The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-07-14

Cook County hospital, Chicago 20 years senior pro-
fessor of surgery in the National Emergency hos
pital, and first president of the American Cancer
Research society.
Technically this treatment Is known as auto
hemic therapy, which means treating your blood
with your own blood. The process first became
generally known last year, when Doctor Rogers
read paper before the Chicago Society of Med
zeal Research. He reported to the society the
results of his six years Of observations treating
patients with serum made with their blood
AS base. The doctor treated all classes of pa
tients whose troubles apparently due to
faulty blood aTEl his results in general de-
clared to be reEarkable. In the ten months that
have elapsed sIhce the autohemic treatment
made public thu serum has become recognized as
a discovery impOrtant the achievement Of
DR. Alexis Carr /, who the first to transplant
human organs :.
! AutOhemc tbfrapy is especially remarkable be-
cause of its sJHplicity. Briefly, Doctor Rogers
treatment ccos5"5 in taking five drops Of blood,
or some multiple Of FIVE from a vein and putting
at into 10 times as much sterized distilled water.
After incubating at fever heat for "a hours fur
Their dutions made according to the needs Of
the patient, which can be determined only by q
physician skilled In its use. When ready for in
1ectng the serum is coOrleSs, odorless and taste
less Doctor Rogers is also authority for the
statement that he has not been able to find any
physiological chemist sufficiently skilled to de-
termine its contents.
Twenty to thirty drops Of the serum solution
thus prepared are injected into a vein or under
the skin. It may also be given by mouth, but not
with certain results.
There seems to be no limit to the number Of
diseases and complaints for which this new treat
ment is beneficial It is easier to enumerate those
conditions for which 1t is not applicable. Troubles
mechanical, organic, or of acute bacter1oiog1cal
origin and those clearly recognized as incurable,
are not expected to be benefited by It, although
few Of these appear to yield
The solution has been termed the "AntilaZy
Serum" because 1t primarily has the energizing
qualities that do away with nervous fatigue, while
greatly increasing physical and mental endurance.
To illustrate: The fourth day after treatment
a woman walked ten miles and was not as tired as
she had been previously after walking only half
mile
Another case in point was that Of man gener-
ally conceded to be the LATEST person in his COM
munty He drank about 20 "whiskes' day, but
after the administration of the serum he began
TO do regular hard manual labor. This was about
the first real work he had done for six years.
His rheumatic pains left him. he needed cane
no longer, his appetite returned, insomnia was re-
placed by sound, refreshing sleep, his weight in
creased five pounds and his general appearance
changed from that of a ''bum" to that Of a clean,
wholesome, bright and honest workman. Previous
w. too he had suffered from loss Of memory, but
after taking the serum he could recall the names
Of many old acquaintance whom he could not
remember before taking the treatment.
Most remarkable results have been obtained
when the serum administered to expectant
mothers and II is in this field that Doctor Rogers
expects the greatest good to be accomplished
through the autohemic treatment. 1t is his belief
that IL the treatment comes into general use the
birth of physical and mental detectives win be
reduced 90 per cent. and infant mortality from
congenital weakness the greatest cause Of death
among children will be wiped out.
Although Doctor Rogers and his associates have
treated .arge number Of expectant mothers with
the new ser um there has vet to be reported case
In which relief was not obtained from those
troublesome complaints common during this
period. Furthermore in a series OF cases OF
mothers who had previously borne children, the
average duration of suffering with the birth Of the
serum baby was three hours, while with the for
mer children without serum the average was IL
hours Still more wonderful and more important
Is the fact that children whose mothers had treat
ment few months before their birth are stronger,
and healthier mentally and physically than other
children Of the same family who did pot have the
benefit of this autohemic therapy. There has not
been reported death among the serum" babies
although some are now five years old.
1t while spending the winter Of 1909-1O In
Paris and London that Doctor Rogers became in