DEATH OF DR DOYEN

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 249, 9 February 1917, Page 4 (Supplement)

DEATH OF DR DOYEN

SIUGEON AND DISCOVERER OF THE "ELIXIR Of LIFE."

A Renter telegram from Paris announces the deaui of Dr. Doyen, the iamoirs surgeon. Ho was born :U lleims in 1559, and socn became prominent as a ?>kiilc<l and daring operator. He fir-t gained by tho discovery of an •'anti-can-ter serum,'' which, however, was by no means -always sueecssiul. About six years ago liis discovery of nivtosi! ne. or "The Elixir of Life,' attracted world-wide attention, and was fiercely criticised. It was claimed for it- that, it could prevent or cure most of the acute infectious di-ea vs of the respiratory- org .11*. tiie digestive tract, and the sk ii. by stimulating the phagocytes, which destroy the bacilli <>i infection; he also discovered a remedy for foot-and-mouth disease. , . * . Sonic years aso lie tlc-livorod a on Moliorc's "he Maladc Imaginaire,' : nd incidentally expressed regret that there was no twentieth century Moliero to expose the fraud- "f the niedcal prol. -.ion of to-day. Siu rtlv afterwards a \ io'ent demonst":ition against him was erganised. and he wa- how'.ed down in I; i> lectiire-rcom.