Tombstone daily prospector., 1890-09-11
NoNi~e eoYs NiL 70 SCIENCE,
He Helps Dr. sayre to Discover a Curs
 for Loeomotor Ata1ia-


 He Helps Dr. ssyre to Discover a Cur. for Loeomotor AtaIia- As announced in The Herald's cable dispatches. a cure for the dread disease known as locomotor ataXia has been recently put to practice in Europe. Ii Is alleged that Dr. Motschutkowsky, of Odessa. is the discoversr of the new treatment. which aims at curing the curvature of the spinal column by sus- pending the patient.
 Dr. Lewis A. Sayre, of this city, is accredited with having invented the | apparatus in use which was described | in The Herald, whereby the patient is | lifted from his feet with the object of | elongating the vertebral column. l called on several eminent surgeons | yesterday, with a view to obtaining 1 their versions of the new cure of loco ! motor ataxia. and failed to find one | who could disclose the secret They l all acknowledged they efficacy of the ] treatment pursued by Charcot, admit ! ting that 1t IS due to the process of {. suspension by Dr. Sayre's instrument | Various theories were offered in expla- ] nation of the results attained, the most | plausible one being that a straight | ening of the spine removes the clamp ! like pressure upon the nerves and thus I permits them to open communication with the legs and produce their action i One surgeon maintained that a | curve Is not effected, but that tenn porary relief is given, the same as Is secured in cases of neuralgia by i stretching the nerves.
 Dr. Sayre was in bed when l called on him, having been a sufferer from rheumatism for many years, and more | acutely so in the last three years. His 1 handsome, benevolent face lit up with satisfaction when l related the purpose of my visit. T discovered accidental 1 iy. several years ago, said Dr. Sayrc. ''that the straightening of the spine produced a salutary effect upon the | locomotor Ataxia, which means an in- ability to use the legs. A boy was brought to me suffering from a curva- ture of the spine. His parents were poor and lived at Chatham Corners. They supposed l could cure him in one trip. As the little fellow was in | great suffering l determined not to lei him return home without relief, my intention being to give him plaster jacket, with instructions to return when be had grown a few months older.
 "As lifted the little fellow, holding him with my hands beneath his arms, I noticed that he began to kick.
 " That's funny. ] remarked. How the devil could he do thatf'
 Tn a few minutes tine jacket was cast and l laid the boy on a lounge in my office sotilat the plaster could sel hard. went out for few minutes : and on returning found that the lad had left the couch and gone to the window, to my further surprise. On giving this peculiar case deep study came to the conclusion that by hold ing the boy up and thus straighienine Inc spine the hitherto impeded ciFcu lation of the blood had been started . and given his legs free action Ano that seems to be the case in all m , stances
 Here Dr. Sayre bent his thumb tc illustrate the effect of a spinal cuFva lure. He said that by suspension tie spine Is siraighiened and that ths nerves are relieved of tho pressure due io the curve, es. Tor instance, when the thumb is hent at the joint-New Yosh