JOY OF LIFE

Hokitika Guardian, 27 September 1929, Page 5

JOY OF LIFE

REJUVENATION SUCCESS. LONDON, September 16. “ For thousands of years humanity has fruitlessly sought a remedy for illness or old age, but when a scientist produced an easy method of combating it, the authorities suppressed the idea, the majority of doctors following,” said Dr Schmidt,- of Berlin, at the Sexual League Congress, when describing the effects of rejuvenation operations, of which he had performed GOO. lie said the dun eyes of the patient regained liveliness and sparkled, the head showed fine hair,. sometimes of the original colour, Abe complexion be came rosy, the skin more elastic, small facial wrinkles disappearing, and the movements more energetic, the muscles increasing in volume and tone, enabling the resumption of bodily work without exhaustion. The sight frequently improved, and a ravening hunger set in, the intake of food increasing as the weight decreased, despite old age’s corpulence. High blond pressure diminished and mental and nervous functions were revived, restoring mental ability, memory, endurance, and concentration to a very surprising extent. Sleep became longer, deeper, and more refreshing. All these phenomena resulted in a new joy of life, enabling the resumption of aesthetic interests, lhe method was absolutely without risk, there being not a single case of death -or even of disturbance after the operation.