The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1915-04-01

ticular study OF the "Daemmerschlaf"
otherwise. the twilight sleep"-at
Freiburg where II was developed. and
at other places in Germany where the
subject had attracted great attention.
| vas much impressed and had i'm.
ported tho treatment to Hillside.
While We waited I reached into rNy
desk and Grew out the letter to which
| referred, which ended. ! recall:
AS Doctor Reinstrom is In Amer.
lea, he will probably call on you. I
am sure you will TO glad to know him.
With kindest regards, ] 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 oflce.
For several minutes we sat and
chatted OF things medical here and
abroad.
What Is II. DOCTOR" I asked finally.
that interests you most in American"
oh" he replied quickly with an ex.
pressive gesture, 1T 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
II largely from US. but II interests me
TO see whether you have modified II
with practice. In fact. | have come TO
Hillside sanitarium particularly to see
1t used. Perhaps we may learn INT
thing from you"
IL vas most gracious, and both Doc.
tor Thompson and myself we're
charmed by our visitor. I reached over
and touched a call button and our
head nurse entered from n rear room.
Are there any operations going on
now" I asked.
She looked mechanically at her
watch. "Yes. there are two cases, now,
! think" she answered.
Would you like to follow our tech.
nipue?" asked, turning to Doctor
ReiRstrom.
81 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 | spoke
to the attendant. who indicated that a
patient was about TO be an~esthetized,
and Doctor Reinstrom and | 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.
| spoke to the doctor, Doctor
Holmes, by the way, who bowed polite.
ly to the distinguished Doctor Rem
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 Rcinstrom." l
injected In u low tone. that we follow
In the main your Frciburg treatment.
We use scopolamin and narkophin."
held up the bottle. as | said II, a
rather peculiar shaped bottle. too.
And the pain?" he asked.
Practically tho same as In your ex.
p%erience abroad. We do not render
the patient unconscious. but prevent
her from remembering anything that
goes on"
Doctor Holmes, the attending physi.
clan. was just starting the treatment.
Filling his hypodermic. he selected a
spot on the patients arm where IL
had hnnn anRnhhnA and aNaHlll1AA and
injected the narcotic.
And you say they have no recol.
lection OF anything that happens?"
asked Reinstrom.
Absolutely none-if the treatment
Is given properly" replied. con.
fidently.
Wonderful" calculated Reinstrom
as we left the Don
Now comes the strange part Of my
story. After Reinstrom had gone, Doc.
tor Holmes. the attending physician
OF the woman whom he had seen anes-
thetized. missed his syringe and the
bottle OF scopolamin.
Holmes, Miss Sears and Miss Stern
all hunted. but It could not DO found.
Others had to be procured.
! thought little OF It at the time. but
since then II has occurred TO me that
II might interest you, Professor Ken.
nedy. and ! give II to you for what II
ma be worth.
.
II was early the next morning that !
awoke to find Kennedy already up and
Qona from nur N ~ mant Lnauu ha
must be at the laboratory. and. gather.
Ing the mail, which tho postman had
just slipped through the letter slot. I
went over to the university tc see him.
As ] looked owe the letters to Gull
out my W one In a woman's hand.
writing ON attractive nota nanar nd.