Dr. Hugh G. Cartner

Hugh Garrett Cartner, M.D. (1899-1995), a prominent medical physician and controversial scholar of pseudoscience. He discovered a substance that was the main ingredient in the Cartner serum. He resided on Redrock Island where he practiced science and experiments with cadavers

Biography
Born in Eddington, Massachusetts on December 12, 1899, to a wealthy family of doctors. When Dr. Hugh Cartner was 18 years old he went to the University of Eastbury and majored in medical research and also became involved with the occult and the paranormal.

In 1926 Dr. Hugh Cartner founded the Cartner Medical Laboratory on Redrock Island and practiced experiments on cadavers and also came up with the serum to control the rapid development of brain cells in rats and eventually humans.

Then came an investigation into Dr. Cartner's laboratory for alleged cruelty to people who were working with him.

But no evidence of abuse was found and Dr. Cartner continued his work on the serum that he created.

The Levkowsky Case
In 1934 his first human test subject named Danny Levkowsky was chosen to participate in the experiment with the Cartner serum. Levkowsky 23-year-old Russian immigrant was dying of cardiac arrest from high temperature was given a small amount of the serum. Then about an hour later Levkowsky fully recovered from his illness and also found that his patient was an alcoholic. Then Dr. Cartner wrote his medical findings in his thesis on the miraculous serum. However years later the New England Science Committee questioned his ethics in the Massachusetts Criminal Court case Cartner vs The New England Science Committee in a landmark case and ruled in favor of Dr. Cartner. The family of Danny Levkowsky was very satisfied with the ruling of the court.

Later Years
After the court case, Dr. Cartner continued his practice and used his funds to patent the Cartner serum. In 1965 he earned a Congressional Medal for his medical work. Later in 1975 Dr. Cartner suffered a heart attack and retired from the medical field.

However, he worked with the University of Eastbury in the mortuary on campus. His nephew Oliver E. Cartner assisted him in his later experiments and became the vice-president at the Westwick Research Facility in 1994.