THE "ELIXIR OF LIFE.

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2986, 25 January 1917, Page 9

THE "ELIXIR OF LIFE.

fcFAMOUS SURGEON DEAD. Dr. Doyen, whose death at the age of 57 was recently announced from PSris, was an operator of incomparable skill and boldness, and a pioneer in rr,*!>? important branches' of surgery. At the outset of his professional career ho held various publio appointments, but these he soon abandoned for work in his private clinic, where he had film records taken of many of his operations. He is believed to have been the first srugcon to make use of the kinema in this way. ''A claim by Dr. Doyen to have the perm of cancer was investigated, in 1905 by a deputation from the London Cancer Hospital, but no result' of the treatment was considered to havo been proved. His preparation J'Mycol.Vsjno" ho claimed to bo "the Elixir of Life," in . that it prolonged ■ life considerably, being a.positive cure.; for many diseases and increasing tenfold the power of resistance to tho inroads of malignant germs. Experiments with tho preparation pave such excellent results that tho Ministers of Marino and the Colonics pavo orders for its inclusion in. tho medicaments authorised. Jn.tho. early part of tho war Dr. I Doyen spent two months at the base hospitals, and' his frequent tours of inspection resulted in tho application of a new method of curing lockjaw.