Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-12-24
MACHINES TO CURE OUR ILLS
Remarkable Experiments at a
Boston Laboratory.
Prof. Benedict Boxes Ills Subiect Tn
with Energy Metcrs-studics HUI
mRn Rody with Ernctness and
Hopes to Work Wonders.

Secretary Of State Root Il was stated
went to Boston a few days ago to in
spect n series NJ experiments which are
being carried on in the Carnegie Nutri-
ton Laboratory on Via street RoSbury. |
to determine tho exact amount OF energy |
in any human beng. SAYS the Now York |
Sur. Tfsse experiments, which entail
the combining Of mon and women in nr |
ingenlourly cortr'ved box FOR days or
weeks at time. have been conducted |
for gevsral months with the utmost Sc |
crecv. |
No ono .sv. employee. Is allowed fur
ther than tho main hail OF the building
and IN the compartment whore the test
machines ara no one but Prof Francis
Gano BENEDICT and his assistants. It
Is now believed that many diseases hith-
erto regarded 90 incurable Ill be pro
vented OF cured ~ means of frof Rens-
diets ene-sv machines.
This machine rszlsters to degree not
only rulra boats. respiration and ten-
pnratu~e bu' all thu forms % energy
within tho do7~. whether Tho patient be
swake ~ a-leep The amount NJ energy
furre1ed by pound Of be.fstsak. an
omelot or = vegetable soup can h7 De-
'ernlinsd tn ~ absolute HSure by tire
M chine
n i- al-o declare that another prob
lem, that ~ reducing the cost OF human
nutrition TO tho minimum. will likewise
be solved Bv his recent experiments
with patients taken from different hos
vi4ela IN tho city Prot Fcnedlct has sup
pliod p,iyscans with ract7 unknown TO
them before ~ , er. Of figures OBJ
tainod frorn the .tudv ~ several patients
suffering from distetes who II Is said
were transferred from the Deaconess
Hospital IN B-ooltllne 70 tho Carnegie
| laboratory. Il &c rreIictcd mat the rres-
ent day treatment Of this disease Will be
changed
Typhoid patient. are soon - BE made
the subjects Of experiment with energy
machines
In the near future bv the use ~ these
machine, it. Is eaid that Il will he possible
% give in frurce 'ie amount Of human
energy required 20 perform Any kiri
Of work. the am ,;'r. and dualitr o. food
NECESSARY to sustain tho N.-tect's strength
during It's performance. tho possibilities
81 any person fo~ mental and physical
labor. tho limitation II persona heart.
lun. and kidrev action, snd hundred
nnd one numerical details which have
be-. hitherto available only In general
terms
| Pro. II. Zuntz o. Berlin. the physio-
Illogical chemist, and noted authorizes
from Vienna snd other scientific CEN
tres have come to this country ~
visi. Pro-. Benedicts laboratory and
TO witness his experiments. II Is
understood that several European In
sti.ution. OF learning will send dele
! cations TO Boston TO observe the en-
ergy machine in use.
| Undertaken with the idea Of study
Ing nutrition problems Prot. Bene-
diets research has been greatly ex-
tended. He has unlimited money at his
disposal lie has built several forms
Of energy meters and other forms avs
! in procesx OF construction. There are
respiration mstcrs, the first to be
built: bed" meters. which arc shaped
and look like great coffins and "a
which sick people may lie with com =
fort. q rltss window 81 tho head en-
ablng the one inside 20 look ont into
tn. room. AMI many others.
One Of tho most interesting IS the
| work" machine Inaidc th'a the sub
ject may carry on MS daily work
work willis the errrgy used IN the
operation 10 recorded. Another form
not vet completed IL devised to hold
an entire family husband. wife ana
children. In this meter the food con
s,Irled by sscN member Of the family
and tho resultin. energy will bs noted
the experiments being recorded Tor
each individual ana for the family as
a whole. Usually the man upon whom
tho experiments arc made remains III
the chamber at le.st four days and
nights
Tho interior OF the chamber !s cop
PER walled. An opening al the front
serves a. door and window.
smaller door - the .iio called the
food aperture. having lightly nttfns
caps at both ends. is used for pass
ing food and drink inside there is
telephone by which tho subject may
communicate with those outside. Cen
orally tn. chamber Is furnished with
tshl-. eha,r and bel.
The subject is under n" constant
observation ef phy1ician. Tho pulse
rate Is recorded by an irgen'ous ap-
psrstu. known ~ the Fitz pneu-
,moxrsph, which = adjusted about the
chest And connected with tie observe.
tior table outsd. vhere noedl d
wohkins owed smoked payer. nakes
record Of sach hs,~t o.sI. siU;is'
contr!vance SHOWS each breath taken
During the Investigations II We,
fcurd Desirable thst occasional hloo1
tests he irads The problem OF ho"
a sample OF the subjects blood could
be obtained without opening the
chamber and letting IN tho outside all
n
mentlng. F!nallv il was solved by run
ing Il ruhbcr tubs into the 'n,mbrr
NAt the inside end cf the tube there
was a thimblclike arrangement !rtc
which tho subject - told 20 th-ust his
rrger quickly. THAT operation l"aVr'
n drop OF blood in tho th!mbl-. which
can BE- withdrawn without changing
In the least the inside al.
All food siv-n tha subject Is hrs'
weighed and .nalyzed. The neat, re-
spiratory gases ana rloisturo are A.
carefully measures. In nearly al
cases the men expcrimentcd with have
worn = union suit and a pair OF
stockings, the average weight OF
which has been 43> Trsvls.
The sip in tho chamber IL supplied
by a special pump which mensure'
the amount sent IN aud az regular
intervals draws measured samples OF
the outgoing air for analysis.
A large number Of men from vari'
Que wall Of life have been draw
by Prof. Rencdlct tor his own expesi
ments, Some have been men whose
daily work called into play the body
muscles. others earn their livelihood
by mental efforts.