Evening star., 1939-06-18

parts ana in his entirety, physically
and mentally, are capable of unuer-
standing him when he is sick.
When recently | had an opportup-
ity of speaking with DR.. Carrel, he
was anxious to know whether the
German government, with its un-
limited opportunities of experiment.
ing on the reglmented masses, was
having any scientific work done on the
effects of foods, environments and
methods of physical training on the
German people. NO" | replied.
''Nazl leaders are interested only in
the physical hardening of youth. To
make them good soldiers"
Impatiently, DR.. Carrel shook his
head and murmured bitterly, What
ashame, what a shame. If the German
mind could only be altered. But it
has always been So
Four years ago DR.. Carrel lectured
before the Academy of Medicine in
New York. Three thousand people
stormed the sedate hall for seats. Such
commotion was unprecedented in
this dignlfed meeting place of the
cream of New York's medical pro-
fession, where anything that smacks
ofsensatlonallsm is so severely frowned
on. The Doctor began his talk con-
servatively enough. He told of his
experiments on the suspension of lie
in certain organs and animals. He
had dried out arthropods - micro
scopic animals that live in wet moss =
kept them in storage for while. and
then restored them to life He had
removed the liver of a guinea pig.
dried and kept it for several days.
When grated into the system Of an
other guinea pig, it had resumed its
natural function. He went on to ex-
plain the Lindbergh perfusion pump
and its Immense possibilities.
SO far, so good. But then, DR..
Carrel began to draw conclusions.
This type of research might make re-
juvenation - the dream of the ages -
possible in the course of the next GEN.
tury or two A storehouse of human
parts might enable the physician so
exchange the worn-out organs of the
body for new ones. Or it might be
possible to keep human beings in a
state of suspension for years, to be
revived at will. In any case the con-
dition responsible for the aging of the
body must be studied and now it
could be studied Science must find
the reason for some peoples living
to be a hundred years old Expert
ments on rats at the Rockefeller
Institute had shown that their life
span depended directly on their diet.
The effect of various types of food on
the human system - study still in
its infancy must be carefully ana
lyzed. The qualities of the brain that
make telepathy and clalrvoyancd'
possible for some people must be
examined Faith-healing was an in
controvertible fact, as he had seen it
at Lourdes. All this must be investi-
gated -.
BY that time the Academy's doc
tors we're stirring uneasily in their
seats And when the lecture was over.
the comments in the corridors we're
almost all very similar: "unscientific."
fantastic" Inauguration" Soon
many of the medical profession scoffed
publicly.
But the attitude of others has never
discouraged the Doctor for long. The
convection that he is right and that he
will be able to prove it carries him on
through disappolntments, difficulties
and setbacks. Whenever his energyi
flags. he has powerful reserve - andl
his remarkable wife.
Madame Carrel is a scientist of high
caliber in her own right. She was
working in the laboratory Of the
famous surgeon Tuffier when Dr.
Carrel met her. They were married.