Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-09
BROwN-sEQUARD's PROCESS.
He Objects to the Word ''Elixir'' and
Condemns Ignorant Experimenters.

Paris Special to New York Herald. Sept 9.
Dr. Brown-Sequard, who recently returned to
Paris from Brighton, where he has been pass
ing his summer holidays, is still pursuing his
investigations and experiments in reference to
the methods of increasing vitality. His studies
are now directed toward accomplishing for
women the same result that he maintains has
been reached in the case Of men. As handed
Dr. Brown-Sequard q voluminous package Of
cuttings from American papers referring to ex-
periments made with his NEGOTIATIONS he smiled
rather sadly and said:
"Why, thought ! knew your countrymen
pretty well, but it seems that was mistaken
1t never occurred to me that so many of them
would 90 of at half cock, a. 1t were, and under
take experiments Of this kind without first thor
oughly mastering all the preliminary details {"
Your elixir has certainly caused . great SEN
sation in America"
please don't make use Of that word elixir {"
exclaimed DIR. Brown-Sequard "Inever made
use OF the word ELIXIR still less of the words
| elixir Of hfe.' These are all expressions or in
ventions OF sensational newspapers. II quacks
or ignorant men in America have killed people,
as stated by the New York papers, they would
have avoided committing those murders had
they paid the least attention to the most ele-
mentary rules as regards the simultaneous in
lection Of animal substances, or even if they
had carefully read the paper on the subject
that appeared in the London Lancet of July 20. /"
NO SPECIAL DANGER.
"Are injections Of animal matter attended
with special danger?"
"No," replied DR.. Brown-Sequard. "Injec-
tons Of animal matter have no danger, as o
rule. unless the substances begin to be decom-
posed When this condition Of things exists
no good can be obtained and there is grave
danger Of Inflammation, assesses and even
death. There Is, OF course, also great danger
unless the strictest attention is paid to the
cleanliness Of all vases and Instruments. Per-
sons wishing to make use of my process ought
to bestow on the small operation that it in
wolves as much care as they would upon an
operation OF the amputation Of the thigh, for
You seem to have got many letters from
America, remarked, glancing at huge pile
OF envelopes bearing United States postage
stamps.
Yes, receive about twenty-five letters q
day from America. have no private secretary
and never will have one, as / hate to have any
one about who thinks he knows all my affairs,
so that answer as many of these letters as
can myself and let the rest remain until an
other day."
NO HAPPY MEAN.
"What is your opinion of the way in which
your process has been received in America and
in England"
Il am prepared to say with the utmost frank
ness that the approximations of the method seem
to me to be either too INDEPENDENTLY So
in fact-on the one hand, and too deprecatory
too vindictive, may say-on the other hand
Public opinion has gone to the two extremes.
There seems to be no happy medium of criti-
e1sm. The views expressed by DR.. Loomis Of
New York seem to me to be very just"
DO you think that your old anti-vivisectiou-
ist enemies are the cause of the vindictive
views expressed in reference to the process?"
Yes, am afraid that the anti-vivisectionists
are at the bottom Of great deal of it, but what
annoys me most is that experiments should
be made promiscuously, as it were. without
proper study or precaution. Why, while was
at Brighton an experiment was made and when
blood poisoning ensued from an utter disre-
gard OF the ordinary precautions taken In sub
cutaneous injections of animal substances the
fact was made known to me and my advice
asked for. l replied: The mischief is done
now. Why didn't you ask me about it before
the operation?' "