Evening star., 1901-02-09

from anaemia Of the brain caused by nerv-
GUS exhaustion and general poorness of
infections. desiring to prove the effects Of
the electric flooding Of the brain with
blood unaided by the serums When IN
moment she got up, changing her position.
the force of gravity caused a decrease Of
blood In the brain and vertigo. sometimes
going to the beginning of fainting fits.
Without explaining what / proposed to do,
TO eliminate the possibility of suggestion
! passed the current in such a way that
.he brain was flooded with blood. linz
medlateiy she gave a sigh of satisfaction.
exclaim1ng oh, IL 1 could only feel like
that all the time! Without warning her
changed the direction of the current 20
as 10 produce anaemia, when her face soon
expressed discontent. moment later, had
L not stopped It. she would have tainted.
Another instance was that of a young
law student, who. though a model of de-
pertinent and application, had arrived at q
point OF neurasthenia where II was inn
possible to control his attention. He would
read page and not know what he had
read: Another curious symptom was his
inability to come to any decision. Often,
of holiday, he would start out after lunch
TO pay visit to relative. He would
would be passed In painful hesitations and
ne would return to his rooms at dusk with
out having done anything but wander about
the streets. The cacodylate Of soda in
ing Of the brain. worked SO magically with
him that he passed his examinations with
nying coors and went on without inter-
ruption in brilliant career.
GlycerOphOsphates.
In Paris dozen druggists and manu-
featuring chemists make a business Of ex-
plotting glycerophosphates as a speciality
OF some kind or other. But the action of
each new drug is always aided by an epi-
There is a saying in medical circles: Take
1t while 1t cures Antipyrine and phe-
nacetine are powerful and useful medicines,
but found them effective ten years ago,
When they first came out, in cases where
l would not dream of employing them to-
day. Preparations Of phosphates have al
ways been popular because the brain and
nervous system contain phosphates in their
composition. Indeed. celebrated ply
sician has declared, The soul is phos-
phorus.' When 1t was discovered that the
phosphorus in the nervous system existed
In the form of a combination known now
as flycerophosphate there was a rush for
glycerophosphates, and the only parallel 1
can remember for the avidity with which
the general public swallowed the glycero-
phosphates was the unanimity with which
people dosed themselves ten years ago with
antipyrine and phenacetine.
1t is possible to keep man alive and in
good health by extracts Of a certain gland
when disease of this gland in the subject
has necessitated its removal, and where the
consequences Of its removal would be loss
of intelligence and death. That something
new in this line is imminent / thoroughly
believe; but until 1t is hit on 1 would ad-
wise people rather to preserve the health
that they have than to count on getting
themselves made over new. One of the
greatest things Is the adaptation of our diet
to our bodily requirements, SO as to avoid
the development of that bodily SCOT known
as uric acid. which corrodes our tissues and
tires out our organs.
Abolish SaItf
If you want to get rid Of your minor In
firmities and live to an old age, become a
vegetarian and total abstainer from aco-
hol, and If this is not sufficient to rid you
Of your little troubles, suppress salt utterly
in your diet.
Many vegetarians look upon salt as a
poison or medicine, and a doctor has writ
ten paper for one Of the medical journals
to prove that the daily and habtual use OF
salt in food is the bane of life. For some
time have been treating rheumatism by
vegetarian diet, combined with abstinence
from salt. Several of my patients have
had pains that compelled them to resort TO
morphine disappear so completely that they
were able to be cured of the morphine habit
and give up it's use.
There is unwritten principle that in
therapeutics, If any particular treatment
fails to succeed, 1t is not bad plan TO try
exactly the opposite. I see that London
restaurant proprietors declare that such is
the craze for eating quantities of salt they
are unable to keep the salt-celars on thc;r
tables full of the suddenly popular panacea
All over the United States the salt fever is
now at its height. 1t is just beginning IN
Paris. among the people. by way of sym
pathy or imitation. What has the eating
OF salt In common with its Injection or the
injection Of giycerophosphates or cacodylic
acid? When the salt craze has lied away
L suggest to the disappointed multitude the
panacea OF abstaining from SALT
STERLING HEILIG