Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 154, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1918 — ETHER MAKES QUICK CURE [ARTICLE]

ETHER MAKES QUICK CURE

Negro, Trying to Avoid Draft, Forgets About Baek Disease When He Comes To. Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Ga.—A Georgia negro selectman was being examined by the medical officers and developed a strange case of spinal deformity. He declared he had been afflicted for years. When tried at drill he was so drawn and bent In the back that military service seemed an impossibility. He was taken to the hospital and told an apparently straight story of his affliction. A light dose of ether was administered. When the negro returned to semiconsciousness he raised up, stretched himself perfectly straight, walked about the room, and acted normally. Reminded that he was thought a cripple he again lapsed into a horrible looking deformed soldier, but this time It did not work. “Boss,” he said, “dat medgun you-all glmpie sho’ cured me quick.” , ,