Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-04-02

sn2 accompanying sovsne1ns yearA
have -zupboyef eereo~iDs with earstive
Nrt<ec1s "a Ez>as si4se>sss ~ the bssin end
nsrsoas syst.uL II j. Aizsost sprcinc in
those cases Of nervous pro~t0tion-th
s>-cxli<st nepresthsni4 ~ re6ex
c4szses or excessive mentAl work ar
peFxsteias and powerful eca<<,oHai dis-
tarhaacs hyppseruaic iniection IT
hse drops t~ico daily for two or three
wee a.. and without other mcctclDe, v
suftieienf for = cure. IL Is valuable IN
cases II cerebral congestion. In which
the alast prominent symptom i lnsom-
MA. have Used il with advantage In
treating epilepsy.
was principally impressed BY the
power Of the substance io-at least
temporarily increase physical strength.
Whatever may be the opinion 81 ply
sieians a. 10 the advantage Of long
treating with tAis Substance in cases II
iliness. there can be no doubs about
what might be done In the prize ring.
the diamond or the football field be-
liese that even Harvard with eerebrine
eould vin against iAie luck
Or Hammond proceeded ~ tell me
that the extracts Of which ccrebrine is
one mast be taken hypodermiealiy. IL
has re.sently been alleged by some med
zeal authorities. he said. that the ac-
ton ~ medicines was the same whether
taken into the stomach or introduced
under the skin. tie rejects that theory,
believing that the gastric juice produces
changes which are essential
1T + well known" said he. ''that
w0orara. the yir1llent arrow poison used
by the Indians OF south America, which
l. invariably fatal 10 animal life when
injected into the blood. Is harmless IL
swallowed. even in large quantities
have ascertained by actual experiment
that the poison If the rsttlesnake may
he swallowed with impunity. During
the course Of my medical service on
the plains have collected large guam
tity OF rattlesnake poison. A small
fraction OF a grain injected hypodermic-
ally into dog was sufficient To kill
him in few minutes. while previously
the animal had been made Ia swallow
hais drachm without apparent result"
On the same principle used In prepar-
ing ''eercbrine." and by the same
method ''cardine" may be- made from
the hearts OF oxen and other extracts
FROM other parts
Now as To my theory. said DIR. Ham,
mond- Organic beings possess the
power of assimilating from the neu-
tritious matters they absorb the pecul-
lar pabulum which each organ Of the
body demands for its development and
sustenance. The brain. for instance.
selects that part which il requires; tho
heart, the material necessary for it's
growth and preservation. and so on
with the liver. the lungs. the muscles
and the various other organs of the
body No mistake Is ever committed;
the brain never takes liver nutriment,
nor the liver brain nutriment. but each
selects that which it requires There
are. however. diseased conditions of the
various organs in which this power Is
Loot or impaired, and as . consequence
disturbance of function. or even death
itself, is the result
Now, il we can obtain the peculiar
matter that an organ of the body re-
quircs and inject il directly into the
blood. we do away with the perform
ancc OF many vital processes which are
accomplished only by the expenditure
of large amount of vital force. Let
US suppose person suffering from an
exhausted brain, the result of excessive
brain work. Three hearty meals are
eaten every day, but no matter how
judiciously the food may be arranged
the condition continues Now, IL we
inject into that persons blood . con-
centrated extract of the brain of a
healthy animal we supply at once the
pabulum which the organ requires
Then. IL under this treatment the NOR
bid symptoms disappear. we are justi-
fed Ia Concluding that we have success
fully aided nature In doing that which
unassisted she could not accomplish.
"All this Is applicable not only 70 the
brain, but certainly to the heart, the
generativc system, the spinal cord. and.
believe, other organs Of the body.
have repeatedly seen feeble heart rem
dered strong. the blood corpuscles
increased in number and the color
Of the blood deepened by the use
Of caroline. and have many times seen
"A system. otherwise exhausted, re
stored TO its normal power by the use of
cerebrine and medulinc."
II was interesting to me 10 see the
Brown-Sequard rejuvenating elixir thus
itself rejuvenated. together with that
old maxim ~ my childhood. Every
partstrengthens part"
DAVID Wscuz-xh