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the deposits OF zo-ospores, which in
crease aud develop. True fatty de
gene'ation is not consistent, 81 b
claims, with the frequently rapid re
covery OF the patient, and the sup
posed fat cells, under his tests, do nc
show the chemical properties com
mon to all fats.
STILL CROPPING IN THE KARK.
The more ED-ospores there are il
the body Of a patient the more diff
cult the disease ID combat. There
fore the physicians have attempted t
master the fever In two ways-(D bj
diminishing the number Of parasites
I ~ by destroying them. PdTgaiives
diurttics and sudorifics lave been
used without stint, but, as Carmonl
declares, without success. In THU
declaration be is supported by the
testimony OF DIS. Holt, Billings, Toner
and other recognized authorities.
Gentlemen" eaid DIR. Holt, with
marked emphasis, 10 the subcommit.
tee OF the Senate, 1--WE have been fight.
ing this fever with every remedy
known to the world for hundreds OF
years. / say 10 You to-day that we
have not advanced hairs breadth
during the last sixty years, in suite oil
the boa1'ed attainmentItf modern sci.
ence. We are etill grobing in the
dark and falling back, as the best re-.
source, on the old Creole remedy OF
castor oil and hot water. When a
certain number OF persons are attacked
certain percentage will inevitably
die, varying only in proport on to the
malignancy Of the epidemic" These
were frank and Lold statements, but
they were confirmed on appeal - Drs.
Hamilton, Toner ald Ri lings, who
were prest Mt
IL is generally conceded that the 20
ospores cannot be elimin lied from the
human body by any agency which
would not at the tame time destroy
the life Of the patient.
TEMEDY BOLDLY ATTEsTKD.
How, then, can the lives of men in
tho yellow.fever region be prot .cted ?
Carmona answers, "By my method OF
incubation" The difference between
tho zo-ospoye and The z)-osporange
has already been carefully not cd. II
Is the zo.osporange or spore of the
mici o;copic mushroom which by
union develops the deadly peronos-
pore and symptoms of ytllow.fever.
The iruit OF the peTonospore itself, or
zo-oepore so-called, will not directly
develop the peronospore. Their, fore
II 10 the zo-ospore which .Carmona
chooses az the material for his inocu.
lation. The safety OF the aion
depends on the fact that the "inocu-
lited zpospores are incapable OF pro-
ducing the ytllow.fever, since, be-
tween the 20 ospore and the 'mucedl-
nee or mushroom growth fom the
spore there is 81 II an eyoution which
has not taken place." The material
30 chosen is prepared by carefully iso-
lating and drying the zo.Ospores OF the
lutea. The dri d prod
net Is then mixed aud dissolved In dis
titled water and an injection made
under the skin OF the forearm with a
Piavsz syringe.
EFFRCr OF THe INCUBATION.
The results of this incubation have
varied" says Oarmona, "but never
has any serious i'll consequence fol-
lowed" The fret person so Inoculated
was Carmons himself on September
20, 1881. IL fe't al accession OF heat
10 my veins at the moment of injeC-
on, continuing for some seconds.
Then it suddenly departed, giving
place to a slight swelling, not discoi- |
BRING the skin, though impeding a
title the movements Of the arm. On
he fourth day following all signs OF
Iwelling had disappeared, and oted
meanwhile no febrile condition OF the
system. The urine discharged was
srhaps little more abundant and
hinged elightly with red"
YKLLow.FEvRR RESISTED.
The inoculated persons were after
ward exposed TO the attack OF the epi-
demic fever in many places, and the
result, OF the exposure may be briefly
OF the first POS persons
lnocu,ated not one was attacked by the
lever. OF the next 532 twenty.six
we're ait cked, who formed q part of
The garrison OF $50 men stationed at
Vera Cruz. The $50 men Of the orig
NAL garrison were inoculated, but the
garrison was reinforced later by the
addition of ia men not iroculated
The yelow-iever epidemic wa, intsnse
IN the city OF Vera Cruz for six months.
rhirty-two per cent. of the men rot
Inoculated were attacked, but only
sevea per cent. OF those inoculated.
Dr. Carmona attributes the twenty-six
failures here noted to one OF two
causes. ~ That the men had not re-
ceived into their systems a sufficient
quantity Of zo-ospores necessary for
saturttion TO the protected point" or
~ the fact that the z>.o5pores used in
incubation were simply dried and not
isolated from albumen by
heat or alCot ol."
He enforces this conclusion by cit
ng two test cases, where the material
used in incubation had been more
,art fully prepared. At MAJ allan, OF |
.en employees of the custom.house, four
we're inoculated. The ten were alike
exposed to attack. The six nominee.
llated were attacked and died. The
Iour inoculated soldiers were not at |
ieCt I'D by the fever a. all.
The second case ia stll more note.
Seventy-six soldiers were
inocula,ed with isolated 20
1sporic material in the City of Mexico.
During the summer these men de-
'cended to Vera Cruz on tneir way t.
Acayucan. Franc SO Gonzales Joined
hem and remained with them six
lays at Vera Cruz during the epi-
iemic. On the arrival OF the detach-
nent at Acayucan Gonzales was
ound t. be sick with yellow-iever
md died in the oouue OF few days.
lie alone Of the deta chment had not
been inoculated. His seve, ty.six COM
Danions were not attacked at all, Dr.
Jarmona is led by his experiments to