The Ely miner., 1915-04-23


ucular study OF the "Daemmerschlaf
otherwise. the twilight sleep"-at
Freiourg where II was developed. and
at other places in Germany where the
subject had attracted great attention
was much impressed and had i'm
ported the treatment to Hillside.
While We waited reached into my
desk and drew out the letter to which
I referred. which ended, / recall:
AS Doctor Reinstrom is In Amer
ica- he will probably call on YOU
am sure you will be glad to know him
With kindest regards, l am,
Fraternally yours,
EMIL SCHWARZ, NJ. D.,
Director, Leipsic Institute of Medi-
cine"
Most happy to meet you, Doctor
Reinstrom," greeted the new arrival,
as he entered our Office.
For several minutes we sat and
chatted Of things medical here and
abroad
What is 1t, DOCTOR" asked finally,
that interests you most in American?
Oh, he replied quickly with an ex-
pressive gesture, ct is the broadmind
edness with which you adopt the best
from all over the world, regardless of
prejudice. For instance, / am very
much interested in the new twilight
sleep. OF course, you have borrowed
1t largely from US, but it interests me
to see whether you have modified it
with practice. In fact, have come to
Hillside sanitarium particularly to see
it used. Perhaps we may learn some
thing from you"
1t was most gracious, and both Doc
tor Thompson and myself were
charmed by our visitor. reached over
and touched a call button and our
head nurse entered from a rear room.
Are there any operations going on
now?" asked.
She looked mechanically at her
watch. "Yes. there are two cases, now,
think" she answered.
Would you like to follow our tech
nique" / asked. turning to Doctor
Reinstrom.
Il should be delighted" he acqui-
esced.
A moment later we passed down the
corridor of the sanitarium, still chat
ting. At the door of a ward I spoke
to the attendant, who indicated that a
patient was about to be anesthetized,
and Doctor Reinstrom and I entered
the room
There, in perfect quiet, which Is an
essential part of the treatment, were
several woman patients lying in bed
in the ward. Before us two nurses and
a doctor were in attendance on one.
l spoke to the doctor, Doctor
Holmes, by the way, who bowed polite
ly to the distinguished Doctor Rein
strom, then turned quickly to his work.
Miss Sears" he asked of one of the
nurses, will you bring me that hypo-
dermic needle?"
You will see, Doctor Reinstrom,"
injected in low tone, that we follow |
IN the main your Freiburg treatment.
We use scopolamin and narkophin."
held up the bottle, as l said it, a |
'ather peculiar shaped bottle, too.
And the pain?" he asked.
Practically the same as in your ex.
,erience abroad. We do not render
he patient unconscious, but prevent
ler from remembering anything that
,oes on"
Doctor Holmes, the attending physi-
ian, was just starting the treatment.
filling his hypodermic, he selected a
pot on the patients arm where it
lad been scrubbed and sterilized, and
injected the narcotic.
And you say they have no recol-
ection of anything that happens?"
sked Reinstrom.
Absolutely none-if the treatment
5 given properly" / replied, con-
Identity.
"Wonderful!" calculated Reinstrom
8 we left the room.
Now comes the strange part OF nv
tory. After Reinstrom had gone, Doc
or Holmes, the attending physician
t the woman whom he had seen anes-
hetized, missed his syringe and the
ottle of scopolamin.
Holmes, Miss Sears and Miss Stern
II hunted, but 1t could not be found. +,
'thers had to be procured.
1 thought little of it at the time, but
lnce then 1t has occurred to me that
might interest you, Professor Ken. !
edy. and l give it to you for what it t
Ia. be worth.
1t was early the next morning that I
woke to find Kennedy already up and I
one from our apartment. 1 knew he G
ust be at the laboratory, and, gather
e the mail. which the postman had q
Ist slipped through the letter slot, I o
ent over to the university to see him /,
l looked over the letters to Gull n
1T my own one in woman's hand k
riting on attractive note paper ad-
l..