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vigor by treating the patient with the

became convinced that we had in this
substance means of acting upon the
body in a manner and 20 an extent diff
ferent from those obtainable by any
other agent known to medical science. -
But nothing came of it, said |.
There were certain practical diff
culties in the way of bringing the sub
stance into general use in actual prac-
tice,' he replied. I'm the first place it
had to be used fresh, for, if not. there
was great danger of a putrefaction proc
ess being set up and blood poisoning
produced. Then there were technical
difficulties in the way of filtering. etc,
not necessary to mention here. After a
time. therefore, gave up the prepara-
ton of the juice by the Brown-Sequard
method, and turned my attention to
preparing extracts from other portions
of animal bodies and in a different way.
Each of these extracts is applied to the
cure @; diseases in the corresponding
organs of the human body. Cerebrine
is one of them"
Il see" said J. sit is the old idea:
Every part strengthens part That
is a section of the dietary system of
rural New England. If man is lean
he eats fat. IF he has bunions he eats
pigs feet"
That is the unscientifc method of APP
plying the idea, perhaps" said he. and
! it is old, of course. / recollect reading
nearly forty years ago an account of
some observations made by German
physician-L think he was a 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 beef's liver,
heart disease by beefs heart, etc. l
cannot trace the article | 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 acidulated with
boric acid. is cut into small pieces in a
Inincing machine. TO one thousand
grammes of this substance placed in Il
wide mouthed glass-stoppered bottle,
! add three thousand cubic centimeters
of a mixture consisting of one thousand
Gu bic centimeters each of saturated
solution of boric acid in distilled water
of pure glycerine and of absolute alco-
hol. This is allowed to stand in a 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 a porous stone filter,
through which it percolates very slowly,
requiring about two weeks for entirely
passing through. The residue on the
filter is then inclosed in several layers
of aseptic gauZe and subjected to
pressure of over thousand pounds, the
exudate being allowed to fall upon the
filter and mixed with sufficient of the
tiltrate to cover it. When it has entire
ly filtered it is thoroughly mixed with
the first filtrate and the process is com
plete."
/ give these directions at length be-
cause they are SO simple that they put
the substance at once into the power OF
any physician TO procure. This is not
private discovery it is given to the
profession in accordance with the
strictest rules of the excellent code of
medical ethics. Physicians well know
that during the entire progress of the
operation described above the most
rigid antiseptic precautions must be
taken. The vessels and instruments re-
quired are kept in boiling water for sew
eral minutes and are then washed in
solution of boric acid. Microscopic eX-
~, al 10 Ia
ultimate precaution against the devel-
opment 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
ten to twenty beats minute. The face |
becomes slightly flushed and there is
feeling of distention in the head, some |
times accompanied by headache. There |!
is nothing very remarka BILE about that |
but here is something worth mention |
ing: In many cases elderly persons F!
treated in this way find a remarka BILE |
change in their power of vision. The /
condition known DIS presbyopia-or fail |
ing of sight from old age-disappears. |
The person sees almost as well as ne
ever did. This experiment has been |
tried under many conditions and there
is no doubt that surprising results are
produced.
Still more remarkable is the effect
upon the muscular strength. In the eX-
pertinent which the writer had the
pleasure of witnessing a large and
strong man was asked to put ND
dumb bell weighing forty-tive pounds.
lie did it fourteen times with his right
arm and eleven times with his left 1t
needed but glance from one trained 10
athletic eXerclSeS-aS the writer has
had the advantage of being trained-to
show that the man was doing his eest,
aud that he reached substantially the
limit of his ability'in the present state
Of his muscular development After an
injection of the fluid he put up" the
dumb bell fortv-tvo times with his
right arm and thirty-five times with his
left, and did II easier than before He
showed less exhaustion and worked in
better form. His appearance was simply
mat of man in better training-of IN
creased general vigor-than in the pre-
yiOus instance. He had a slight head
ache afterward.
l feel the deepest certainty that
have seen thousands OF dollars change
lands on the result of contest in the
squared circle when FIVE drops Ct
erebrinewouid have changed the result.
ii this thing becomes known" said
to DIR. Hammond, you viii have a