Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-09-06 | Page 1 | Methylene Blue Injuction Saves Life of Youth Who Drank Deadly Cyanide

Blue Injection Saves Life Of Youth Who Drank Deadly Cyanide Bv By United Iret PrIss SAN FRANCISCO Sept 6 The recent scientific discovery ry of a former University of ot California medical med ical professor today had saved one of oC his former pupils from an attempt to commit suicide and offered the youth a new interest in medical study Despondent because he was out of work Cuthbert 30 30 former I medical student at the University of California drank a potion of oC potassium slum c cyanide and then told a friend Ive just taken the deadliest poison poison poi pot son known to science It is no use trying to o save me because there is no remedy Walter Champagne the friend took and the empty poison polson bottie bottle bottle bot bot- tle tie and raced to a hospital The began working over him 10 minutes after Champagne had rushed him from their rooming house For tor many weeks Dr J J. J C. C Geiger director o of public health for San Franc Francisco aid medical professor pro pro- fessor 10 years ago has been wor workIng work work- in lag Ing on a new treatment for counteracting counteracting counteracting counter counter- acting the effects of potassium cyan cyan- ide His former pupil presented his first opportunity to test the treatment treat treat- ment meat in saving human life liCe blue was injected into veins A short hort time later he re regained consciousness and within with with- in a n few hours to his own amazement amazement amaze amaze- ment he was out of danger forgot his despondency In his interest to learn about his former professors professor's medical discovery With the aid of Dr Geiger he set to work today to write a clinical report on his case and the successful experiment meat ment made in saving his life liCe