The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1911-01-05
DOCTORS TOLD OF
WONDERFUL DRUG
At Meeting Yesterday, DIR.
Mark Marshall Describes
New Cure, "6O6'
SPANKING is ADVISED
II Necessary in Forming Cor
rect Habits in Children
at Early Age.

The new aud most powerful drug.
which IN commonly known to both the
professional and the lay mind as "606"
and which has proven "A sure cure in
the hundreds of test cases which have
been made with Il in tho hospitals of
the United States and Germany re-
ceived discussion at the meeting of
the Wayne county medical society on
Wednesday. II Is "A blood medicine
for the notorious blood disease and
so far I'm experiments IL has cured
I'm one treatment while the older and
more established treatments by mer-
cury have often required three years.
Dr. Mark Marshall. "A former Wayne
county boy, who has been visiting
fiends here during the holidays and
who Is an instructor In the drug de-
partment of the University of Michi-
gan. read the paper on the subject.
Hc has used IL on seven patients in
test cases at the university and in
all the tests has proved conclusive.y
It's worth. II Is an arsenic prepara-
tion. invented by a German scientist
about "A year ago. At the present time
II is not commercial product. the
manufacturers distributing 1t In small
doses for experimental purposes only
but I'm about month physicians here
will receive consignments.
10 a Costly Drug.
Each dose. sufficiently to cure the
most aggravated cases. will cost the
physicians four dollars. DIR. Marshall
said II was "A dangerous drug and on
ly should be used In hospitals under
the direction OF the most scientific
application. DIR. Frank wynn Of In
dianapolis, who also has experiment
ed with the drug. discussed II and
found IL to fuIfill its purpose most
satisfactorily. lie stated the old
remedies. mercury treatments prin-
cipally. might still be depended upon
with less danger.
Prof. Wynn also read "A paper on the
subject, Physical Formation Of
Habits" He declared that actual
grooves were made I'm the brain by the
impressions OF youth. He advocated
that parents be vel, Informed by ply
sicians OH the question In order that
they might train their children prop
erly. During the period Of youth. he
said Is the time when self control
should be taught. In certain cases.
even spanking Of children should be
strongly advised. he asserted.
Two examples were cited. both In a
graduating class at Miami university.
One youth turned out TO be a drug
ficnd. and an inhabitant OF the trash
heaps. due primarily to the fact that
he was allowed to have his own way
pain. and allowed to seek relief by un.
fair means to his own constitution.
The other case. that Of high TEN.
pcred lad. His room mate undertook
TO cure his paroxisms Of rage by
choking him every time he was SO
afflicted. One hundred punishments
of this nature killed the temper and
the man now. "A we'll known and pros
pcring attorney gives credit to his
friend.
Suggestion Treatment.
Treatment by suggestion" was the
subject Of the lecture by DR.. Meyers,
an assistant ut the Eastern Indiana
Insane hospital. Physicians are bet
ter able. he said, to determine wha;
class OF people needed this sort OF
treatment than the followers and prac
TONERS Of mental healing, Emanuel
movement and Christian Science
Good physicians. like dentists. he said
made careful examination in order tc
find the several causes responsible
for the ailment to be treated.
a luncheon was served in connec
tion with the meeting which was
largely attended by the members prac
ticing In Richmond and other points
in the county. Refreshments con
sisting of apples, cider. doughnuts
candies and cigars We're served
Among those present were Drs. s. r
Bond. Burcham, \. l.. Bramkamp
Grant. huffman. NJ. r. Johnston. ]. T.
King. Frederick Kruger. Mckee. S. c
Markley. Meyers. Charles Marvel. II
n. Morrow, II. !. Pierce. Frank Ross
d. W. Stevenson. {. I. Stotleemyer. J
n. Study. J. NJ. Wampler J. T.. Weller
Frank Wynn Of Indianapolis, Marx
Marshall. of the University of Michi
gan. DIR. Spaulding and "A number o
others.