Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-15
SECOND On EARTH
Plymouth the Seat Of a Noted Ex
perlment
TRIAL OF DR.. EDSON'S DISCOVERY
ICs success. Now Most Probable. Mean,
Cure for Consumption by Medi
cine The Test Patient.

1t will not be very much longer be-
fore the eyes of big number of medical /
practitioners in this country and in other
countries will be turned upon the map
of Indiana in a search for the location !
of the city named Plymouth.
This place is at the present time the |
seat of an experiment which has only I
one duplicate III the world, which shows I
every symptom of a marked success, !
and which In such an event means a
revelation of extreme importance to the +
medical profession Of the world not
more than to the laymen. For the
principle sought TO be established IS
none less than the permanent ard
speedy cure OF consumption, heretofore
considered always hopeless.
DIR. Cyrus Edison, OF New York City,
ex-commlssioner Of public health, is one
of the most noted scientists and
medical authors Of today. For several
years he has been engaged in a study OF
the one disease which his professional
brothers have pronounced incurable.
The result of his labors was the dis
covery of new compound, essentially
simple in its bases, which he has named
"Asepsin" 1t is this which he claims
veritable elixir of life.
1t is the test of this remedy which is
now beng made Two cases Of pure
consumption are under the treatment
both exactly the same, and both well
along in the stages of the disease. One
of the cases is in the private laboratory
of DIR. Edison in New York, conducted
personally by the inventor: the second
case Is In the Plymouth Institute, treat
ed by Drs. Borton and Aspnall under
the daily anu detailed instructions of
, DIR. Edison. Both cases have been
secretly conducted because Of the desire
of DIR. Edison to preserve his secret un
til every vestige of doubt concerning its
powers and possibilities has been
changed into certainty.
The INDEPENDENT rep ,rter few
days ago called at the Plymouth lnstI-
tute and, with DR.. Borton, saw the man
! who has the honor Of being one-half OF
DIR. Edsons primary experiment. Again
on yesterday, in company with DIR. y,
b. Aspinall, the Institutes capable
: physician in charge, and under his di-
I rection, the writer was given an OppOr-
! tunity to make a passing thorough eX
, animation o. the patient and his CON
( dition of progress.
\ The patient is William Ilogarth, Ply
o mouth, 30, painter, unmarried, D 1eet
! inches in height, l43 pounds weight: sc
= says the big record book in the front
. room of the Office. The treatment was
q begun Dec q, although he had pre-
@ viously been cured of the morphine
q habit there. The record says that he
9 had taken IN )rphine internally for OF
!. years, about grains day; useo
r alcoholic stimulants for only few
months. Treatment for morphine stop
a ped Dec. |.
- The brief report of the medica
f side of the case given me by DIR. Aspln
- all is as follows: Physical diagnosis
p HepetizatiOn of left lung, involving al
4 three lobes, result of previous pneu
\. monlties, bronchitis right bronchi. slbl
q lant rates plainly audible; unmistakabl
:. bacillus in expectoration, and complet
train of symptoms readily recognized.
PRESENT CONDITION.
The treatment had reached 13 days o
e the intended % when the patient wa
.e seen by the reporter yesterday. lie wa
a wonderfully improved, has gained seve
'e pounds in weight, pulse rate lowere
1t from l0o to %, temperature from lOll
n TO 90. He eats and sleeps well, and
ID getting the color of health back into hi
e. face. The prognosis is decidedly favor
st BILE and the prospects for his complet
e recovery are most excellent.
ie WHAT 1T ALL MEANS.
=. The Importance of these tests Cal
hardly be over estimated. This repor
" is about 80 days in advance OF ID
y Edson's own articlA in the Medics
= Record, and the INDEPENDENT reader
y thus have positively the first accoun
which has ever appeared in prin
y Asepsin is a colorless liquid, and
claimed to cure also malaria, bright
disease. 1t is prepared from nascer
IN picnic acid, which is derived froi
ne phenol. 1t is injected into the walls c
ct the abdomen or the muscles OF tn
10 back.
N 1t is expected that the patient Hogart
it will be discharged in about 10 day
more.