Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-27
KOCH DECORATED
The Grand Cross of the Order of n,
Red Eagle Bestowed Upon him.
Fu5lic disappointment Over the lmm,I,,.,
Results AtfsinNd-Not 4 rprmanen,
Cure for Lung Disease.
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| BERLIN, Nov. - - The b,stuwa,fv
the Emperor WI liam of the Fraad eros,
of the order Of the Red Eag.- urO7
Professor Koch was gazetted to-r.,b,.
This is The first time that this decoration
has been bestowed upon any one who id
not possess the preceding class
Though confidence in the ultimate
value of Professor Koch $ discovery io-,
not abate, there is public disappOmtnpr,
over the immediate results Of treatment
DIS. Levy, Cornell and Others estimate
the number of cases treated at ubaut
100. The greater number of these were
suffering from exterior tuberc.ly.j,
and are progressing. There were com
paratireiy few cIses OF tuberculosis in
the lungs. Experts are beginning 10
concur in the opinion that the cure Of
this as taSe by this treatment
Is UNCERTAIN.
Professor Koch disclaIms the response
bility for the statements put in hi,
mouth, regarding his experiments. He
blames the press for raising eNagEera:e!
reports of instant cure in every form Of
tuberculosis.
Professor Virchow, speaking in Med.
cenesche Gesellsohaft. referred 10 the
subsidence OF the enthusiasm, but de-
Tended Professor Koch against the cbarss
of prematurely publishing his IS.
cOvery. Professor Koch, he said,
only consented TO the disclosures already
made at the request OF Minister Won
Gosser and several of his medical COL
leagues. Every one in Professor Koch S
confidence supports his prote against
sensational anticipatIonS regarding the
results of the remedy.
Professor StellweS OF Vienna unver-
silly, addressing the students, advised
them to be cautious in expectance,
believing only what Professor Koch
has definitely stated. So far, aided
Professor SteIlwes the possibility OF the
cure of lupus ut once has been proved,
while it has not been
SCIENTIFICALLY ESTABLISHED
that lupus arises from the same bacillus
that Is associated with lung tuberculosis.
An eminent authority on bacteria,
Drullman, writes: 1t will take fully
year of frequenr injections, bes dies treat
ment under the right sanitary cOuGl'
tiOns, to enable one TO form a reliable
opinion as to the cura bility of cousumU-
ton, either in the advanced or in the
earlier stages. Drullman has worked
for several months In Professor Koeh'i
laboratory. He believed the remedy
promises good results in cases OF eI-
ternal tuberculosis, although he says re-
lapses may occur and must be guarded
against.
DR.. Suycky, of the medical society OF
Cracow, which sent him here to nyesu-
gate, declares that even the cure OF eI-
ternal tuberculosis by the new process is
uncertain. while he sees no ground lor
believing that it will cure consumption
IN ANY STAGE,
DR.. Kraus OF Vienna atfirms the bsneht
of the remedy for tuberculosis Of the
skin and joints. but does not believe thA'
it will ever heal lung tuberculosis.
Professors Franeutzel aud RuHkietz III
their latest reports ooufiru the opinion
that the injections do not materially
check advanced phthisis. They no.
however. check early phthisis, but tine
bacilli may revive and ra!ufect the Us
sues.
The opinions OF number OF other ei-
perts, German, Austrian and EnEI'sn'
all of the same tenor, are becoming
known, and tone down excited puU"'
expectation. Not many English OF
Americans have come for treatment. a
of patients have already lett Hu-
der the urgent advice CT iu'
sicians not to risk the severn!
Of the Berlin winter, but to wait the use
of the remedy under better ciImatIc eon-
ditions. Patients who are crowdiug 'he
hospitals justly complain Of the suspeh'
sion of their treatment owing 10 th7
alleged want of lymph. Favored doc
tors having private clinics have got SUP
plies and charge from twenty-five 10 Nv
marks for single inocculatlon, ~one
the poor patients on whom experimsn"
are tried are lying in the charity h0'
pital.
Professors Leyden, Lenator and Ger
hardt urge on Professor Koch the sprrl-
lest abandonment of secrecy regariIHs
The nature of the lymph.
President Darnmauu OF the veterinary
college, however, predicts the appi!c'
lion of the Koch remedy to cattle aH4
swine, thus protecting farmers iro"