New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-23
DIR. HARTU4NN AND HIS WORMS.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE GERMAN THEO-
sOPHICAL SOCIETY AN AMERICAS
CITIzEN-HIS DISCOVERY of
LICNOSULFI'

LIGNOSULFIT.
Or. Franz Hartmann. the president OF the lheo
sophcal Society In Germany and well known as
writer on occulsm IL here to attend the convention
OF the Theosophlca Society in America. wncn VIII
be held on Sunday night in the Madison Square Gar
den Assembly Room. He Is staying al NO. %" west
End-ave the home OF Mrs. Tngley. DIT hartmann
Is no stranger 10 this country, being an Amer 'V"''
citizen and having lived In the west lot aDo"'
twenty years previous to 1883. when he went 20
India While in India Or. Hartmann stayed Win
Nine 'Biavatsky at Adyar. and he afterward went
v'i.h Nine. Blavatsky 10 Europe. AL preseht "''
home is AT Hallen. Austria. Some Of the nes'-
known books written by the Doctor are Magic
White and Black" "Roslcruc!ans" and "TheophraS-
tus Paracelsus."
In speaking about what he expected to do before
returning to Austria DR.. Hartmann sa'''
81 have been absent from this country Tor nine
years and when | landed here the other Gay
foIt as though were returning from imprisonment
In Siberia to free country I would remain mere
forever but have got to return TO Austria ior the
purpose OF looking after the theosophicaI cau'e
among the Gcrman-speaking population OF EUROPE
Before going home. however. I intend 20 m'he
tour OF the country delivering a number of lectures
/ have written some books on the danger OF pre-
mature burial which are published In English
Two persons in every one thousand on an average
are buried alive In different stages Of unconscious
ness This was found to be so after
careful investigation made by myself In CON
junction with Colonel A p. Vollum. OF the medical
Department OF the United States Army, ana
william Tebb OF London who is a well-knoWn
writer on medical subjects. The books have been
widely read and have received favorable comment
We have formed In England a society which now
has many members. which protects people against
a living burial. None Of The members who Gle are
buried until putrefaction sets in. this being the
only sign OF death. While am mere shal
lecture on this exceedingly interesting subject. and
! shall also try TO organize such society as the
In London.
Recently | have beer writing book on occult
science in medicine. My studies OF occultism, the
German mystics and alche msts have led me 10
make an important medical discovery when IS
already known throughout Europe under the name
of Lignosuht. II il used by the principal medical
authorities In Austria, Germany and other coun-
tries by this discovery even consumption IN the
introduce the invention I'm this country as it has
been introduced in England.
THE remedy IL not 10 be taken as medicine
usually is. Its odor is inhaled. and for the pur-
pose Of inhaling it public sanitariums have been
established in Vienna. Berlin Munich; Wiesbaden
Reichenhall Morranncs and many other watering
places. The result has been so extremely favor,
able that some Of the authorities of Austria and
Germany have written books on the subject and
now applying It in the hospitals This dis
covery is one Of the practical results OF the STUDY
of theosophy. II was discovered by me some
time after travelling through India with Or; Koch
Or; Hartmann has been member OF the The
osOphica Society since 1883 and Is a strong sup
porter Of Mrs. Tingley as 2 leader OF the move
ment Besides his English books he has written a
great many in German mystic subjects. and IL
now editing the only German theosophical monthly.
Lotus bluthen." When asked to whether he
knew anything about the supposed new incarnation
of Madame Blavatsky, the doctor said: Madame
Blavatsky once asked by an inquisitVe
Bra hmln what she would be in her next incarna-
ton Being in n good humor she answered that she
supposed she would be young Brahmin If not
something worse. This saying has been taken
seriously by certain persons who are not in the
habit Of being able 10 the point OF joke.
In regard 10 the so-called split In the Theosoph-
ica Society. the doctor said: II 10 not consider
that any such split has occurred. All that !
have seen is that certain elements who are IN
capable Of grasping the idea OF universal brother
hood. which is the basis OF the TheOsophica SO.
ciety have left tho society and gone In search OF
other objects"