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


s.ko1t that - bst4nce- n 49, not Dc
ssera>d - sr.xsftrIs ~ ~~n~ sasghesl
lsnees1 "a Old graF-bs.ri fzlte bls-ai'-
AZ fQntn IL 49, "a effsrt - restore
- ces sein os<4z1s "a tse t,o<sy healthy
yi9cr - tre4tlnz the psEi~lt ~ith he
expres-.1d i4iee II the corresponding
ergaas II : tfuinra pix And 4 did ia
certain eases. vhsn saloctsd iato inc
blood prove rapable u afFcsting -
soEne extent ths i1ro@.ts - cd ase.
became eansinl-rd that ~ had "a thts
snl.ssanee ssses.as Of acting upon thu
body la a alanner and - an extent dit
fer~na frosa ths1e oetalHabie by any
other agent kno'~n - neileal ssisnee-'
Bat nothing came II =. sad l.
There were certain prsetieal DIM
eastirs IN the nay II bringing the kat-
stance inso geIrr4l use n act1al pr-c-
tiee,n be replied ''in thr trst phase II
had a be used fresh. for # not, there
- A. great danger OF patrctaction pro<s
80 beiag ST np and blood poisoning
prtntuced Then there were technical
di1iculries Ia the WAY 81 tissrlng, etc.
not Necessary ~ anentlon here. Afrer
tins. therefore. 1 g4ss up the prepare
tbsn OF the Juice by the brown ss~quand
rn.shod, sud turned my attention u
preparing extracts from other portions
Of animal bodies aud ia = different way.
Each II these extracts Is applied u the
cure u diseases IN the corresponding
organs Of the huiaaa body. 1erebrino
j. one II them.
-. a.. III
Every part strengthens a part That
- section II the dietary system Of
rural New England II a inaa Is lean
he eets fat II be has bunions he eats
pigs feet"
That Is tie unscienrific method of APP
plying the idea- perhaps. said he, "and
II = old. % course. recollect reading
nearly forty years ago An account OF
some observations made by German
physiciani think he was a German
relative - the treatment Of diseases OF
the several organs Of the body by sys-
TEN % diet. consisting OF the correspond
Ing organs Of healthy animals. Thus.
liver disease Was treated by beefs liver.
heart disease BY beefs heart, etc
cannot trace the article | read. but Ii
certainly exists. or did exist
Now - return - cerebrino. The
method ~ preparation = simple The
whole brain Of the OK. after being thor
ouxhiy washed ia water aeidulated with
boric acid. IS eut into small pieces in q
inincing machine To one thousand
granmes Of this substance placed in a
wide mouthed. glass-stoppered bottle.
aid three thousand cubic centimeters
OF a mixture consisting Of one thousand
cubic centimeters each Of n saturated
solution ~ boric acid In distilled water,
81 pure glycerine and of absolute alco-
hoI This n allowed 70 stand In n cool
place for at least six months, being well
shaken or stirred two or three times a
day. At the end Of this time IL Is
thrown upon q porous stone filter.
through which IL peroolates very slowly,
requiring about two weeks for entirely
passing through The residue on the
filter is then inclosed in several layers
Of aseptlc gauxe and subjected 10 a
pressure II over thousand pounds. the
exusiate being allowed 90 fall upon the
filter and mixed with sufficient of the
citrate 70 cover It. When II has entire
" Uttered il l. thoroughly mixed with
the first filtrate and the process Is COM
plete--
give these directions az length be-
caase they arr 30 simple that they put
the substance at once into the power OF
any physician 10 procure. This Is not
private discovery" IL is given TO the
profession in accordance with the
strictest rules Of the excellent code of
medical ethics. Physi ,isris well know
that during the entire progress Of the
operation described above the mos,
rigid antiseptic precautions must be
taken The vessels and instruments re
CURED are kept In boiling water for sew
eral minutes and are then washed In
solution Of bOric acid. Microscopic ex-
arninntions are also 20 be made, as an
ultimate precaution against the devel-
opment OF bacteria
And now for the popular side of the
matter. What will this substance do?
Pive drops. with an equal quantity OF
distilled water. injected under the skin
IA the ordinary way Is The dose In five
or ten minutes the pulse begins 10 beat
much stronger and fuller. aud increases
TN - twenty beats minute. The face
beoomes slightly flushed and there is a
feeling of distentio1 in the head. some
times accompanied BY headache. There
v nothinz very remarkable about that.
hut here l. something worth mention
ing. la many cases elderly persons
treated ia this way find remarkable
change 10 their power - vision. The
condition known n prcsbyopia OR fail
ing u sight from old age--disappears.
The person rces almost a. well ss he
ever did This experiment has been
tried under many conditions and there
"a ~ doubt that surprising results arc
produced.
still more remarkable II the effect
upon the muscular strength In the ex-
pertinent which the writer had the
pleasure ~ witnessing large ard
stronR man was asked - put 40
dumb bell weighing forty I've pounds
lie did it fourteen times with bis right
arm 4od eisvrn times with his left. IL
a~esied but . glance from one trained %
athletic exerrises--as the writer has
had ne advantage - being trimmed To
shaw that the man was doing his best.
aud that b. reached substantially the
limit = hss shility'in The present state
a hi- muscular sisvelopsnent After an
injection Il The fuid he pot Mp the
dunb bell fsrty-two tirnes with his
r,rf.t ARA and thirtv-fvc times with rs