The evening world., 1894-02-27
WILlING TO Be A SUBJECT.
Won Butcher Offers Himself to DR..
Nelson to Experiment On.
For Money lie Will Take Morphine
and Trust TO Potassium.

Or. Howard Il. Nelson, m advanced
student In the study Of chemistry, was
startled yesterday by finding Il man
SO desperate, owing to misfortune and
poverty, that he was willing for n
small consideration to imperil his life
by taking sufficient morphine to Kill
him.
Dr. Nelson and his associate, DR.. Os-
car Meyer. haYe been experimenting
With marked success with an antidote
for morphine poison. Thus far their
tests have been confined to curing
dogs. Several of the operations have
been reported in full in THE Evening
World" and extensively quoted by ply
sicians all over the United States. In
every instance the young doctors have
found that permanganate Of potassium
Is an antidote as speedy and effectual
in it's action as the original poison. That
the experiments might be thoroughly
effective. some hair-hraincd student at
the homeopathic College. at Sixty
fourth street ana First avenue. suggest
ed that a human being he doscd with
the deadly drug, and then quickly re-
stored by means Of tho a%ntilote, to the
eternal glory of science in general and
Drs. Nelson and Meyer in particular.
This brilliant youth received no en-
enlargement. but 1t Ia believed his idea
experiments travelled beyond the col
leee walls, for within n few days DR..
Nelson received the following letter:
NEW York CITY, Fch. 90. 1891
Howard L. Nelson, Esq. Flower Homeopathic
Hospital and College, siSty.iourth street
and First avenue.
Dear Sir: Having read IN the papers NJ your ex-
p"rimcnts with pcrmanSarntc Of potassium ar an
aniihOto for morphine poisoning. have the honor
to oncr ny services fer II trial am an old
tho National Homeopathic Hospital. Washington.
u. -, AZ head nurse,
For tho last two years I have been surgical
nurse for DrE. Hull and +. IGnEr. hUt personal
Injuries i've months Rgo forced mo to retire.
offer my services for money to pay my rent
and Sl,' my family from starvation. having been
without work for 1--WE months.
s ra you a,d II'ept my services please let me know
please, for We are very badly Of.
| am myself \ graduate from college nni uni
yy"r..'y' and have been q teacher; Very respect spec
Sn East sixty. second street,
Fearing the letter might be a joke of
the college boys an Investigation was
live, at the address given in his letter.
lie is n tall. well-proportioned. handsome
man, and with the bluff, off-hand man
rers of u soldier.
perlments thoroughly. having some
knowledge of medicine myself" said he.
Are. you not afraid to lake n deadly
WHO, Ian old soldier? Not much.
If Di. Nelson wishes to try the expert
meut, ! am ready"
Mr.. Blucher wished to make his ar
rangcmcnts with the physician only. As
he disappeared through the door of his
domicile he was asked:
Are YOU related to the famous Butcher
family, Of Germany, descendants Of Mar
shall Blucher'"
II am. Good-day sir"
DIR. Nelson regards Won Rluc,her's
he mans fSolhardy courage He said
he would not think for a moment Of try
ing the experiment suggested, ana e&-
pressed surprise that men with such
ideas existed outside of story books.
DR.. Nelson has received Information of
a trial of his antldote, by n DR.. Burch, of
Carthage, Mo. DR.. Burch deplores the
c~cssful, and Immediately brands the
antidote "A failure.
II never heard Of DR.. Burch," said DR.;
s NGITo me- I is co II tte he meIhS as ne one aSs0 bnt
himself to blame for his failure. lie did
not pursue our methods. pr. Burch In
teCted four grains OF morphine and then
ganate of potassium, both being given
hypodermlcally. We ave four grains
"f morphine and nearly, twice, as much
permangOnate the antldOte being adj
m,nistered 10 hypodermically,, and 20
by way OF the mouth. So far as, ]
know, l believe II necessary to give the
larger portion Of the antidote by way
OF the mouth. We have tried nine ex-
rerincnts, and all have been successful.
DIR. Eurch tries an experiment. In which
he does not administer the antidote
| property. and then cries failure
THE antidotc has been tried with. sue
cess upon II man who took a large
dose OF morphine, The case was report
ed In the newspapers
"Nuw. doctor, how about Won
Blucher""
con. Mn'll haYe to let him GO"