The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-02-21

fiae OsneE places In germany where the
subject had attracted great attention.
y was much impressed and had i'm.
ported the treatment to Hillside.
While we waited l reached into my
desk and drew out the letter to which
u referred. which ended, I recall: 4
AS Doctor Reinstrom is in Amer.
lica, he viii probably call on you. j
am sure you will be glad to know him.
] With kindest regards. I am.
"Fraternally yours, !:
EMIL SCFWARZ, M. D..
Director. Leipsic Institute Of Medt.
cine"
Most happy to meet you, Doctor
Reinstrom." I greeted the new arrival,
as he entered our ONCE. j.
For several minutes we sat and
chatted Of things medical here and
abroad. s. m.
What is 1t, doctor" I asked finally,
that interests you most In American,
Oh" he replied quickly with an ex.
pressiye 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
It largely from us. but It interests. mo
to 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 call button and our
head nurse entered from rear room.
Are there any operations going on
now?" I asked.
sae looked mechanically at her
watch. Yes, there are two cases, now,
! think" She answered.
Would You like to follow our tech.
nique" 1 asked, turning to Doctor
Reinstrom.
Il should be delighted. he acqui-
esced. e,s.5 i,,ry,..T ! y.
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
patient was about to be anesthetized,
and Doctor Reinstrom and 1 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," I
injected in a low tone. that we follow
in the main your Freiburg treatment.
We use scopolamin and narkophin.""
I held up the bottle. as said 1t, 4
rather peculiar shaped bottle, too.
And the pain 2" he asked.
Practically the same as 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 where It
had been scrubbed and sterilized, 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" I replied, con-
hdently.
Wonderfully" calculated Reinstrom
as 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-
thetized, missed his syringe and the
bottle Of scopolamin.
Holmes. Miss Sears and Miss Stern
all hunted, but It could not be found.
Others had to be procured.
! thought little Of It at the time, but
since then Il has occurred to me that
1t might interest you, Professor Ken.
nedy, and give II to you for what It
ma. be worth.
It was early the next morning that /
awoke to ind Kennedy already up and
gone from our apartment, ! knew he