New-York daily tribune., 1859-02-08
Neip:l1prk DniIp Gribr,re
DIR. CHURCHILL ON CONSUMPTION

Havirg ncautiously become involved quits unin-
tentionally in the controversy respecting the nsure,
origin and value of the alleged discovery of DIR.
Churchill of Paris Of specific for Consumption, we
cannot refuse to give place to the following letter from
Dr. C.. himself to SIR. J. Winchester Of City, in
position ard defense Of the claims Of the former.
There we believe may fairly s.op, lesYing the dis
putsuts if such there still shall be- to pursue their ds
cussion through the medical journals.
We do rot mean by this decision to imply that the
subject is not of grave Importance, nor that the claims
se up in behalf Of DR.. Churchill are not we'll founded.
Urdoubtedly, while Consumption continues to sweep
of nearly ole per cent. per Of entire popu.
lstion any thing which promises mitigation of
s ravsges deserving OF candid and earnest consid
Grafton. Bu. there must be limits TO newspaper dis
cussiop, and Medicine ia not within the scope Of this
journal. Were We to accord the briefest hearing to
every asserted discovery of remedy for or
more Of the greyous lis tha. flesh is her TO-,
could rot fs to exclude matter Of more general inter-
est ard bore majority of our e,ders. Here, then,
We close the Hypophosphite controversy, cave as it
msy be pursued in our Advertising columns;
LETTER FROM DIR. CHURCHILL.
PARIS, Dec. II, lSjS
On PLthi.is. Toe whole edition sold of in less
than Ell months ard il has been out Of print since
February last. Ian now engaged upon a
second edition. which has been delayed with the hope
Of my being able 10 settle the question Of the exist
tnce or noneIstence in the humsn economy Of pbos-
phorus in an oxydizsble condition. The cheC,ic 81
proof Of its existence in such .tste | now conf
oeuty hope shall shortly be able 70 Jay before the
profession and the chemical world.
Your reply to Mr. Gailiords claim Of priority is psr
fectly 70 the point, The same pretensiOn has been
raised here by two different parties, aud also by one
or two IN England bat, in reality the OF phospho-
iic acid IN Phihiss, dates fsr bsck as 1879, when
il was employed in Germany by j. B. Lentiu. Snce
have been used by many practitioners, and among
others by Dr. St,ne Of New Orleans. That al the
csses in which they stated 10 have proved bene
hcial are to be ected attributed to error Of dag
ross, am not at al prepared TO assert but think
they are TO be accounted Tor in OF the two follow
ing says:
Any mode Of treatment which is combined with rest,
snd i~rrcrtd diet and lyrg msy prove benefcisl By
stopping or diminishing the amount OF waste Of the
oxydlzaole phosphorus. The phOsphates may, there
may have ehsrge OF climate, homeopathy, or any
thing ese.
PbosPhorie sod, ss shown by weigel and King,
and later by Della Jrdda, frequently contains phO,
pkc-0,s ecid, an oxydzs6le compound, and as such
could have, in accordance with my hypothesis,
f.re effect. owing 10 IL very impu,i,y.
Ny We've, with regard 10 phthisis, rnsy be SUM-
ued Up 10 very few words, and are Gs follows:
PhtLitis Is disthess or general disease, dspeRing
1pon the want undue was.e OF the o-yiygbe phOs-
phoTus normally exciting in the animal economy.
Hence follows that the iemscy consists IN supplying
tie descent element b. the sininstra alton OF any
prtp7rcfioE Of phosphorus which is at as.mii-
abe aId o1ysizable. Now, phosphorus it.ef pos
used with success; but il has not the first, and is 30
ngerouf substance that il has fallen into complete