News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-11-27
Prof. Koch's Discovery.

Professor Koch, of Berlin, has the
ewes of the entire world upon him at
present. By repeated experiments
he has succeeded in finding a remedy
for the cure of tuberculosis disease,
or consumption in it's early stages
He says he is as yet unprepared to
Indicate the source from which his
matter for consumption is
derived. Neither is he ready to eX-
plain the method OfpreparatiOn The
reason he gives is that the expert
mental work has not been brought
to completion. The lymph is de-
scribed as consisting of a brOwnish
transparent liquiG 1t is so prepared
as to be proof against deterioration.
When, however, it is diluted with
water to the necessary degree of use,
the matter is liable to decay. 1t Is
necessary, therefore, that the attenu-
ations should be perfectly sterilized
by heat and preserved in wadding
covering, or prepared with a solution
of phenOl fifty percentage strong
When taken into the stomach the
curative matter proves to have no
effect. 1t must be applied suhcuta
neously by means of a valveless syr-
inoe. When the curative matter is
applied to patient, the usual course
is to inject it under the skin OF the
back. between the shoulder blades
and near the loins.
Professor Koch experimental with
the fluid upon his own body He i'll
iected twenty-five hundredths OF q
cubic centimeter of the fluid under
the skin of his upper arm. Three OF
four asEs att9HS&a yh uI +Sf e an n2se g,
q r,.lIe whoSsiefds the thn,tderbolt, s
f fn, ing with q hammer He who scoc
Of put the Ls,i 4 - 1eate hollowi1
e ladle. Eod faaliHas,as -iornini
sth the cart desire to 4 il , nlla t'
nn, heavens seaakiae- seedsoll( go
~ an hGor, and Was accompanied hy
nausea and vomiting. The tempera
tire of his body rose to 35.6 cent?
grade: After II hours the symptoms
began to abate, the temperature OF
the body declined, and on the follow
ing day resumed it's normal degree.
The heaviness of the limbs and the
lassitude, however continued for
some days, during which the point
on his arm at which the injection
was made continued to be painful
and remained red. The experiments
30 far show that the lowest limit OF
effective strength of the field in a
healthy human body is one-hun
dredth of cubic centimetgr.
This is really incubation for con-
sumption, the same us vaccination
as a preventive of small pox, and is
attracting the attention of the
world.
This explanation, though technical
and scientific in its details, is of great
interest. There is no specialist in
these departments of medical re-
search who can dispute DR.. Koch S
pre-eminencr. He stands cOnfesspdly
at the head, and no man would be
less likely to be misled by enthusi-
asm or to over-estimate the discov-
cry. That such a man should pub
lish the statement of a remedy which
has the power of killing tuberculosis
tissue, and which can be applied re-
newedly to protect the tissues from
fresh incursions of the parasites, is
an event of very grave Importance.
1t encourages the hope that science
has at last found q way of dealing
with one of the worst scourges of the
race. If anything can be done to
check the ravages of consumption,
the discoverer of the process will
place humanity under great debt
of gratitude. Already patients are
fiocking to Berlin for treatment, and
distinguished physicians are gather
ing to witness the experiments. It
seems hardly too much to hope that
we are on the eve of u most impor-
tant discovery.