could run up and
down Ike j hny His arm>, tested by
dynAuomctrr rrgancd a Strength which
they had not possessed for twcHty-six
wears Digestion and other functions
we're markedly improved With gard u
the facility OF intellectual labor, which
had greatly diminished with advancing
age he records decided return 10 normal
conditions In the prime Of life. In brief,
all functions depending on the spinal cord
and nervous centres were notably and IA
pidly strengthened by the action Of the "yi-
talizc,l ~ lncples" of the healthy dog and
the agile Young guinea pigs.
Having demonstrated In his own person
the efficacy Of bis rejuvenating medicine,
DR. Brown Stquard, like tn" scientific in
vestigator he l., stopped taking ii in oder
to ascertain how long the beneficial results
would last For four weeks there was no
marked decline Of vitality. but from July
3 there WAS complete return of the pre-
existing inhrmties and weakness Of old
age A. h. was no worse than he had
been before receiving & first injection, he
philosophicIlly accepted the temporary
loss of reinforced strength as counter
proof of the vitalizins influence exerted by
h's elixir for a month. With the borrow
cd resources Of another robust dog and a
few 20. guinea pigs he calmly contem-
plates in W itjng to The Lancet the pros
pcct OF another months lease Of youth and
manly vgor. He does not, however, claim
the merit of discovering the secret of
perpetual youth, but rather of easing the
burdens Of old age. He modestly gives
the results to the scientific world as a ba-
SIS for further experiment, expressing
bat biia snaria1 putritiyp actions
bringing no certain changes in men and
animals are absolutely fatal and irreversi
bic, il is possible BY means of the vitaiized
elements used by him and the three super
annuated Parisians to rl-endow tissues,
muscles and nerve-centfes with power once
possessed but impaired by the weight of
wears. Popular faith in DR.. Brown
Sequard's antidote for old age will depend
in large measure upon his own success in
keeping himself alive and vigorous by
| means Of his monthly doses Of dog and
guinea pig That he will live long and
thrive on his dark-red decOction will be the
desire of all men, whether in their prime
or in their dotage. \. Tribune.
Once on a time there stayed at one of
the Bar HarDor hotels young woman
from New York, who had more airs than
band organ. Miss X. had poodle on which
she lavished her affections. The creature
had its own especial maid, and was taken
out to ride in state every morning One
day Miss X came down to the dining
room for dinner in a state of much agita-
tion. She announced that dear Flossie's
maid was i'll, and there was no one to stay
with the creature while she was at dinner.
She could scarcely eat, she was so fearful