The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1901-01-08
Salt proIongs Ez Mayor Eswitt's LIfs.
lRSQLUTEEY PURE

salt Prolongs TX Mayor Hewitts Liis'
Abram s. Hewitt. ex mayor Of New
York city, owes the splendid vitality
he evinces in his eightieth year to the
nee Of an elixir Of life. His remedy for
longevity is an ingredient found In
common salt. For three years Mr..
Hewitt has been treated by subcutane-
Gus injections Of glycero phosphate OF
sodium. The treatment was prescribed
by Dr. Robart, noted physician OF
Paris Within a month the scientific
world has been thrown into a ferment
By the declaration Of Professors Loeb
and Lipgle. Of the University Of Obi.
csgo. upon lines originated by two
Johns Hopkins professors, that common
salt was an intense yitalizing agent
and that study Of its stimulating prop
critics might lead to the discovery Of
the long.sought elixer Of life.
GiyCero phosphate Of sodium is en-
ingredient found largely in table salt 4.
which in its purified state is known to
science as chloride Of sodium.
Since the discovery Of the Brown
Sequard elixir, French physicians have
studied assiduously the salts Of sodium :
The efficacy Of phosphate of sodium.
especially the glycerc-phosphAte. to
stimulate tlumberiDg vitality. has long
been known TO them. Some have ad.
vanced the contention that glycero-
phosphate Of sodium did more than
stimulate. They claimed that 1t could
create strength.
The instance OF Mr. Hewitt. who has
been given a new lease on life and
guaranteed at the natural termination
Of green old age the rc1ndiDg out OF
a century Of bodily and mental activ'
ity, has aroused dawn.of-the-centusy
discussion Of the possibilities Of pro-
longing human life
Mr. Hewitt is greatly ayerse to dis
casing his case for the public. He ad
mitted the facts Of bis case today, bu'
declined to enter into discussion
of the importance OF his treatment e
mankind Of large.
There is no such thing as q care
all, he said. ITO recommend q
remedy as a universal panacea has al.
ways appealed TO me as savorIng OF
quackery. The remedy that has proved
30 signally efficaolons In my case NIGH
prove injurious to others Different,
constituted. "
Mr.. Hewitt's physician gave this his
tory Of the case:
"Three years ago Mr. Hewitt fell
victim to general weakness. He had
no organic trouble. but the intense go
tivity due to many years Of public life
had exhausted his vitality. NumDncsI
would be good word TO describe hi
bodily condition. HIS appetite failed
de experienced difficulty in locomotion
and the most alarming symptom va
the falling # his faculty Of mental at
tention.
Failing 10 gain relief here, Mr..
Hewitt went to EGrope, intending Il
take long vacation and try the res
oure.' While In Paris he called on DR.
Robart, who prescribed subcutaneou
injections Of the glycero.phosphate o
sodium The treatment was continued
while Mr.. Hewitt was In Paris. and thl
results we're surprisingly beneficial
Hs gained strength and appetite.
"His mental depression disappeared
and he was sble TO walk with
vigor that he bad not enjoyed for years
In every way he gained new lease Of
life. The amount Of physical exegtlol
and mental strain he can now underg
is remarkable for man Of his years.
''Since the exploiting Of the Browr
Sequaid elixir physicians have bee
familiar with the efficacy Of th
phosphate Of sodium to stint
late vitality. With the analysis Of th
sequard elixir 1t was discovered that Il
principle ingredient was phosphorus
In combination with salt Of sodinn
The efficacy Of the animal extracts. o
which Brown-Sequafd placed 60 muo
reliance. have been discarded BY th
scientific world. Traces Of phosphai
Of sodium are common in the ordinar
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