The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1901-10-18
CAVE UP THEIR LIVES.
Soted Physicians Who Have sacri-
Aced Themselves Upon the
Altar Of Science.


Altar OF Science.
49,
In the investigation of scientific
probl ems and in the search after the
hidden things in nature scientists
have shown that they do no more
shirk from personal injury or death
than does the soldiers Humanity has
profited by the, discovery OF many
secrets, though the discoverers sac.
rificed their lives in the work of add
ing to the valuable knowledge of the
world. Physicians have braved GER.
tain and sometimes most horrible
deaths that the nature of certain dis
eases might be better understood and
the profession enabled to more intel
iigently treat them. It can be truly
said that science no less, than reli-
gion and patriotism has it's roll of
martyrs, says the Chicago Chron-,
icle.
One of these was DIR. Ellenberger.
who was willing to. subject himself
to the danger of certain death to
prove his contention that he. had dis
covered an infallibfe cure for NOR
phine poisoning. This was in 1851,
solutely no known antidote for this
poison. Ellenberger. made an offer
to demonstrate the effectiveness. of
hisA antidote before the celebrated
che Dist and toxicologist, Orfila.
At this test Ellenberger. took, the
enormous dose of 25 grains of NOR
phine, enough to kill half dozen
men. He Immediately swallowed his
antidote and experienced no bad res
suits. He commended that the result
would be the same if 80 or 40 minutes
elapsed after taking the poison be-
fore the antidote was swallowed. In
spite of his belief in his discovery
Ellenberger afterward died from the
effects of ten-grain dose of NOR
3hine, he having allowed Is minutes
to elapse before taking the antidote.
The antidote of Ellenberger was an
Alyzed after his death and found to
consist of magnesia and carbonate of
magnesia.
So died DIR. Male, of Birmingham,
England, who was experimenting
with aconite. He was DESTROYS to find
out what the effects would be of
small doses of the drug taken at diff
ferent times but continuously. He
found out, for after he had taken 80
lrops in ten doses in a period of four
lays he suddenly dropped dead. This
proved that aconite is a drug which
aas a cumulative effect. The system
will store it up until it has accumu-
'ated enough to make a toxic dose
md then the man dies.
Lyddite and the French melinite-
Two powerful explosives of which
much is heard nowadays-have as the
oasis of the composition picric acid.
For years picric acid was used in
the dyeing of cloths and people sus-
pected that it was explosive. They
stirred with red-hot poker and
poured molten iron into watts of it
from a height, but the stuff absolute
~ refused to go off. Then came along
one of those German scientists who
are not satisfied until they have
aelved clear to the roots of a thing.
He tried his hand at the question of
the explosiveness of picric acid and
solved the problem in q short time.
He took a vessel filled With the acid
to his laboratory and detonated
small piece of illuminate. of mercury
IN close proximity to it. His name was
Dietz and when they gathered up the
remnants of the solid stone lsAora-.-
tory which, with the fragments of
the experimental, had been scattered
over a large area of country, there
was no more discussion as to wheth-
err picric acid was explosive or not.
Thuilier, the French bacteriologist.
in order to study the action of the
cholera germ so successfully inocu-
lated himself with the deadly microbe
that he died. Before his death, how
ever, he had time to make some i'm
rprtaut discoveries as to the nature
and action OF the microbe-in fact,
giving to the world the first reliable
data concerning the character and
habits of what has come to be known
ms the "coma bacillus of cholera"
Sunshine for insomnia.
Let sleepless people court the sun.
rhe VERY worst sOpOrific is laudanum,