The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-03-25

"You remember" said the doctor,
that made some experiments with
| the Brown-ScQuard elixir. l found u
| good idea in it, but there were fatal
| objections OF course you did not be-
lievc the nonsense which was written
| about that substance. 1t was not do
| signed to transform by some magical
| process an old gray-beurd into n bloom.
| ing youth. 1t was an effort to restore
to certain organs of the body u healthy
| vigor by treating the patient with tho
expressed juice of the corresponding
organs of II Guinea pig. And it did in
certain cases, when injected into the
blood. prove capable of arrcsting to
| some extent the irroads of old age.
became convinced that we had in this
| substance means of acting upon the
body in a manner and TO on extent diff
fcrent from those obtainablc by any
other agent known to medical science"
"But nothing came of it," said l.
"There were cextain practical diff
cultics in the way of bringing the sub
] stance into general use in actual prac-
tice," he replied. Gin the first place it
had to be used fresh, for, if not, there
was great danger of putrefaction proc
| cSS pcllH oct up 8lQ DlOOl
produced. Then there were technical
difficulties in the way of altering etc,
not necessary to mention here. After
time, therefore, 1 gave up the prepare
ton of the juice by the Brown-Sequard
method, and turned my attention to
preparing extracts from other portions
of animal bodies and in different way.
Each of these extracts is applied to the
cure of diseases in the corresponding
organs of the human body. Cerebrine
is one of them"
81 see" said I. "It is the old idea:
Every part strengthens n part That
is section of the dietary system of
rural New England. If man is lean
he eats fat. If he has bunions he cats
pigs feet"
THAT is the unscientific method of ap-
plying the idea, perhaps" said he, land
it is old, of course. rccollcct reading
nearly forty years ago an account of
some observations made by German
physician-I think he was II German
relative to the treatment of diseases of
the several organs of the body by sys-
tenn of diet, consisting of the correspond
ing organs of healthy animals. Thus,
liver disease was treated by bcef's liver,
heart disease by bccfs heart, etc.
cannot trace the article l read, but it
certainly exists, or did exist.
Now to return to cerebrine. The
method of preparation is simple. The
whole brain of the OK, after being thor
oughly washed in water acitlulatcd with
boric acid, is cut into small pieces in a
mincing machine. To one thousand
grammcs of this substance placed in Il
wide mouthcd, glass-stoppcrcd bottle
add three thousand cubic centimetcrs
of mixture consisting of one thousand
cubic ccntimeters each of Il saturated
solution of boric acid in distilled water,
of pure glyccrinc and of absolute alec
hol. This is allowed to stand in IL cool
place for at least six months, being well
shaken or stirred two or three times 4
day. At the end of this time it is
| thrown upon n porous stone filter,
| through which it pcrcolatcs very slowly,
requiring about two weeks for entirely
passing through. The residue on the
| filter is then incloscd in several layers
of aseptic gauze and subjected to q
| pressure of over n thousand pounds, the
cXudatc being allowed to fall upon the
| filter and mixed with sufficient of the
flltrate to cover it, When it has entire
ly filtered it is thoroughly mixed with
the first filtratc and the process is COM
plete."
give these directions ut length he
cause they are SO simple that they put
the substance at once into the power OF
any physician to procure. This is not
a private discovery it is given to the
| profession in accordance with the
strictcst rules of the excellent code of
medical ethics. Physicians we'll know
that during the entire progress of the
! operation described above the most
rigid antiscptic precautions must he
taken. The vessels and Instruments re-
CURED are kept liz boiling water for sew
| cIal minutes and are then washed in q
solution of boric acid. Microscopic OK
| aninations are also to be made, rs an
| ultimate prccaution against the dcvcl-
opmcnt of bacteria.
And now for the popular side of the
matter What will this substance do?
Five drops, with an equal quantity OF
distilled water, injected under the skin
in the ordinary way is the dose In five
or ten minutes the pulse begins to beat
much stronger and fuller, and increases
.cii W oWcity pcitS IL minute. ne lace
becomes slightly flushed and there is a
feeling OF distortion in the head, some
times accompanied by headache. There
is nothing very remarkable about that,
but here is something worth mention
ing: In many cases elderly persons
treated in this way find a remarkable
change in their power of vision. The
condition known as prcsbyopia-or fail
ing of sight from old c-disappcars.
1 ,rhc nnrSnn SccS almost &c we'll .,s hn