The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-06-05

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otherwise. the twilight sleep"-at
Freiburg where It 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 Preached into my
desk and drew out the letter to which
I referred. which ended, recall:
"As Doctor Reinstrom is In Amer
lea, he win probably call on you. !
am sure you will be glad to know him.
with kindest regards. ] am.
"Fraternally yours.
EMIL SCHWARZ. M. 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 It, DOCTOR" asked finally,
that interests you most In American
"Oh." he replied quickly with an ex-
pressive gesture. ut 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
It largely from us. but It interests me-
to see whether you have modified 1t
with practice. In fact, have como to
Hillside sanitarium particularly to see
1t used. Perhaps we may learn some
thing from you"
It was most gracious. and both Doc
tor Thompson and myself were
charmed by our visitor. reached over
and touched call button and our
head nurse entered from 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.
II should be delighted" he acqui-
esced.
A moment later we passed down the
corridor of the sanitarium, still chat
ting. At the door of q ward I spoke
to the attendant, who indicated that
patient was about to be anesthetized.
and Doctor Reinstrom and l 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 Rein
strom. then turned quickly to his work
Miss Sears" he asked Of one Of the
nurses. will you bring me that hypo-
dermtc needle?"
you will see, Doctor Reinstrom." I
injected in low tone. that we follow
In the main your Freiburg treatment
We use scopolamin and narkophin."
I hello, up the bottle. as ! said Il, q
rather peculiar shaped bottle. too.
And the pain? :" he asked.
Practically the same a. in your ex-
perience 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 .
spot on the patients arm whore It
had been scrubbed and sterilized. and
injected the narcotic
"And you say they have no recol-
lection of anything that happensf''
asked Reinstrom.
Absolutely none--if the treatment
il given properly" replied. con-
fidently.
WONDERFUL" calculated Reinstrom
az we left the room
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-
thetixed, missed his syringe and the
bottle Of scopolamin-
Holmes, Miss Sears and Miss Stern
al hunted. but t could not be found.
Others had TO be procured.
thought little Of II at the time, but
since then Il has occurred to mo that
LIZ might interest you. Professor Ken
|nedy. and givs Il to you for what Il
ma; b. worth.
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