THIRTY YEARS YOUNGER

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 3717, 2 November 1926, Page 7

THIRTY YEARS YOUNGER

EXPERIMENT ON CONVICT. Condemned to death lor certain crimes, a Serbian named llija Krajon consented to become the subject 01. a gland-grafting experiment, which has resulted in a man of sixty-three, who was in a decline, becomeing rejuvenated. at any rate, for the present, says a despatch from Belgrade. 'flic transfer was made early in Jane by a Russian physician, Dr Peter Kolesnikov. according to the \ oronof treatment, at the Serbian town of Zajetcbar. and be claims that the operation has been very snccesslnl. So weak that be could not walk, the patient at the Zajetcbar Hospital left a few days afterwards, apparently strong and well, and boasting that be felt thirty years younger. Krajon, who nimbi the operation possible, bad been sentenced to death Mr robberies and a murder. Owing to hernia an immediate operation becani.o necessary, so that the death penalty should be exacted according to the law. He agreed to l)r Kolesnikov’s re(|uest to remove a gland, and made Hie sacrifice in the humane cause indicated. Tim rejuvenated man declares that lie feels better every day, and Dr Kolesnikov proposes to report the ease in detail to tlw* Serbian Physics Association.