The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-05-30
transfer OF HUMAN
Gland ENDS EPILEPSY
,,AN PEGAINS HEALTH AFTER
W. nITpcEON GIVES HIM EXTRA
CIT OF VITAL ORGANS.

NEW YORK, N. Y.-On January
- This wear a weak, acne-covered,
t.t4sring and epileptic prisoner at
c.ar Sing named George Hauser had
- svtra set of vitality important hui
nan Glands implanted in his body by
..;.on physicians in the hope Of cur
;ao him of epilepsy. 1t was the first
.;n1a in the history Of medicine that
.rcl an operation had been resorted
~ as a possible remedy tor this dis
gr3er and its outcome was eagerly
watched by members OF the probes
s;on throughout the world:
Yesterday, three and half months
,ftar +he experiment, Lewis E. Lawes,
,rsrden of Sing Sing, and one of the
nbysirians who was present at the
ppncoration told reporter that a mar
,,dplaTs change had been worked in the
,,r;soner. The acne which had dishg
pi,rod his skin for years has disappear
ID 9s Il bv magic, and in its place has
Come 90 clear and baby-like complex
;on He no longer suffers, speaking
a,,cn+lv and without hesitation. He
has mt on weight and the once weak
and ond Sluggish prisoner has become ac-
tive and alert in every fiber of his
body.
Another Milestone in Surgery.
Rut most significant is the observa-
tion bv the warden and the physician
that while Hauser formerly had been
subject to four and five epileptic spells
week he has not had one since. the
operation. The physician was not pre-
nared to say yet that the man had
been permanently cured of the disease,
brt asserted that the results so far
achieved warranted the prediction that
the operation would add another mile
stone to the science of surgery.
Touching on the scientific aspects
of the case the physician, who ask
ed that his name be withheld for eth
ical reasons, said:
"One would say that the effects
were almost miraculous. | am not
ready to say, however, that his epilep-
sy has been definitely cured | should
want to wait for at least year be-
fore drawing such a conclusion. Vari-
Gus other methods have been tried to
conquer this disease Powdered sleeps
glands and goats glands have been
given internally for the disorder, but
apparently with no permanent effect.
A chemical called Luminal is also used,
but this is efficacious only during its
continued use AS soon as the patient
ceases taking it the spells return.
Has Double Set of Glands.
In Hauser's case it was the thought
OF the prison physicians that the root
. OF the trouble lay in a disturbed func-
toning OF his glands. 1t was reasoned
4 that the introduction of another set of
Il healthy glands would, in addition to
4 inyigorating the system, help the orig
y lnaI glands back to normal junction
ing and so eradicate the cause of his
a epilepsy, if in fact it was the cause.
His permission for the operation was
n obtained and it was performed.
Epilepsy has baffled the medical
profession for ages. 1t appears that we
have at last hit upon a method of con-
quering it, or that we have at least hit
upon the right track"
The physician went on to explain
that goat, sheep and monkey glands
q have been latterly much used mainly
n Tor rejuvenation purposes, and that
n even small portions of human glands
have been inserted in bodies for the
same purpose, but that never before
had set Of human glands been trans
planted as possible cure for epilepsy.
1t was intimated that the result of
81 the operation would soon be related
y with all its scientific wealth of detail
before county medical society.
HauSer is serving a prison sentence
tor an attack upon a girl.