The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-01-13
pR. soHENK's DISCOVERY.
lie Talks Go Reporter. but Only Gives
Part Of His Experience.


The World from Vienna says: II
Professor schenk Of the Vienna uni.
versity, whose reported marvellous dis
coyery Of the secret Of scx startled civil
ization last week, has made the first an.
thoriiative statement Of the results OF
his experiments.
DR.. schenk, for more than 30 years,
has been absorbed In studying the de-
volopmont Of the human and lower ami
NAL embryos, and Is recognized as the /
leading authority ON that branch Of
science. lie published In 1867 the first
essay upon the development Of the en-
bryoon a heart, and since then has writ
ten whole library on the development
Of man and beast from the oyum OF egg
lie Is a thoroughly serious scientist,
who does not exploit his discovery for
money. lie refuses 20 treat patients for
fees, however tempting The CORE.
spondent asked
"Can you give me positive direct In
formation Of your discovery with regard
10 the treatment q women anxious 10
have sonsy"
Prof schenk answered with dctermi-
nation
Il gave the treatment under seal 10
the Vienna Imperial academy Of Flor
ence, where It win le tested and pub
lished But can sell you the results Of
my discovery and LET you have the SCI
ontihc facts upon which my discovery h
based What hes between Is my secret
III say / can determine the sex Of a
child 10 b. horn, you must understand
that I can bring Il about that the woman
shall become the mother Of a son aud
not Of daughter
My treatment has no other aim than
causing boys 10 L. born. made my
discovery many yoars ago and subjected
Il 90 proofs. Il h by my own choice that
am the father Of six sons, four Of
whom aro alive and strong haze
achieved similar rasalis In the families
Of relatives. friends and some persons In
Whose ability 10 keep secret ] had full
conhdonce-i4 cases in all
"But l cannot trcat every stranger
who may appeal 70 me. must b. able
90 watch the patient. must b. certain
that my directions are scrupulously
p obcyed consider every case an expor-
4 imont, a test Of my discovery. | must
G have a certainty.
+. Il can bring u about with human BE-
b ings or with animals having one young
j. one AZ a time that this offspring shall b.
!. male and with animals bearing many TO-
1 gethcr that the majority shall b. male.
when observed hens | numbered
? the eggs, dotormininas whether a malc
n or a female bird would come out
r. scarocly ever was mistaken
r. The Worlds correspondent remarked
, that no douht h. would h. appealed q
c by many families and particularly
D. wherc large fortunes are at stake The
u professor replied
Il am no man Of business. but exclu.
sively a SCIENTIST. am not anxious O.
gain a fortune. but desire above every
? thing that my discovery shall h. scion
m tifcaily confirmed aud rccognizcd Tn,
y academy 81 srienoes alone can do this
v n have accepted no reward In the sue
m cessfDl cases have treated. They an
!. preciUus 70 me beyond gold a. proofs 81
n the rsality of my discovery.
= Il have achieved suocess In a famil,
!, IN which the dcsirs for the birth Of
: son wcrc intense. II | told You th
: name Of the head 81 the family yol
I would know that for him 20 pay me siO.
I, 600 for my services woald h. no nor
than for YOU to pay doctor tiS for ex
= aiming your thruat But d.d not &C
! ccpt any inward.
!, IAN former theories hypothesis show
that man has no influence whatever o.
b, the sex Of tho child Il all depends uT
4, ON the woman.
a "But the treatment must not begi
after pregnancy. u must begin bcfor
,r conception, as the woman must b. pu
/, into a position to enable her 90 develo
IN \ NlAAf emu llNih AAt hNuiAs
The assertion that the ovum in IN
- female oyary possesses the male or N
,o female germ alrcady developed bofoi
"a impWgnation Is false. On the contrar,
the embryo il scxlcss during sever
A. stages Of development. II Is impossih
~ that my Treatment can develop ma
~ child even m this stage. but there Is n
n certainty Of IL.
n. "My discovery Is lascd upon the "a
N. entihc fact that the blood in a grown q
or man contains five million blood corpu
IN Giles. the hcarers 81 life giving, nourisl
N. ing oxygen while the blood In a grow
er woman contains only four million.
IA This difference Is the basis Of diffc
nj onccs In sex. and Of the different NOR
I'd and physical working powers IN ma
and woman. This proportion is obser
.tv able In the slightest quantity Of bio,
from a man or woman.
IAN my efforts arc directed towa
producing in the embryo the right nun
an bcr of blood corpusclos required hy q
idc male. | have succeeded IN attainii
IN. this effect by suitable nourishmcnt
vas the woman and by influencing the met
nn, lolic proves In the change ot matter
80 munder Ia Eiectiug senator.
MI. jackson, Miss, Jan. i2.-Tho lcgisl
at. turc made curious and awkward blu
cts der yesterday In halloting Tor Unit
nal States senator Tor the unexpired Ter
aos made vacant by the death Of senator