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DR.. Y.rran,s Cholera Remedy. /.

DE-. YsrraA's Chslsrs Kennedy.
WAsHfNoToN, July ~. Colonel
John w. Foster, United States minis.
ter to Spain, has transmitted to the
State Department q report made to
him by Il. Do LaGranjs, physicisn
Of Boston, ON the cholera In Spain, and
the prophylactio anti-choleraic inoc-
ulation OF DR.. Ferran. De LsGrapja,
accompanied u medical commits
sion which was recently sent to Va
loncia by tho Spanish government to
ivestigate tho condition OF the chol-
era epidemic whichis prevailing in the
province and to report on the efficacy
of the new system OF incubation prac-
ticed by DR.. Ferran. Do LaGranja
described the arrival OF tho comma
sion ut Alira, q town Of 5000 tnhnbi-
tants, In the injected district, on May
20, and tells OF tho enthusiasm OF the
inhabitants over DIR. Ferran's treat
ment. They, aided by the mayor,
clamored that DR.. Ferran should re-
main among them and save them
from the sc0urge. On May III the
COIuQllH8lOh WOhb w <AtkoAaoaJ o8A
found cholera raging there. "Tnis
seltled," tho doctor adds, ".he com.
mission decided to spend the rest Of
the afternoon in examination OF the
inhabitants who had been inocHlated
by DR.. Ferran with his anti-cholerxic
broth. The number OF those exam.
ined was quite large and all Of them
were enthusiasIic IN praises given TO
DIR. Ferrsn. They had beon inocu-
lated In both arms, but presented no
marks or scars other than those made
by the hypodermic syringe, and now
almost obliterated. Some Of them
stated that they had little headache,
and all severe pains In The arms, last
ing about u hours after the lnocula-
tiOn. One OF the most remarkable
things is that none had either vomits
or diarrhea while suffering from the
effects OF incubation, or from the at
tenuated cholers, Is DR.. Ferran and
his friend style it, excepting the small
children unable to speak, who az.
cording to the evidence OF one of DIR.
Ferran's assistants, had both. During
the last few days the number Of oppo-
nents TO DIR. Ferran's prophylsctic In
collation. has greatly increased and
1 sincerely Delieve JhaI there
would bs Dut very iow adhsrents
were Il not because tho OPPOSITION 70
tho present government OF Spain have
made pOlical capital ont Of The we'll
GROUNDED suspicion OF tho incubation
until after the terminate on Of the inves-
tigation and report of the scientific
commission as ordered by tao score
tary OF the interior. The suspecsion
Of the anti-choleraic process of Dt.
Ferran IL nothing but an experiment.,
Is perfectly true, and 1 havo no
hesitation In asserting that even as an
experiment 1t Is very Crude, unscIeu-
tific and anti-pathologic, and un-
fortunately it has been divested OF tut
merit, If 1t ever had any, by converting
IL while In it's rudimentsry state into
an unprofessional industry"
DIR. Lat}rapja, continuing, says some
persons were found who suffered So
we're Inflammation Of the srmH from the
inoculation and that othero wero re-
ported to have died from blood poison.
He attributes this to careless moth
ods in the work of inoGulalion, and
proceeds:
"The statlcs presented by Or. Fer
ran to substantiate his claim III toroe
of his broth seems to give him sup
port, but unhappily for him, that can
not be taken as statistics by any
body tree of prejudice. The iayoriGe
statistics OF DR.. Ferran nro Ehoso Of
Alsir. In this place q little loss Than
one-half the population have been in
oculated and much more than one
half the deaths are among tho
inoculated; but taking into constdera.
tion that the deaths are counted IRON
the date OF the invasion Of tho town by
the cholera; that those who suffer
most from its attacks are the poor, i'll
housed, ill-fed and unclean. who arc
those not inoculated; the statistics are
deceitful and misleading, ana conse.
quently are not to be relied npon unless
it is to support the false claims among
the tanatical and hOrrOr-stI i0ken peo,
ple. DR.. Ferran makes the assertion
that the inoculated do not have any
immunity from cholera until hYo days
after the incubation, but no does not
know for how many days alter that
they are protected. To say the leasf,
these statements are unscientiiio and
empiric, as well as the doing of Dr.
Ferran, and are to be taken Iur what
they are worth. The iponuletsd
do not appear to acquire mum lTnmp-
nifty, because they are attacked By tho
cholera and die like those IlOt lAOc4-
lated. Had DR.. Ferran been correct 10
his theories and In suppOsitioD thst
microbia Is the cause OF choi5Ia ] do
not know whether humanity would
have been benefited or danag56 by
his prophylaotic discovery. lfoyaryin.
ocuiated person had suffered from the
tai or inoculeted cholera
and the dlarrh@a, consequently 1t had
been loaded with microbes, each 1noc-
ulated person would have been a
source of infection for the rest Of man
kind. Under these circumstances, I
think the Secretary of the Interior de-
served great praise for forbidding the1
It is my opinion that
Ferran's prophylactic Of the cholera
will be of short life and will tall into as
much discredit as the treatment OF
Dancer by, the use of condurango, dis
covered some years ago by ono OF our