Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1907-05-17
GETS ILL ON PURPOSE


cines manufactured by the company
which employs him
Instead of being a shaky wreck
from constant Indulgence In foods
taken purposely To provoke disorders,
this yindicator OF infants soothing
syrups. headache cures. indigestion
medicines and cold cures is hale and
hearty. a stout German past middle
age. Of a studious. phlegmatic temper
ament
His ONCE is one of the best Of all
at the headquarters q: the company
that employs him There are oil paint
ings. soft carpets and Turkish rugs;
he has library of medical volumes,
windows filled with flowers. and pro.
fusion of bottles. glasses and crucihles
distributed in the apartment
He has a variety OF duties. Accord
ing to the Boston Herald he sits in a
draught or wanders coatless to entice
cold, and then doses himself with
cold cures. He contracts violent
headache in order to try the efficacy
of a headache cure which is to be put
on the market
He acquires the headache by con.
centrating his mind 50 closely upon
one subject that at the end OF few
hours the nervous strain produces the
pains in the head he has set out to
obtain. Then he takes dose OF the
medicine that is being experimental
with. and watches results carefully.
noting every effect In a book In or
der To make his report upon II.
Often he has to contract aches that
aren't headaches II may be that
new medicine is 10 be brought out
for indigestion or the scores Of dis
orders resulting from dyspepsia.
The manufacturers desire to make
n practical test of the formula for
their own satisfaction. The German
tester goes to restaurant late In the
evening and gives an order that makes
the walters eyes bulge.
Il eat lobster salad, then drink
milk. which is usually prohibited with
such a salad" he says. cheerily. In
telling about IT, To make Il more
certain I have vinegar mixed with the
milk, and follow IL all with q Welsh
rabbit. After that, the only thing !
have to do is wait for the results
They are usually not long in com
ing. Soon ! have violent pains in the
chest, feeling as of a heavy weight
lying upon 1t, with sharp pains shoot
ing across my body every second. o.
course II Is agony while It endures.
but ! take dose OF the remedy To re-
| lieve II.
IF Il gives me relief, l note all the
circumstances OF my sensations 10 the
minutest detail. and II II doesn't ]
do the same. You have no conception
of what delightful feeling It is to
experience the contrast of intense
pal. and quick relief know that
feeling we'll"
There are from % to 100 drugs
mentioned In materia medica for dis.
! orders OF indigestion. and the German
tester has tried them all.
For an eyewash. he has more than
once thrown sand into his eyes 10
| produce Inflammation In order TO test
| the wash as 10 its relief giving prop
critics. He even imagines himself a
baby occasionally In order to try the
infants medicines. He drugs himself
by compromising a sleeping potion Of
infants soothing syrup.
You may say" he explains that
because thing soothes me IT does
not necessarily follow that It would
soothe a baby Nevertheless, my re
suits have invariably proved that
what was good for me was good for
the infant: but of course in miEdef
doses.
You see. we cannot get q baby &c
experiment on. even If we desired one.
which we don't. 4 baby could not
/ tell its sensations or Impressions after
IL took the medicine. which IL neces
sary to the success of the expert
ments."
The man who voluntarily submits
to trying IL on the dog" IL not at all
dense animal, SO robust that moth.
Ing can harm him. and willing from
| ignorance 10 sacrifice himself In this
strange way. He Ii himself a chem
list. skillful one.
That makes him all the more avail
|
able. as he can record with accuracy
the sensations before and after TAX
Ing a medicine and the results OBJ
tanned. And OF course he knows quite
well the properties OF each remedy
he takes. what its effect should be
how great dose Is required and how
violent his ailment Is.
How came such man TO embrace
N occupation that carries with II s1
many disagreeable featuresg He vii
tell you himself that before he 90
his present berth be was . wreck, !
victim of chronic indigestion, !
wasted shadow Of the man he had
been In early youth.
Il have been in the manufacturing
drug business myself for Il years.
he says but things wemf wr0ng; ms
health gave out. my stomach wa.
gone and soon I had not even employ