New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-28
LYMPH CASES SCARCE.
POSSIBLE CAUSES THAT ARE GIVEN

THE PATIENTS IN THE VARIOUS h0''
DOING WE'LL
70, Gonna cause not so difficult Of explanation as at
first might appear, there seems 10 oe s' ,ha
cscs at the various hospitals in the city "heo 'l0
D., Irrnnb is bcinr used In the treatment OF tupo'
g., aisoosae II T. we'll known that tubereuiosi' VI
I ,p,. i ono of the most prevalent OF diseases Ill '
Innate esneciollv at this season, yet there ar0 a
bcds at many OF the hospitals where SUI" ,,,,n,
lc treated Perhaps some of those VINO "ouiu % 100
,o subiect themselves to lymph tfea''hcp0 ""'s ,
frightened by the reports OF mshapS Ill pol, IT.
,ho administration OF to large doses. lhen 'S''','
., ,c,ors are afraid to treat patients In whose
os ,ro hisoose has advanced TO any colsner@Dio @
IAN, o,irc IN DR.. Koch's own warning that " woo
,,o,,s ~ uso the fluid in cases where inc uA9o'''
had become too fer advanced H., hovo
The doctors of Ncw-YOrk without e&ceP""" no"
declined ~ treat with tho lymph any cases ol
consumptlon. particularly II there were e''i'oS a.
lungs They prefer to treat only pa'i,"'' ,,n,s
with lnclplent phthlsl'. bone uoer'"'o'H n,n,oms
hocar>e such cases show the cactionary sS"p'o'"'
ouch moro distinctly and quickly, and because '"'o
- ,o a,,gor from the reaction No hospltii III 'i'
,,y rossas.ipc a supply OF lymph would Jus. NV
rcfuse to admit case Of lupus. fHt'eh'S "''' -
cipicnt phthlsis also have go"d eha''c " INV
mcnt at almost any Of the hospitals. o.,on,,
At Mt sinai Hospital Yesterday SIN OF INC P"uo'' ~
we're rcinOc uatcd, receiving lhJ''""' va -
ian miucrammes Two of the lupus pduo"' -
ccivcd ton milligrammeS. one OF them' '"P"9 "
,ho hand show, marked improvement, the su'"'
Of the adcctcd part, having scaled OIL iea''ue
GOOD healthy skin beneath.
The cancer patient at ut. Sinai received her se'ohu
tpoculation Yesterday, but no UNUSUAL Nd'''''a J
.,,pt,p,. yycr, observed. At the German liosPiu'
and ibe Moncliore Home there were no ne" oa9oS
and tlc old one, were rcinocuated and reported " w
doinr we'll The three children under treatment a.
,bc Foundlinc Asylum were renoculated yesterday ny
Dr.. jacob. a,
DR. J. H. Linsev relnOculated the patient al u''
| poetGraduatc Medical Hospital yesterday WIN wv
milIiarammcs Of the lymph This patient mas con
.umption and received one mligramme ~ his hr9' III
/ iectinn on Friday The usual symptoms had dP
pc4rei in hi, Casa headache pains IN MS bphe' a
| = .i.ht rise in temperature. The seven patchS d
:, Mark, were reinocated by Drs. Weber ana halil
thc do.c, given ranging from two to SIX UNDERSTANDINGS
There were elght lamentations at Bellevue al o
/ phth,, Cases the doses ranging from one 10 uuD'
/ mincrAnmcs The phthl.is pa cnts a brl.csuv :,
| weighed Yesterday. and TWO Of them Ncte NUN"
! haye Increased three and half pounds cs,h Il
I Weight since the first inOculatOns, a Hlte oNeT,
! week aSo. The others showed no increase II %cea.
| Dr Alfrrd L. LOOMS makes most of the lnguiat"h'
as-i.,Td by pr Pope chief Of the house stan VINO u
turp 4, assisted by Drs. slearns ana IOWleTWn' -.
slradv l., treating a case Of cancer OF the up al II
Frauci,s Hoo ptal, and a. soon as ne oDaIIs sum
deinjte rrsns from the Of tho lymph IN THIS cas-
no will mako several inocuatiOns at the cancer HOS
pita.