The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-11-15
DIR, KOCll's DISCOVERY.
lio VIII Not Tell tho Secret For Awhile

DR.. KOClrs DISCOVERY.
iie VIII Not Tell the Secret For Awhli
Yet. l.4S
4 BEnLIS, Nov. 1.-THE article BY Pro-
Koch In this weeks number Of the Ger
man Medical Weekly is entitled "Furthe
Communications on the Cure OF Tubcr
culosis and Experiments which Dr.. Lib
bertz and StafrSurgeon rruhl Terformet
Relating Thereto Under prol. Koch'l
) Direction" In this article Prof. Koch
says that he Is not as yet prepared TO In,
diCate the service from which the cura.
tive matter Is dcrived-neither Ia lie
ready to explain tho method Of prepar.
ation.. The reason he gives is that the
experiments have not yet been broaei,
to completion. The lymph is described
. as consisting oil a brownish transparent
liquid. II Is 80 prepared us to be proo!
against deterioration. When, however,
Il Is diluted with water to the necessary
degrees the use the matter Is liable 10
DRY. 1t tis necessary therefore that the
attenuations should by perfectly steril.
led by heat and preserved Ia waddine
covering, or prepared with solution oi
phenol iiity percentage strong,
One oil the persons who have becn
benefited from Prof. koch's treatment
wasa sufferer from bronchial tubercplo.
sis. The patient had a swelling In one
knee which had for n long time been
very painful. The doctors who watched
the case assert that the reactlve effect
following the injection OF the lymph
proved that tubetcular process existed
in the knee which has since been healed.
When the curative matter Ia applied
to a patient, the usual courae Is to inject
It under the skin Of the back between
the shoulder blade and in proximity to
the loins. Human beings are very sen.
siiiye, and more susceptible TO the effect
OF the new substance than animals used
In experimenting, Prof. Koch expert.
mented with the fluid upon hisown body,
and describes the effect. The temper.
ature OF his body rose to C. @ Centigrade.
accompanied by vomiting. Alter a
period Of twelve hours the symptoms
began to abate, the temperature OF the
body declined and on the following dRy
resumed its normal degree. The heayi.
ness OF the limbs, and tho feeling of
lassitude, however, continued for some
days. In persons Affected with tuber-
culosls the same quantity produces a
general reaction, consisting OF an attack
OF fever, which usually begins
with shivering. The TEN perature Of
the body rises to over 50, and ia sonie
Instances even to IL centgrades. At
the. same time pains in the limbs are
noticeable. The patient coughs, OK.
presses much irritation and great ex.
haustlon. Within a few hours after an
Injection, the lupus sores begin 10 swell
and redden, and incrusations gradually
form into ecales which fall oil after two
or three weeks.
Absolutely no exception was noted
whenever dose had been applied. One
may assert with confidence, therefore,
that the remedy may be considered m
Indispensable auxiliary to diagnosis.
tuberculosis ALLEGATIONS Of the
glands, latent tuberculosis OF the
bones, doubtful skin tubercu.
losis, etc, can by the use OF this
fluid be easily and certainly diagnosed.
Prot. Koch expresses the belief that
his remedy will certainly prove cure
for incipient phthisis. Whether, how
ever, the cure will, he final and definite,
has not, he saye, been clearly proved.
In two cases Of lupus OF the face the
sores alter three or four injections be-
came scared and presented smooth
surface. Each one OF these cases has
suffered for many years and had been
treated by other methods without bene-
ticiary result. Persons suffering with
tuberculosis glands or bones, have been
treated with precisely the same success.
Consumptive patients, who are still
very strong, reach increased doses much
more quickly and favorable results FOL-
low with corresponding rapidity. As o
general rule the coughing and expector-
alton are increased somewhat alter the
first injections. Then they become grad
ustty less, and in the most favorable
cases will ultimately wholly disappear.
The number OF bacilli expelled usually
decreases only when the expectorations
begin to assume the mncuors appearance.
The baccilli, then disappear entirely for
time, but on occasions again appear
until expectoration totally ceases. AT
the same time the night sweats cease,
the patients begin 10 look better and to
increase in weight. Patients who have
been treated in the early stages OF
phthisis have all been freed from morbid
symptoms within from iouf to six weeks
when they may be regarded as healed.
Consunptives with large cavities in
their lungs will probably only exper.
ience benefit from the new remedy in
exceptional cases, though most cases
show temporary improvement.
In all cases Prof. Koch emphasizes the
necessity OF early treatment. Only in
incjpient stages OF disease, he declares,
can the remedy iully develop it's efficacy.