Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-11-16
PROF. KOCH'S CURH.
1.-THE oRANoesT FEAT IN THE H5-
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BERLIN, November l1.-troiesSof
Koch holds supreme sway over public
interest. The publication Of the Pro.
fessor's statement yesterday has intensi.
fed the excitement both here and
abroad, and from every centre Of Eu-
rope and America kilograms Of inquiry
are pouring in on Koch, Plum. Kornet,
Bergman, and other medical men who
are known to be engaged in treating pa
tents by the new method.
5HB Kocmsrs swANPED WITH LETTERS.
Koch's chnique in the Albrechts
ftrAssc, tho Imperial Sanitary Institute,
the Reichs Gesundheitsanii. where Cor
lol and other KOchists are at work. are
swampod with letters and personal appli-
cations Many medical men, including
q number Of English and American ply
sicians, have been studying the process
under Or. Levy in the small wards Of q
private hospital al rs Prcslaucr strasse.
where Professor Koch first achieved
striking results with small means. Here
since October eight prominent cures OF
consumptiycs have been in progress.
Dr. Levy every morning shows his pa
fonts TO visiting physicians and Illus
trtes the peculiar features OF the me
thod as visible IN individual cases.
TEE PROCESS.
Addressing a group Of physicians in
his private laboratory. DIR. Levy said :;
"The remedy not only attacks particu-
lar places and groups Of bacilli, but
rapidly annihilates oil the tubercular
bRcilli with which bodies are infested.
We now know that the curative matter
ncts equally upon all groups. The first
care 10 10 free the organism from ba-
ciiH. To attain this end We apply mas
cage at an carly stage Of thetrcatment to
the glands. joints, etc, affected by tubcr-
culosis OF the bone 30 get mt the bacilli
which have inserted themselves into The
blood canals, where we can more easily
reach thcm than when they are IN those
PARTS whore tho circulation has no lntlu-
onco. After the massage and injection
tubdue the bacilli, oil that remains TO be
done in cases Of tuberculosis 81 the bone
is 10 remove the dead pieces Of bone and
restore tho general health OF the patient. "
In order 10 meet the pressure of cases
another hospital is about 10 be establish
ell in the Alexander PlAtz, where the
Hotel Germania IS being transformed
into wards, having one hundred and
fifty beds for consumptiyes.
A sTRIKINoLY-RAPID CURE
DIR. Plum reports stri&iugly-rapid
cure of lung tubercles. The patient
was man aged forty-two years. He
had been i'll for six years, and his case
was apparently hopeless. The first in
lection was made November 9th. The
usual symptoms followed tho injection.
The increase in fever and sickness were
followed by a distinct change in the
character Of the sputum and n notable
cessation of the characteristics OF CON
sumption. DR.. Plum promises the pa
tent that though 1t cannot replace the
parts Of the lung that are gone the reme-
dy will insure a healthy retention of the
smallest portion left.
SECRET OF TIE CURE.
Tie secret of the composition Of the
lymph hls been communicated TO Pro
fcssors Bergman, Fnentzel, Brieger,
Levy, and other intimates of Koch
here; also 10 Professor Weigart, Of
Frankfort; DR.. Rast, chief Of the Ham
burg Hospital, and Professor Nothnngel,
OF tho Vienna University. Professor
EothnaGe, addressing the students OF
the University, said
"THE GBANDBsr FEAT IN MEDICINE"
ave face ono Of the greatest intel
iectual achievements in the province of
medicine for centuries past. Professor
Koch's discovery has O far wider scope
than Jenner's and is perhaps the grand
cet feat IN the history of our science.
What inspires mo with admiration is not
fo much tho actual discovery as the
method Of meteorological research, which
must serve as the basis of all future dis
coyeries in that line. The present mo-
ment is among the most sublime that
humanity has known. %
The Students shared tho feryor Of
Professor Nothnagel and cheered him to
the echo.
CURE FOR CANCER NEXT.
Professor Billroth holds that Professor
Kocls method places it beyond doubt
lhata remedy Will be found before long
ION cauc,r. which is still great mystery
IN uI'o.u mcdic0, as experience indi-
Gates that carcinoma has q bacillic
our0. The only skeptical criticisms Of
huchs discovery como from French
medical men. Professor Bernardet, the
doyen Of the Paris medical faculty, is
reported 10 have written letter IN which
De advises iucredulity regarding the
efficacy Of the remedy until its nature is
fully known and scientific proof is given
Of ITS eGyCtivenes&
ESCEHDULITY lN FRANCE.
"Untl We know" says Professor Ber-
nardoi, the composition of the rene
dy, the experiments on animals and the
prolonged therapeutic effects on pa
tients, no one ought TO pronounce def
nitely on the method.
Nj. Iasttur and Professor Bouchard
are said TO be Withholding their opinion
for similar reasons. Their attitude, how
over, does not affect the medical frater-
nlty outside ~ France, who have per-
soually watched tho process Of cures by
the new system.
TIE TREATMENT N HAMBURG AND FRANK
FORT.
Or. Rast viii begin the treatment of
patients by the new method in tho Ham
burg wards next week, preparing the
lymph IN his own laboratory. Professor
Koch has iutrusted Dr. Weyl, of Frank
fort, with the treatment Of cases in tho
Institute Of Hygiene there. Professor
Koch Is also receiving communications
from English and American medical men
regarding the method OF distributing the
lymph.
A DECORATION FOR THE DISCOVERY.
DIR. Hornet has received fourthclass
decoration Of the Order Of the Red
Eagle. This is the first decoration given
IL connection with the discovery. The
rush for Professor koch's statement IN
creases. 4 quarter of million copies
have already been sold.
The publishers refused 10000 marks
tor an early proof. The Sanitary Coun-
cil Of Austria viii send two of its mem
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