New-York daily tribune., 1858-11-15
TIE TREATMENT or CONSUMPTION.

u D. not altogether 10 the cre5t OF the Srsnce Of
Me..Cre that Consumption, which Is ore OF the long
ct II E,i tie ong,s: of fatal DISEASES 10 killing the
pai,ii aud which i tie o. y one that - Positively
aud cru peirly destroys The vital ;ssne, which . he
.eaf o! dsesse without 81 immediately fatal result
-heu.d bee pr.--.ly that one which = the most mortal
l. onld sceln If the healing art be all that Il should
b. anG tina. i lsuis 70 be, tbG, Ina!aiy which 50
crr~ srd Is u il were 20 reuctsrt 10 -riias,s n
dat should be thoroughly uuderstooi IN IL inception
ara rs growth, and be- all tiises except IN II iGtes
Stages completely under the control Of the educated
prsc,itior.r. And yet W. al know that where tha.
81 Ing seal OF death i sex: whether the fares or
the w-. the most beloved or The most honorci The
ALI Of nan i usually powerless to eface H. and that
il may be handed down from generation to generation
cure "a evitabe ~ uuerriug. and a. unavoldable
a. tie mark Of race. T. whichever Of the systems OF
cuIe We nay adhere-path-,s OF whatever prefix We
sy ca ourselvesa all uias; confess that there is Little
to b at Of in any so long each must acknowledge
tia. power only To predict, but not TO ?reveat
pi-il,s and preus,urs death to the children as yet
uphcrr Of parents of certain constitutions Ga one
point only DO doctors 70 agree in regard to the
rea,uer; of this terrible scourge OF humanity; and
that "a that The patient should be sent awsy as specify
hi. native sr; on this point, however differing and in
ls-th. they c4nnot yet agree whether the sufferer
should be bsus ed 70 luger out his few days months
Of bafed hope and prolonged agony, TO the terrible
rgcr Of the Arctic Region to the melting heats Of
the TYrIld Zone.
Sun,e weeks ago We copied into our columns fran a
Paris Journal en- Of alleged discovery Of Dr.
Churchill ior the cure Of Consumption, scrofua, tabes
,rat b.-, ,f..l..
line and soda. That DR.. Churchill claimed to have
made such discovery has been for some time known,
but the fact. we believe, has not been made public
through tie press till the recent presentation Of paper
on tie subject by him to the Academy of Sciences in
Paris in which he maintained that he had bya series of
experiments established the hitherto disputed fact that
phosphorus exists in the healthy body in o1ydzable or
oombu.tble condition. and the the undue waste
OF this erneu, he cous ers the necessary condition OF
the existence Of consumption. The inference, OF course
IT, that to this terrible disease the wanting prnc-
pie must be Supplied 10 the animal economy Accord
ngly Dr. Churchill claims to cure and to have cured
consumption even in the third stage of the disease by
administering the hypophosphtes of lime and soda in
doses varying according to circumstances. Should ex-
pcrience ulsar,ate this claim the importance of the
discovery can hardy be overestimated though the
ing by its application belongs rather to the science Of
chemistry than to that Of medicine.
new claimant. however, has arisen to the honor Of
this discovery a Mr.. GuiIford Of Ohio, not only dis.
putes with Dr. Churchill the merit of having bestowed
this grea. boon upon the human family, but he goes
further and asserts that that gentleman has only sug
gested rather than actually pointed out the of the
fatal malady. OF course the conclusion is inevitable
that if the cause is not clearly indicated that the reme-
dies are not reliable.
1t is not province to decide upon the merit of the
claim Of either party in such case as this, but as the
subject is of universal interest and Importance We
gladly direct to il the attention Of the public and par
tcularly of scientific men, In another column we print
letter from Mr.. Guilford while testify Mt the
same time to the fact that he announced his discovery
if discovery it be- in The Western Lancet Of August,
1854, copy Of which publications. is at this moment
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