The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-01-02

the blood VIII run through it in one di-
rection at one time and in another di-
rection at another time. If the end Is
chopped on the heart the blood viii con-
tinue to run in one direction. d.. Lingle
has been gradually working Up to highe-
forms Of life.
Professor Loeb was born in Germany,
and was educated at the gymnasiums Of
his native country. At an early age he
went 10 strassburg university and grad
uated with distinction, showing in his col
Iege career great aptitude for research
and original work. After filing an in
structor's positions at the universities Of
Wurzburg and Berlin until 1890 ne came
TO the United States. When he had
served as professor OF biology ar Bryn
1 BIawr college for two years ne was called
to q leadership in the University of chi
cage in 1892 His work since that time
has been remarkable and he is now head
Of the department Of physiology and ex-
/ perimental biology.
Considerable work has been done by
Dr.. Loeb in geotropism, or the effect Of
/ gravity on animal life. He has also done
work on helotropism, or the effect Of
book on the physiology OF the brain.
Opinions were expressed by professors
/ at the University Of Chicago and pro
fessional men on the south side yesterday
| about the discovery Of Professors Loeb
and Lngle as follows;
! Dr.. c. P Small. official physician for
/ the University Of Chicago-The theory IS
a very plausible one While I have done
4 no research work OF this kind myself, I
1 have found the utility OF salt solutions
many times in surgical operations that I
have had to perform. An injection of
salt solution often tides patient over
/ after a very severe operation. I think
that some very practical results may
come from this scientific discovery.
DR.. Charles Wieland. head physician
for the Chicago Baptist hospital-This Is
a subject about which it Is hard for a
man to talk who has not given consider
able Of his time to research work. How
ever. I have expected that our experiment
Psychologists woud some time tell US why
salt solution has been so effective on the
blood and heart beat. can not predict
what practical results this discovery will
have
Professor H. H. Donaldson, head Of the
department of anatomy at the University
Of Chicago-Professor Loeb will undoubt-
edly publish something in the future
which viii have more practical bearing
than this discovery has. for he has now
only mis- foundation stone on which he
expects to build. I leave DR. Loeb to
prove to the world what the benefit of
his work will be to humanity
Dr.. T. W. Goodspeed, secretary Of the
board of trustees Of the University Of
Chicago-It is my opinion that men live
long enough nowadays. I do not know
how we should feel about It if we were
sure that our lives could be prolonged
indefinitely. 7 do not know whether
this discovery can be made to give such
practical results as this OF not. Science
has done so many wonderful things
within the last fifty years that one may
expect most anything.
Chicago physicians are for the most .
part incredulous regarding the discovery
by Professors Loeb and Lingle that salt
possesses wonderful nfe-giving proper
ties. Salt has long been used as a slim
ulant in case Of severe shock or where
there has been a great loss Of blood. but
the suggestion that il might be the elixir
OF life only drew smiles from the faces of
eminent medical practitioners.
DR.. Robert H. Babcock, the well known
heart specialist. said: 80 far as I can
make out from the newspaper accounts
of DR.. Loebs discovery the only thing
essentially new IS his conclusion that
chloride of sodium in the blood is the
chemical which causes the heart to beat
during life This is indeed an interest
ing and startling statement, and one upon
which a physician could not we'll ex-
press an opinion without making expert
ments to test the matter. Dr. Loeb is
an eminent scientist and a direct state
ment from him VIII be awaited with in
terest.
Occasionally salt infusion IS inject
ed into the blood to revive person who
has sustained a severe shock, but the
Idea that any chemical can revive heart
action and restore a person after life is
extinct is absurd"
ut is true that the hearts Of frogs and
certain cOld-blooded animals low down in
the scale of life have been removed,
and then and then. under the influence
Of stimulants. have been made to resume
their puIsatlons for a short time. This
IS fact that has often been demon
strated."
DR.. Daniel K Brewer said: There
Is nothing new in the fact that salt So
luton viii stimulate heart action. Il is
also often injected in the body after a
person has ben weakened by hemorrhage.
but the question as to its power 10 cause
7nce ceased-in other words. to restore
life that has become extinct-is quite a
different matter. The general theory OF
the rhythmic action Of the heart IS that
t IS controlled 3 va special nervous
mechanism Of its own.
From what has been published con-
,srning Dr. L.eob's discovery. 7 have not
been able to make out the nature Of his
conclusions, bat 7 hardly think Il prob
lble that he intended to convey the idea
nat he had found a combination Of
,hemicals which would actually restore
ife Dr Loeb IS held in very high es-
eem and I am anxious 20 see what he
has 20 say in his pamphlet on the sub
ect Of his discoveries
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