1920
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. — Dr. Leo L. Stanley, resident physician of San Quentin penitentiary, who has attained recognition for successfully transplanting interstitial glands, has succeeded in restoring lost memory with a new serum.
According to Dr. Stanley, a man was committed to the penitentiary on Sept. 14, 1919, under the name of Robert Lockwood. Lockwood was suffering from aphasia. A spinal injection of the serum resulted in the young man regaining his mind and asserting that he was Fred Bruley of Plattsburg, N. Y.
Bruley said he left New York for Chicago in January, 1917, and that from time to time his mind has been a blank until he awakened in the prison here. He has a wife and child.
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Aphasia Victim Responds
1920
Serum Injected Into Spine of San Quentin Convict Causes Memory to Return.
SAN QUENTIN, Cal., Feb. 24.— "Robert Lockwood" serving a term for grand larceny at the prison here, has responded to treatment for aphasia and has recovered his memory, lost in 1917, Dr. Leo L. Stanley announced today.
"Lockwood's" real name is Fred Bruley. He formerly lived in Plattsburg, N. Y., and he has a wife and family in that state. His father's name is Peter Bruley. He now remembers boarding a train for Chicago, but can recall no details of what occurred after that.
Dr. Stanley injected serum into his spine and the memory returned soon after. Bruley's steady attitude of not trying to excuse his crimes convinced Dr. Stanley he was not trying to feign aphasia.
—The Evening State Journal and Lincoln Daily News, Lincoln, Nebraska, February 24, 1920, page 1.
