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'ELIXIR OF LIFE" DISCOVERY

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WELL-KNOWN EX-CABINET MINISTER ON HIS

REVITALISATION BY VITALEXIN

INVENTOR STRUCK OFF REGISTER FOR" COMMERCIALISING" HIS PRODUCT.

LONDON, May 30.

After a three-day sitting, the fineral Medical Council ordered the name of Major Vincent Blumhardt Nesfield, of Harley street, and Sandhurst, Hunt, to be struck off the medical register for pro- fessional misconduct.

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A prominent witness was referred to as Mr. B." Mr. 3. was anbwquently revealed to be Sir Auckland Geddes, a member of the War Cabinet, and former British Ambassador to the United States. He is also a medical man of high standing, and described as "co of the cleverest men in England."

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It was alleged that Mr. Nesfield had sought to attract patients or help himself professionally by being improperly associated with publicity,

A completo denial of all allegations, was inade by him.

It was sinted that a layman named Sharp had, out of gratitude - to the medical profession, sought to let the world know of a treat- ment referred to "the elixir of life."

Sir Norman Walker said the council found the facts against Mr. Nesfield proved to their satisfaction. They had adjudged him to be guilty of professional misconduct, und "had directed the registrar to erase his name from bite zagisteri

WOMEN IN GALLERY.

"There" was juteuse, sibaker in the “ council ́ehnhber for mane mounts. Me. Nenfeld, à mag of military buikk dressed in morning clochen, stend perfectly stáli. He had taken a keen interrat throughout the pro ceedings.

Wate-dressed women do the pab- lic gallery had followed the casti ench day, and yesterday they in eluded the accused specialist's witn and several friends.' His brother was also present.

Mr. Nesfield with necused of work- ing to attract pubienta or to promote his profesioni advantage by any of these are--

Association with a person or firm who to his knowledge sought; to attract patients by advertising and ennvassing through the me dium of an article in the "Daily Express" of November 8, 1981, and an undated commercial eir dulur, both relating to an alleged remedy for diabetia, peumonia, blood poisoning, high blood pres

neamsthenia,

aure, epilepsy, mental incapacity,į

debility, generas and other inumaų giments, known a. Vit Alexin...

Advertising and canvassing through an interview or article in the newspaper Az Est" of Budapest or the newspaper "Lu of Paris relating to the aneged remedy,

fol' knowledge, effected by, an

other and different romedy,

Mr. B's Evidence.

Mr. B was then called for the

He said that he ha

Mr. Nesfield, who avemed stunned defence.

by the decision of the council an-known Major: Nesfold - for about nounced by Sir Norman Walker, seven and the president, was represented by | Lord Brisigh, K.C..

Years of Research.

Mr. Noxfield" it was stated, was

half years. He was very mach interested in scientifi research, and he wad Major Nes feld had worked together, during ! the whole of that period. Major

& Fellow of the Royal College of Nesfield had done most of the ex- Surgeons when he was änly twenty-perimental work, frequently at his three. He had spent several years (Mr. B'a) expense."1 havo sup. on rosearch to discover a substance plied money and also may body for how known an." Vit. Alexin," which the experiments," added the wit. had been described during one partness. The Arat he heard of Hor. of the case as a substance "the fos macion, Dr. Ischionsky's,” prepara- est yes, discovered to the blixir of lion, was a circular letter from a man called Sharpe in September or life," which the alchemist had al-October of 1830. He suggested to ways strive to find.

Major Néafold that it migh be in- teresting to get hold of some of the the same line that they had been stuff for experiments as it was on working for some time. Ultimately ed for him and he paid £190 for it. some of the Hormasion was obtain. After the first injection there was

Mr. Nesfield was also stated by Brig, doneral Theo Porter to have rendered invaluable assistance a fighting a plague in India which in the end he himself caught. He also invented the sterilisation of water by chlarine.

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mp4ffect, In November 1921 he received a letter from Dr. Mae- donald and went to seo him.

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Major Nesfield was represented by Viscount Erleigh, K. C, and Mr. Valentine Holms appeared for Dr. "Dr. Macdonald asked me 50. MacDonald the complainant in read the article and tell him if

the case, who had been associated Case I referred to me, I said that! with a Russian Doctor, Dr. N. His impossible. It does not, I had, Jachlonsky.

aa a result of many conversations,

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Mr. Holmes in opening said with Major Nesfield ʼn knowledge of that Dr. Ischlonsky who took his the individual to whom it did sagree with honours at Waranwrefer." University 1918 had discovered. At this point "Mr. B" wrote a preparation in 1999 known as

down the name of the man and Hormaction" and in 1929 WAR

handed to the chainan. He consulted by London financier, n isa ann who holds a very high Mr. Sharpe, beenuse of the illness position" said "Mr._B," and is of his wife and son who were suffer

(Continued on Page 10.) ing from different but serious com plaints. They were both treated by Dr. Ishlonsky and apparently suc orssfully treated. In October 1980 Mr. Sharpe brought Major Nesfield to see Dr. Ischlonsky, Major Ne Bald wating that he had two pati ents whom he would like to treat with the doctor's preparation. Dr Ischlonsky agreed to supply his pre- paration and received through Mr. Sharpe a cheque for £120.

In January 1931 Major Nesfield wrote to the doctor giving, the case record of the patient and stating the treaturant had been MORG wonderfully effective,

Keeping secret from the medical profession and from the public the fornite or process for the produe tion of the alleged remedy, and M. Ioimes said this was the case which in his submission. Major Nes- being interested in its commercia (feld claimed fur tre "Medical lisation as a secret remedy, World as the case created by his

Seeking, by the article and cirewo alleged remedy called Vit

| alexia. catar and by a letter, to Mesurs. Dr. William MacDonald John Bell and Croyden; to indúce evidence, and Lord Erleigh naked medical practitioners to use the!

him, You are not suggesting Dr Nesteld stole Dr. Ischling's inven- alleged romedy, of whose propertion Dr. McDonaki 1 am not. ties tid action, the practitioners | Vit-alexin, was, not a similar nor were not fully informed,

a rival preparation, only the fuld was in common.

Alleging in an Article in the Mythical World" that a case was eured by the alleged remedy, whereas the eare was, to Mr. Nes

Dr. Nesfield's defence was a com- piete denial of the charges brough: against him.

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