Gilpin observer., 1907-06-06
A CURE FOR LOVE
Broken Hearts Made Whole
Again by Chemistry.


rous and alcohol free ether in Sox-
hlet extractor, sighed with relief,
lighted big German porcelain pipe,
perched himself on a desk in the de-
serted lecture room and spoke.
"Golly!"-a ruminative puff-puffing
II never thought that 1 and my test
tubes and precipitates and other stuff
would ever be called in to help cure
cases of love-sickness. Yes, sir;
hearts broken by malicious shots Of
Cupid have been mended by me, or
rather through my advice.
Funny role for science, eh? But
why not? If science is to be worth
anything it must be of help in prac
tical life, although my colleagues
would consider me hereto for that
opinion-the chumps!"
Pf-puff-puff-f-f The gray to-
bacco smoke twirled forth, lending
new odor to the atmosphere, al
ready saturated as with the combined
chemical resultant of the combination
of score of drug stores with the bot
ties unstopped. His big, owllike eyes,
immensely magnified by the lenses of
his spectacles, peered solemnly at the
reporter.
| We'll, but the story?'
"Oh, yes. the story! Quite a sim
pie one. yet odd-and very modern,
my boy. You know l make analyses
here of all manner of things for peo-
pie who have the price. Last week
| was visited by physician who con-
ducts high class sanitarium not
far from New York. Place for wom-
en-, you know; for wealthy neuras-
themes.
THE physician wanted to ascertain
why two of his patients failed to as
simulate their nutriment. AS / do in
all such cases l inquired into their
history.
Two unhappy women, young and
fair presumably for l never met the
ladies'. Two sad stories of love. One
was wife deserted by a rapscallion
husband, without whom-had she
only thought so-she was far better
off. But the trouble was that she
did not think so. The other was a
| girl disappointed because some young
| flirt of boy had married another
| Common cases, you see.
| Il found that the failure to assimi-
late nutriment was due to the fact
that there had been no flow of hydro
chloric acid in the alimentary tract
of either of the patients. The physi-
clan said that they were moping and
| pining themselves to death, literally
wasting away. Medicine was useless,
It seemed; food they did not digest;
they were dying, as the old phrase
runs, of broken hearts.
And just why? For this reason
mark it well-their mental state was
accountable for what is called inhibi-
ton of certain glanduIar actions con-
trolling the flow of hydrochloric acid
| Pyschical influences, in other words
ruled their bodily functions and this
is principle that to-day is becoming
widely recognized and assumes more
| and more importance in the treat
ment of cases of malnutrition.
For instance. suppose you are a
business man worried by some matter
or other. and you rush out to your
lunch. anxious only to eat and get
| udCh W NOuT utSh. 1OuT DTeOCCuDd-
tion and worry inhibits, that is to say
actually prevents, the flow of certain
necessary gastric juices needed to
digest what you eat.
Therefore you don't digest it,
hence trouble of greater or lesser
degree; progressive trouble, too, if
you don't change your ways and eat
only when you are tranquil. only when
YOU are happy. If you can compass
happiness. That age old. that diff
cult quest; the search for happiness.
Puff-puff-puff-f-f,
Il said to the physician. says l:
| Give 'em hydrochloric acid after
meals. about so much He did so.
Result: The heartbroken ladies be-
gan to digest their food
"As their bodies received nourish
ment some of the strain on the mind
caused by malnutrition was eased;
consequently there was less morbid
| ity. less gloom; this betterment of
| physical condition removed the iahibi
tion of glandular function. the bodily
hydrochloric acid flowed again; that
great specific. Time aided the good
cause. and in due course of events the
heartbroken. lovesick patients iecov-
cred tone and went out again intp the
world.
DO you know feel rather proud of
that job? But | wonder. I wonder
what the young women would say If
they knew! Have sullied thn ro
nance of love? Well. | say no; love-
like all other things human. VIII be
the better for the light of truth -and
that light shines from the workshops
of science. my boy. Yes."
The big eyes glared with porteltous
solemnity through the spectacles and