The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-07-09

abroad some time ago l made \ nal
ticular study Of the "Daemmcrschlaf
-otherwise. tho twilight sleep''-a
Freiburs where 1t was developed, an,
1t other places in Germany whore tn,
subject had attracted great attention
was much impressed and had i'm
ported tho treatment to Hillside.
while We waited reached into m,
desk and drew out the letter to which
referred. which ended, recall:
AS Doctor Reinstrom II In Amer
lea. he will probably call on you.
Am sure you will be glad to know him
With kindest regards. l am,
"Fraternally yours.
EMIL 6CHWARZ. M. D..
Director, Leipsic Institute OF Medi-
cine"
Most happy to meet you. Doctor
Reinstrom," greeted the new arrival
as he entered our once.
For several minutes we sat and
chatted of things medical hero and
abroad.
What is 1t, DOCTOR" asked finally.
that interests you most In America p
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
1t largely from US. but 1t interests me
10 see whether you have modified 1t
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 Z 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.
niQueT asked. turning to Doctor
Reinstrom.
Il should be delighted" he acqul-
esced
A moment later we passed down the
corridor of the sanitArium, still chat
ting. At the door OF . ward spoke
to the attendant, who indicated that q
patient was about to be anesthetixed.
and Doctor Reinstrom and / entered
the room.
There, in perfect quiet, which IL an
essential part of the treatment, were
several woman patients lying in bed
IN the ward Before US two nurses and
. doctor were In attendance on one.
spoke to the doctor. Doctor |
Holmes, by the way, who bowed polite.
~ 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
n the main your Freiburg treatment.
We use scopolamin and narkophin."
l held up the bottle. as ! said 1t, a
'ather peculiar shaped bottle, too.
And the pain?" he asked.
Practically the same as In YOUR ex.
abroad. We do not render
he patient unconscious, but prevent
Ter from remembering anything that
.oes on"
DOCTOR Holmes, the attending physi-
ian, was Just starting the treatment.
llllng his hypodermic, he selected a
pot on the patients arm where it
al been scrubbed and sterilized, and
aJected the narcotic.
And you say they have no recol-
sction of anything that happens? Z" I
sked Reinstrom. ,
Absolutely none--if the treatment :
given properly" replied, con- I
IDENTIFY,
Wonderful" calculated Reinstrom .
5 we left the room.
NOW comes the strange part of nv q
DRY. After Reinstrom had gone. Doc !,
" Holmes, the attending physician Il
the woman whom he had seen Anes-l
Ietized. missed his syringe and the h
ottle of scopolamin. r
Holmes, Miss Sears and Miss Stern h
hunted. but it could not be found. n
theirs had to be procured. q
thought little Of it at the time. but
nee then 1t has occurred to me that !,
might interest you. Professor Ken h
'dy. and give 1t to you for what Il I,
a. be worth. n
1t was early the next morning that
'oke to find Kennedy already up and d
ne from our apartment. knew he o,
list be at the laboratory. and, gather
the mail. which the postman had n,
It slipped through the letter slot, l q,
mt over to the university to see him. in
looked over the letters to Gull n,
my own one in a woman's hand r,
ting on attractive note paper ac-
'ssed to him caught my eye