WEAK MADE STRONG.

Dunstan Times, Issue 3137, 2 October 1922, Page 8

WEAK MADE STRONG.

NEW DISCOVERY BY Dl{ SPAHLINGEK. One hundred and fifty years ol lite from serum ! What is claimed to be another epochmaking secret has been wrested from the serum discovered by Dr Henri Spahlinger, the world-famous Swiss scientist and bacteriologist, whose serum and vaccine treatment for the cure of consumption represents the most successful effort yet made to rid mankind of this mortal disease. Subtle injections of ferments from the Shaplingcr serum are staled to have resulted in a rejuvenation and prolongation of the life of the body that equal, if they do not surpass, the wonders of the curative effects of the serum injected in the consumptive. Accredited scientists' and medical men associated 1 with Dr Spahlinger in his researches confidently hope that injections of the serum ferments which stimulate and revivify the body cells, will in time, prolong the human span of life to a term of 150 years. If their hopes are fulfilled monkey glands will be out of date. So far this second great secret of the serum, is known only to Dr Spahlinger and his closest associated audi intimates, who are subjecting themselves to serum, ferment injections lor the purposes of investigation and research. Something of the astounding outward as well as inward rejuvenating effects of serum ferments are described by an associate of Dr Sphlingcr. "The ferment injections simply make mo feel as strong as a lion," he said briefly. "They give me an abundance ' of stimulation and a marvellous fund of energy; and I have never yet felt the faintest reaction from the stiniu- <

hint.. "What is most remarkable," he concluded, "is that it gives t lit* look of youth to the face as well as imparting the throb and vigor of youth to the blood and body. Its effect is to smooth out all the lines and creases and wrinkles of age. Death seems ridiculously impossible." Or Henri Spahlinger is a man of mature years, with a remarkably youthful appearance. He has repelled every overture for the commercial exploitation of his wonderful discoverey, and aims at nothing less than the manufacture of his two curative agents. serum and vaccine, so that they may bo distributed to rich and poor alike all over the world, and at I be cost price of manufacture. The Spahlingcr scrum takes anything from one to four years to produce. and, at the present stage of the work seven horses are required for manufacturing one complete treatment. The bacteriologist's simple explanation of the serum treatment for consumption is that it resembles the ;intitnxin treatment for diphtheria. The ••erum is painlessly prepared from certain animals stabled near the bacteriologist's germ factory in Geneva. Medical belief in the serum in this country is summed up in the action of the British Red Cross Societv, who are negotiating with I)r Spahlingcr for supplies of vaccine and serum to combat consumption here. There is a widespread belief, too, in medical circles that, with the onward march of research in the Spahlingcr

laboratories, tho methods of preparing this potent agent will be enormously facilitated and quickened. M. Spahlinger is understood to have experimented on his own body with the lire-prolonging ferment, which may account for his own extraordinary vigor and youthful appearance. NEW TRICKS OF THE DOPE SMUGGLER. (My Lady Kitty Vincent.) Tlie question of ihe enormous number of cocaine-takers and of dope purveyors is occupying the mind of tinpublic to a very great extent a I tho present time. There is much talk about the manner in which it is offered for sale in various West End bole! lounges and: of the orgies which take place in Hats and private houses. Bui the importa.nl point is this bow is it smuggled into England:-' If the illegitimate import were stopped, much, if not all, of the illicit traffic now taking place would reaM*. I have two acquaintances who crossed to England from the Continent about two months ago. They both showed me six or seven bottles of cocaine in their dressing-cases, while we were held up in Ostein! wailing for the boat. Thev had not even troubled to take the labels off the bottles, which bore the number of grammes and the name of the town where it was purchased. "Aren't von afraid ot being caught.-' I asked. Thev laughed and put ihe bottles back into their dressing-cases. I watched them at the Customs. Thev put their hatboxes, rugs, and those same dressing-eases on the. counter with the greatest sang-froid. The- usual questions l were asked: "Have you any scent, tobacco?" and 1 so on. but no mention was made of drugs. Neither of the dressing-cases was opened, and they went their way looking perfectly unconcerned. One of the many ruses for circumventing the police is but little known. A ladv will bring one of the lug Alsatian wolf-dogs, which are so lashinnahle at present, into England. Inside the collar, between the lining and the leather, are numerous packets of "snow," which she carries away in triumph. I know of two cases' when this device has been practised with great success. In one night express in which I was travelling my state-room companion sniffed cocaine- quite openly, and finallv presented me with a packet. She assured me that I should learn to like it. and suggested that at any rate some of my friends at.home would be grateful for'the present. She gave me her address, and told me that she could alwavs supply me with any .amount that I wanted at a very moderate price. Three times in different hotels I wainvited to have ;i "sniff," and promised any amount that I wanted. ..And I should be very much surprised i-l 1 had any difficulty in bringing it over here. I'f'l. who bad no desire to acquire any cocaine, and who was merely a stranger travelling in paths slightly off the beaten track, had it thrust upon me, bow easy it must he for the regular dope purveyor to procure it. And the chief importers are not so much Chinese coolies and Indians as the people we all know audi never suspect.