Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-09-04
WILLING 10 SUFFER.
OVER 4 HUNDRED MEN OFFER TO DIE
FOR $1,000

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EASEMENT which Appeared In the New York
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mental surgical operation that may possibly
proye fatal Address SurGecn, Uptown World
ofics.
This advertisement was inserted by Pro
fessor Edwin I. Osbaldestou. surgeon and
INSTRUCTOR in massage at - West Forty.
sixth street. He did not insert II for him
self. Int ON behalf of two physicians living
In Guayaeail. Ecuador, South America.
One il an American. formerly resident OF
Boston; the other native Ecuadcrcau and
n graduate of the Lima university.
sTwice before" said the professor To y
reportsr, .shavr been called upon to fur
nish a subject on whom these doctors could
experiment. The first occasion was some
time in the latter part OF ISIS, when only NJ
applied. The second was In 1870, when III
letters were received from people wi'iins
TO sacrifice themselves in the Interests of
science and their own financial advance
ment''
And how did these experiments turn
outf"
The first man ST. rvivcd, the Se,o'h di,Nl
1t was ut the time when the bacillus craze
was al its height. He was inoouiated with
the germs of sonetwoscore diseases, ana he
died IA frightfnl death.
And what Is the nature OF the presenf
experiment"
at is simply 10 cut hole IN the stomach
of the subject, through which the action OF
the gastric juices and the processes oil a.
geston may be watched.
"Why, that is the Alexis 81. Martin cast
all over again INTERCEPTED the reporter,
Precisely. But that happened consider
ably more than half a century ago. ami
since then the advance in our knowledge OF
dietetics has been enormous With the
growth in our knowledge, as must always
happen, comes an increased recognition OF
our ignorance. a hundred and one ques.
tions that would never have occurred Ia
DIR. Beaumont when he was experimenting
on St Martin clamor today for an answer.
That answer can only he obtained by eA-
perimc,its on the living subject In the In
tercsts of medical advancement the doctors
of whom l speak have collected n fund,
and 4, 900 of this fund is 10 he gwen tn
any man who will agree to submit to the
necessary operation.
"Any did YOU get many answers"
"Yes. sir; | waited four days, and then
walked to the uptown Office Of The World
and found AZ answers awaiting me They
were from all parts of the country and from
all classes OF men--merchan,s, tra,lesncn,
artists. mechanics professional men. nurses
and laborers, Many of the applicants wer,
evidently men OF good education and social
standing For the comparatively trifing
sum of IS 600 these men were willing To
submit to a terrible surgical operation that
must csuse great bodily suffering and pos
sihly l.. followed by crippled body or
oven death itself. Indeed, | think the
chances of the patient surviving only about
.v,n
And did YOU make a satisfactory sela
,ion,"
"EntireIv. I wanted "A strong. healthy
,uun with n constitution that would give
him n fighting chance for Ills life. paid no
nttrntion 20 the married men. for lid no,
,yant a man with the responsibility of a
family unon his shoulders wanted him
IN Inv. ns few relatives ms possible, sue
cao1.d in Gndiny n man who hind 10 reln.
tinns whatever and who otherwise fulfilled
al ,L, rr,nnircnrpts -
"N-ho vas bes"
81 do not care To give his name. for one
~ b,cor,li,;nna n. mad, WINS thar ahso.
l,,,., a..cr,,,, .honld In, p,nin,oined Unt
nav .,y ills much. He was n fighting
an ;, nu.rilist Inv profession. % wears of
~. ia IL 4 ,ent III. inches biyh Hefsnll
,nuscIn and can easily lift 3t4 pounds with
nut b.,Iiny his knees He Inns "A fierc,
h,,iIA,, ,vnr..sion He Is well known in
.,,o,,cr CIRCLES for he furnishes snort inu
n,,, very now and then 10 the n,uers In
.,,,,,,ner he t,n1s bnr nj n pon,iL,r resort
H. ,,,nhi,;op il 10 have n l,,,er beer "A
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