The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-10-02
Magic Serum Kills
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The day of the lazy man Is almost
past il the expectations of Dr. l.. ID.
Rogers arc carried out. for it may soon
be possible to inject the lazy person
with a serum developed by this ply
stefan which is said to turn the easy
going man into a human dynamo of
energy. DR.. Rogers formerly was a
surgeon at the Cook County hospital.
Chicago. and has devoted several years
to the study of serum treatments.
After much experimentation he hit
upon this plan for curing laziness
Take five drops of blood or some null
tiple of five from the person to be
treated and put it into 19 times as
much sterilized water. When the mix
ture has been incubated "a hours at
fever heat further dilutions are made
as required. The extent Of these di-
buttons must be determined by the
physician in charge and can only be
decided after careful study of the case.
When ready for injection the serum
thus obtained is said TO be without
color, taste or odor. It also is asserted
that no chemical test has been found
which will exactly determine its prop
critics. But the results are represented
20 70 80 drops of the serum are in
jected into Il vein of the patient and
the treatment is repeated at stated in
tervals. On the fourth day after her
first treatment a woman who had been
| troubled with excessive fatigue and
| nerve exhaustion was able to walk 10
miles with less difficulty than she had
| been able to walk half mile pre-
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| to be the village no account. addicted
| to drink, and generally shiftless was
| subjected to this treatment. In a short
| time he is said to have given up drink
| ing, laid aside stick with which he
| had walked for years, and turned to
steady employment. Other equally re-
| markable transformations are accred-
| tied to the serum.
Perhaps the most peculiar Of the
| many peculiar points about this serum
! Is the fact that it must be made from
the blood of the person to be treated
otherwise it is understood to be
| worthless. Scientific explanation for
this fact is found in the Harvesting OF
water and oil for driving power. Water
or itself has no propulsion power un-
less driven by wind or force of gray
| ity. But the moment it is heated and
turned into steam it's latent power be-
comes great driving force The
! same Is true of gasoline, a placid
enough body until a tiny spark sets
free it's gases. and these quickly gen
crate enough strength to drive motor
cars. submarines, even ships.
Upon the same principal, 1t IL said,
there Is latent power In the blood of
every person that will enable them to
do prpdigious things. Heretofore this
power has only been made manifest by
the strength of the individuals will.
but it would. now seem that scierce
mad found a purely physical way to
speed up the slow and invgorate the
exhausted. If the plan should prove
to be what it's inventor hopes. It may
be only another step to the day when
We can eliminate that tired feeling.
altogether and go on endlessly with
our work. But perhaps that yery eff
fort would exhaust this latent blood
power and thereby defeat the new aim
OF science. Otherwise man might turn
himself into creative force that
would never break down and could be
Kept running indefinitely. simply by
taking bit of the magic serum.