Dr. Brompton-Watts' Age Adjuster (1912)

An elderly couple pass Dr. Brompton-Watts' Sanatorium, where they read his alluring sign. They go inside to talk it over with the doctor. The husband decides to try getting his youth back and is only too successful, as he takes an overdose of the restorative so that sixty years are taken off his life and he becomes an infant again. Then the little one drinks the rest of the dose and it is transformed back to the monkey stage of man's evolution. The doctor discovers the mistake and gives him just enough to make him a young man, which is what he wanted. The wife, being satisfied with her age, refuses to take the treatment, and when she sees her husband a youth she tells him she liked him better as an old man, so he is brought back to his original age.

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Summary Details
Running Time5 min
GenresComedy Short