In a nursing home in the centre. of Paris is lying to-day Mr. Arthur Liardet, the manager of a private hotel in the West of London, after a remarkable operation.
He is a patient of Dr. Woronzoff, who lately made known the results of his experiments directed to the prolongation of human life by transplanting certain glands from the bodies of monkeys to human subjects, and went from London to Paris in the hope that his youth may be renewed and the mortal span extended, and that what Dr. Woronzoff claims he has done for others he will do for him.
The operation took place without mishap, and the patient is now free from fever. What the results will be will take some time to show.
Mr. Liardet must be said to be very well preserved for his age. In earlier years an actor and dramatic operatic manager, he was a close friend of the famous American actor Jefferson, with whom he toured Australia. He was the youngest of 20. children, and_ his parents were first cousins. He is himself the authority for the statement that he was born when his mother was 55.
"T feel no younger than I did before," he said, "but in any case and whatever the future I am a great believer in the power of science to better the lot of mankind. We owe something to humanity, and if a method can be found to give 30 more years to the world's greatest men we small fry ought to be glad to serve as the basis for the necessary experiments. That, is really why I am in Paris, for if the matter was merely the prolonging of one's own life I am not certain I should have taken the trouble. Really useful men die too young, and the scientist may be able to discover means to check this.""
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