The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-25
An ELIXIR OF LIFE FOUND?
PROF IETCHNIKOFF's DrscoVERY
ar THE PAsTEUR INSTITUTE
Bs. n Series of Lymphs which. II Il be-
reved, check the Decay of Tissue. In tho
Human Body - Extraordinary Results
Have Been Obtained. but the Discovorer
only shy. That He Has Homo of success.

IOSpON, Iec. ED.-lhe fhrls correspondent
o',he Morning Post describes one Of the great
%, discoveries Of modern science. which has
NE, lecn made At the Pasteur Institute. He
s,,. 'lat rruf Metchnikor Is engaged in
,.k.us accurate doses OF series OF
lymrhs. each Of which will rcjuvenate
particular organ Of the human holy.
The professor objects TO premature publicity
md II istcd that the correspondent only cay
that no had hope. but the explanation Of the
discovery RAY be taken to show that the main
rr.n'rm has been solved. The correspondent
save
u rnf Nstchnikofrs experiments show that
,hn rNpl. nation OF senile atrophy has
hitherto been erroneous. The theory was that
e, rtain blood cells devoured others and
H., vital functions beEan to weaken.
The organic poisons thrown on theoretically
In youth were believed to remain In the
.y-'rm in old age. or at least to
teIrss energcticnl'y elected. These poisoned
the finer cells. Will" without action on
those 81 the congunrtiye tissues. The
noble cells diel. becam" the prey OF the other
or riebcian cells thus lrl- s'ngatrO ply TO the
crln' WI - the uc'amorphosis occurred
Iro' MetchnigofT has proved conc .usivr.y that
the noble cells are not dead IN the organs
atrophied by scnilty.
Moreover. they may 10 mutlrlicd. Itnsslsted
IN their struggle with the plehean cells. they
continue To i've actively. q. in youth. aud. theo-
retrally. the organism will crnsc 10 grow Old
amt lie will he r~oong"d. Prot MetchnikoN
ha, found means Of aIorling this resistance
Ani the results already obtained are extra
ordinary
THE discovery was made in the following
manner. VI Bordet. ore o. tho professor ;
pupils In lsIA. puhlish"l tho results OF a
curious experiment. which consisted ot in
jertng the blood Of n rabbit INTO a guinea pig
Later he in ."cted IN" boot OF this guinea pig
into rabbit and the latter died. Prof. Metch-
nixon sought the causes 81 the phenomeuo OH
and was soon cow ced that the blood Of the
guinea Mig. injected into n rabbi; or other yer
tehrate animal. ekabora'cs tn" poison that
waaSens the red Elobuios Of the t,ooi and
makes them the prev o'tho rhagocytes.
starting from the fact that the poison elab-
.:ra.s! n The gu. .a -. . It, u arss doses
Prof.. MetchnikoN arEued that tina action In
small doses must be stimulating. On this Is
based the action oi all medic mes, such as
strychnn AMI ars"Hc
Hethern'or. began to intact into rabbits tncble
solutions 4 previously injected guinea ig's
blood 4 c-.blc milmetre ~ the blood ~ the
rabbits thus treated contained before the
Injections ,3.ODD.UDO ret glob Ilss In three
or four days the mum or incTcas cd to S.OOOOU &C..
"A sovereign remedy against anUmia has
been discovered and the theory con-
cerr re the red g!ohules has been con
frmad. An entire section Of the ra-teur In
sttute ia now working tu find the specific
serums fer each particular organ. 1.-THE blood
serum scts IN the red Rlobules II tho liver the
serum must have n similar c,'"'. on the colt
o! he liver. that OF Tie braiI. "a the brain and
SO on. The experiments have demonstrated
thi.
- sreGihc kidney serum was .ound some
days ago. To professor is now detcrmi ming
the exact dose for medical PURPOSES. The dis.
covery has now passed the Period Of mere
laboratory experiments The celebrated Dr.
Vida Is now Mt work on human s"runs"
The correspondent draws attention to the
obvious result. the great urO'onga'!ou Of
human lie. II everything Il successful.