Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 June 1890 — BROWN-SEQUARD’S ELEXIR. [ARTICLE]

BROWN-SEQUARD’S ELEXIR.

Continued Investigations Have Produced Additional Evidence of Its Value. The newspapers have for a long time been silent on th© subject of the rejuvenation of old men by means of the injection of testicular juice, and many people have doubtless nearly forgotten that such a thing was ever talked about; but the venerable discoverer of this odd form of stimulant has by no means forgotten it, and his faith in its efficacy grows stronger every day. He has recently published a brochure recounting the deti#ls of the method and producing additional evidence of its value. Dr. Suzor, of the island of Mauritius, has practiced injections in certain cases of leprosy with the most ; gratifying results, the ulcers rapidly cicatrizing and the patents regai .jiv strength and appetite. . The same experimenter reports a case of malarial fever, occucmg in a woman, in which ; one injection sufficed to arres| the daily purvysms immediately and to remove permanently the feeling of languor and the jaundice from which the patient was suffering. As a r»..:.ult of his study of the .' wious exper ...ci ts and of his pert-mal experie: Dr. Brown-Se .. ar.i is more liriiiiy persuaded than ever of the Value of his discovery. “There is no doubt,’! he says, --that these inje.ction> exert a marked dynamogeaic action the nervous centers, at least in 'argr nurnber o’ ees -s. T'hci--. .T,<: no ,'oubv ii:at these inject.ons are without tngrger when they are trade with those precautions which intelligent physicians .enow to be necessary when anhmil matter Is to be introduced beneath the skin.” How a SpaninJi Mine la The Rio Tinto, the. great copper company of Spain, has divided its works into contracts, which the men themselves undertake in t gangs of two, four, six. or twelve, the proceeds being equally divided according to the number of days worked. The nxm choose their companions. Eight hours constitutes a day’s work and the average pay is about 87 cents per day. In the company? store the necessaries of life arc sold at a trifle above cost price, but every one is at liberty to buy where ha pleases. No work > done on except repairs. Arrangements are made fop medical treatment and the relief of families during sickness or injury of the hus r band, and sohoools and recreation, also provided. A fflupery at Alavsville, Cal., i“HTir«jb -a tpni of cherries d.ii--1 .