The St. Louis Republic., 1902-08-20
DID SGHENK DIE
OF BROKEN HEART?
Removal From Management of En-
theological Institute De-
pressed the Professor.
Q AUTHOR OF THE SEX THEORY.
Startled the World With the An,
nouncement That He Could
Control Sex of Child by
Treating the Mother.

Vienna. Aug. 19.--Messagea Of coincidence
are pouring in to Schwanberg, Syria,
where Professor Leopold Schenk died yes
terday. The removal of the professor from
the management Of the Embryological In
stitute oger which he presided for more
than a quarter Of 4 century, which was
due to council of professors of the uni
versity, had a depressing effect upon the
author OF the sex theory. 1t is said that
he never recovered from It's effects.
Professor Schenk was a savant in the fac
ulty of the University of Vienna and was
renowned throughout the world as an EN-
bryologist. For thirty years and more he
devoted his energies to the study of the
development of embryo in the human ami
NAL and the lower animals. He published
several works upon his speciality, and these
constitute the standard upon the develop
ment of animal life in the embryo.
In 1888 the professor startled the world
by announcing that he had discovered the
scientific fact that certain treatment of
the female. either woman or the lower
animals, particularly by suitable nourish-
ment, would cause the offspring to be Of
the male sex. In explaining his alleged dis
covery, Professor Schenk said:
Schenk'S Sex Theory.
'T gave the treatment under seal to the
Vienna Imperial Academy of Science but
I can tell you the results of my discovery
and let you have the scientific facts upon
which my discovery is based. What lies
between is my secret. II l say l can
determine the sex of child to be born, you
must understand that I can bring it about
that the woman shall become the mother of
a son and not of a daughter.
My treatment has no other aim than
causing boys to be born. l made my dis
covery many years ago and subjected it to
proofs. 1t is by my own choice that am
the father OF six sons, four of whom are
alive and strong. 1 have achieved similar
results in the families of relatives, friends
and some persons IN whose ability to keep
a secret 1 had full confidence-fourteen
cases in all
But cannot treat every stranger who
may appeal to me. 1 must be able to watch
the patient. must be certain that my direc-
tions are scrupulously obeyed. 1 consider
every new case as an experiment, a test of
my discovery.
81 can bring it about with human beings
or with animals having one young at a time
that this offspring shall be male, and with
animals bearing many together that the
majority shall be male.
When 1 observed hens I numbered the
eggs, determining beforehand whether
male or a female bird would come out. 1
scarcely ever was mistaken
II have achieved success in a family in
which the desires for the birth of son
were intense. If l told you the name Of
the head of the family, you would know
that for him to pay me $4,000 for my serv-
ices would be no more than for you to pay
a doctor 81 for examining your throat. But
l did not accept any reward.
All Depends the Woman.
''All former theories and hypothesis have
been proved false. According to my dis
covery the man has no influence whatever
on the sex of the child. 1t all depends up
on the woman. The embryo is sexless dur
ing several stages of development. 1t -
possible that my treatment can develop 4
male child even in this stage, but there is
no certainty of it.
My discovery is based upon the scien-
tifc fact that the blood in grown-up
man contains 100000 blood corpuscles, the
bearers of Iife-giving, nourishing oxygen,
while the blood in a grown-up woman
contains only 100000. This difference is
the basis of differences in sex and of the
different moral and physical working pow
ers in man and woman. This proportion
is observable in the slightest quantity of
blood from a man or a woman.
''All my efforts are directed toward pro-
ducing in the embryo the right number of
blood corpusces required by the male. 1
have succeeded in attaining this effect by
suitable nourishment of the woman and oy
influencing the metabolic process in the
change of matter.
THE proof of my discovery is that can
tell from the expectant mothers products
whether she will have a son or a daughter.
1 have never made a mistake in many
years in applying this test"