The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-09-30

fact that they felt no pain, all fast
recovering
And then we came to the burning
| tar cases. One doctor told me that it |
was considered the most terrible form
of suffering. | fear you could not
stand it if | should describe them in
detail. When | caught sight Of the
first of them | could not believe that
any man in such a state could be liv-
ing. My Indignation was the one feel
ing uppernfost, and / exclaimed aloud
to the nearest surgeon ''Why did you
not free him from suffering?' Mean
ing, "'Why did you not kin HING
And he knew what / meant.) His
reply was eve have freed him from
his sufrcring.' And do you know, will
You believe, that very man, that ap-
parent wreck, every feature of whose
face was then indistinguishable, eyes
closed, lips and parts of his face burned
to the bone, teeth all exposed like
a grinning mask, whose hands were
too dreadful for me to describe -
talked with Mrs. 7. the other dav, only
ten days after2 That the features of
his face are not only plainly distin-
guishable, but that. the deep wounds
are filed up, the flesh fast healing
over with new white skin, that there
remains on his forehead but one place
not yet fully recovered, and that there
, will not be, within another week, even
, a scar? l have had all his photos IN
? my hands (taken by colorcd photogra-
, phy), a succession of photos from the
/, time he entered until the day OF which
, / speak-in all, barely month. 1t is
/ nothing short of a miracle. Moreover
he told me with his own lips that he
@ had not suffered at all after they be
$ gan to treat him by this new method
v You viii have been asking all along
A I''What is this wonderful thing? Why
v ism the name of such a benefactol
+ known throughout the world? But
G ism t it the history of all great inven
Y tions and discoverics3 I suppose il is
il because the cure is so very simple, anC
+ because, too, the man has neither
/, wealth nor influence behind him. The
< simplicity Of it is such that even
4 could grasp the thing after brief ex
+ PLANTATION. The mixture is wax, par
+ ATTN and resin. 1t is heated to 100 de
f gresS c., when it becomes like water ant
II of the color of honey. Drawn off from
# 1.-THE reservoir in which it is heated ii i
y ready for use. If YOU dip your finger.
d into it ut almost l20 degrees, as | did
it has only a comfortable warmth. ant
dries at once about your hand whel
a. you withdraw it, encasing every littl
Is fold or crease with an elastic GOVERN.
.oi through which YOU can see. All air j
~ kept out and there IS no moisture; and
If you know, air and moisture are tn
70 greatest causes of suffering to burne,
re- people. If the flesh is not too fright
n fully sensitive, the wax Tor ambrine, a
m the surgeon has named IT'D can be paint
M ed on with a brush. If it is, the liqui
m is sprayed on with a small pump. TIL
or member is then wrapped in cotton o
w gauze to keep the waxy covering fror
Il breaking, or, as in the ease of faces
~ with mask of gauze only. In the be
10 ginning the wax covering is remove
nj every twelve hours and a new one
is painted on. The removing of the wa
nc causes no pain. As the days 90 on tn
. wax is removed only once in twenty
ca four hours.
er To my surprised enquiry if that wer
IA really all that produced such marve
Te Gus, such miraculous results. the SUI
lll geon replied: Mademoiselle, we 4
nv nothing. Nature, left alone, does it al
of 1t is as if we covered the man as on
Sc covers a plant in the conservatory, ava
at from all harmful influences, and thcr
the skin grows again untouched, as
n. plant grows under the influence of tn
rl sun. That is all. But it has bee
" the work of a lifetime; research whic
lg has taken all his private income, an
d. which has quite evidently left its mar
to on a deeply scanned and prematurel
a old face. 1t seems SO tragic that on
n. who has found out how to ease two {
IS. the most terrible tortures-frozen limt
- and burns-should have received 5
re little recognition, so little help. On
rs, ought to cry aloud his name from IL
nd housetops! He deserves the recogn
in tion and the thanks due a great ben
he factor of the human race. But