The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-09-22

ouDJcSt III NuDu, anu III MS ISpOIl, Tedu lne
other day before the Paris academy of medi-
pine, he expressed his conviction that the
microbe of yellow fever differed little from
The cholera bacillus and, like it, was almost
Invariably found in the intestines.
DIR. GABIER's PLANS.
81 shall settle down in Jacksonville for
fhe time being" said the DOCTOR land have
expect to find it anywhere but in the
intestines' My belief is that yellow fever is
analogous to cholera"
"a knowing the conclusions you formed
efter your experiments with Dr. Ferran's
nnti-cholera virus, | suppose you do not be-
ieye in incubation being preventive of
yellow fever!"
81 do not. tried the system on myself
In Havana without good results, and with
Bone results which gave me little wish 20
.lepeat the test. Repeated microscopic ex-
Plantations showed me not a yellow fever
microbe in my blood.
DIR. FREIRE's McRoBE.
'For conscience sake, however, inocu.
lated myself with the microbe which DR..
Frerc had shown us in Paris, and which we
have since studied together. The first ex-
perience was not followed by any accident
but a simultaneous injection which tried n
week afterward laid me up and produced
alarming symptoms"
What do you think Of DIR. Gamaleia's
microbe?n
81 think it's a mere repetition Of DR.. Fer
rams and Just as mistaken. The medical
authorities are on the wrong track. lis Sc
sont emballcs. IL DR. Gamaleia were right
DR. Koch's ideas would be upset altogether"
tori"
LOCAL AFFECTION.
my firm belief is that yellow fever Is n
local affection. of which the first cause Is the
development Of microbes in the intestines
II ilourishcS only under peculiar conditions
Of climate, race and temperature
What treatment do you suggest for it?''
1.-THE general treatment consists in keep
ing up the strength Of the patient and care
fully watching the action of the kidneys
ktrychninc, alcohol and champagne will in
some cases be found useful, but the local
treatment is by far the most important point
At the very outset Of the illness | should
prescribe purgativcs. The first day the pa
tent should be- given thirty-fve to forty-fyo
grains Of sulphatc Of soda. the next day he
should take forty 10 fifty grammcs Of castor
oil in two or three doses; ON the third day
one gramme OF calomel might be admins
tered.
REPEATiNG THE DOSE,
"The Prescriptions should he varied In this
way for q week. II the patient vomits, a
dose Of the medicine equal TO the quantity
thrown up should bo again administered
with a little ice.
In at least one instance can vouch for
4 patient having been cured, after he had
Seen given up aud when he was In n semi
cumatose state, by the administration Of a
vigorous enema. The intcstincs should be
treated like an infected wound, by cleansing
aud disiniecting.
DESPERATE CASE CURED.
when was in the West Indies the doc
tors handed a desperate case to me 10 try
my method on, telling me at the same time
that even II | failed twould be no argument
against my theory. The antiseptics ] tried
were bichloridc OF mercury and chlorohydric
lemonade. The treatment proved success
ful. or course one cure proved little. IL
does prove, though, that there II q chance
Of success. II IL were not unscientiic 10 do
~, should speak more positively. | shall
repeat my experiment at jacksonville and
I have great hope that the result will not
be- disappointment"
MOST OF MS FACE CUT orr.
A terrible operation for cancer has Just
been successfully terminated by DR. Prem.
rrueber, who has presented his patient 20
the Swans Of the Academic dc Mcdccin.
The entire transversal section OF the jaw,
together with the teeth which Il supported;
the entire roof Of the mouth, the saliyary
glands and landulcs adjoining and four
hfths Of the tongue were cut away with the
knife. The wounds are now healing, and
the dcfoTmity resulting from this terrific
operation II concealed By beard, ~ that
anyone casually meeting the patient would
not notice anything ont Of the way. The
sense Of taste Is preserved, but the faculty
Of speech is almost lost. When the patient
tries 10 talk lac succeeds only Ia making
strange gurgling sounds like running wa
tcr.
SOME FAILURES OF PAsrErRs METHOD.
Pasteuts NEGOTIATIONS for hydrophobia
have not been followed by inyariable sue
cess. There have been this year three cases
Of deaths during treatment and two cases
after the completion Of treatment A Herald
reporter has visited the hospital and OBJ
tanned from the highest medical sources the
following facts Of each case
First cnsc-Mmc. julio Sarazin 81 81 Man.
rice. Switzerland: age forty.four; bitten July
I. isSs two severe bites on the right fore
head. another bite ON the skull tore away the
skin from a spot six ccntimcircs long and
five ccniimctrcs wide These wounds are
bathod In picnic acid. Two other bites IN
az silver The head Of the mad dog that
made the wounds arrived OF the laboratory
JulyG A guinea pig wns inDculaicd IN the
eve with the poison from the dog aud two
other guinea pigs were iuuculaicd IN the
body. The hIst guinea zig went mad July
Is. the othcr July "a.
Nine. sarnyin was placed under treatment
Julyl She became ncryously prostmicd
july o. She had headaches aud palpiiaii0ns
NHaNH NFN am
fhc became dizzy. ON July 81 she had palms
and vomiting. During the night 81 August
81 she died NJ the Hospital Broussas.
Two rabbits were inoculatcd by trcpann'
tion from poison taken from Mime. sarizin
and they del II nbios August ~, fourteen
days after incubation.
SECOND TATAL RESULT.
Second Cnse-tosrph Gucr, age twenty
Fsyen. born at ChCllCs, Seine ~ Marine. bit
ten July ~, isss. on the left side Of the mp
per lin. four bites, one Of which was vcry
severe, at the junction Of the skin aud TIA
mucous membrane, The wounds Wcr'
washed In eau phoniquc four hours after ih'
bites occurred The head " the mad dol
that had made the bites reached the labofa
tory July 10. A guinea pig inoculaiod u
thc interior Of the eye with the saliva Of Tia
dogs head died Of rabies August 3.
Gucrsi treatment began July ~ At ih
end Of July he became melancholy. Ill
kept rubbing his hands together lie ha'
violent headaches. August he was seize
with attacks Of vomiting August Q, bccam
violent August BE- was placed In the Ho,
pital Neckcr, aud he died q rabies August
STILL ANOTHER DEATH.
/, Third Case-Ferilnand labeaumo, age
thlrty.sevon, agricultural labor nj Chatcnay
Seine. lie had been bitten by an unknown
cat In the feshy part Of the second phalang