The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-12-26
USE OF K0CA'S LYMPH
BY the Physicians Of New York
Was Reckless,
AND At A SECRET MEETING
Held There the Other Evening They
Decided TO Change Their
Methods Of Treatment OF
Consunption.-plcnty oflt.

k New YoEK, Dec. 25.--Thc cminen
l. physicians who have been experiment
Ing forsome days upon patients In th
/ various hospitals With tho Koch lympl
i have been awakened to very diflsren
:. conception OF the character OF their treat
ment from what they had Il fortnight ago
=. Their action late Monday night at
] very secret meeting at the Academy O.
Medicine was u virtual admission thai
they had been q little too reckless will
the use o! the lymph. Hereafter they
will so slower, and Instead OF tho pa.
ticnt1 receiving one injection every
taenty.ioar hours they will be treated
only once in iorty.eight hours.
This change is in many wayn very
significant, iraS,nnch as it strongly
marks the diiTerenCe-whica hus been
outlined already in Berlin and which
has become much stronger recently
between tho schools Of treatment, the
lirst headed by Won BOfgmann aud the
othcr led by such prominent disciples OF
Koch as ETald.
The artivaI IRON Berlin OF Monday OF
Drs. Eiuuorn, Shearsr and Warner with
the roaulto OF their very recent observa.
tions OF the treatment Of tubeicuiar
cases in La Charlie went far toward con-
vertlng the eminent practitioners here
to the more conservative methods OF
treatment.
GO SLOW, DOCTORS. GO SLOW.
The meeting in tho Academy Of Medi.
cine was held after the papers On the
Koch treatment in Berlin and at the
Monteliore Home in this city were read
by their respective authors, Drs. Linsley
and BsEuch. The physicians inst re.
turned we're present, and they gave
their audience very clearly to under.
stand that the most thoroughly informed
disciples OF Koch were administering ia.
| lections oi the lymph in rather small
quantities, comparatively speaking, and
NJ much greater intervals than have been
observed hitherto in this city.
1t was then agreed hy those present
| " ~ li.NN q III bIGIl SllS tIit CuScb III HIS
city that inocuiations should be repeated
here only every other day, or until all
possibility OF reaction had passed.
The uncertainty OF tie effects OF the
treatment WIS one reason for this, ald
the possibility Of double reaction bsiuy
30 affected by an mi .cliou between hem
US To canse death wss another, bu. per.
haps the most potent ol Ill was the fact
that the medica! and surgical schools OF
treatment had been recently most clear.
ly detiaed in Beslia, and that the praC.
titioners OF the former had discovered it
TO be distinctly aivisabie to bs exceed.
ingly conservative i'll the amount and
frequency OF the injections.
1t is asserted that the surgical casca
whichinvolve the treatment OF lupus and
epiLEeiloma may receive largo daily
uoses ol the lymph without any serious
effects, lnGsnuch as the patients are, as
rule, in 4 much more favorable couli.
ton physically, and can readily with.
stand the !cbrllo effects OF the poison,
but TINT the medical caacg-such as
phthieis, tu5e:cu!ar l.ryngitis, joint dis.
ease and the itEe-Gre connected With
great physical weakness, and that o,her
than the mos: careful treatment, with
especial regard ior the Ienshth Of the in
termission between the Injections, would
lead to the most disastrous results.
MORE THAN ENOUGH LYMPH.
1t was agreed By the physicians, whcn
this determination was reached, that
this course should be followed, without
any reasons fJr the change. II was CO.
pecia!ly desired that, above all else, the
secular press" should not be informed
OF it. The change should be made Mt
once, and ii any alteration in the meth.
Cd OF treatment other than increasing
the period of intermi8:ion were made,
it should he to decrease the amount OF
lymph used.
i Another interesting discovery was
made yesterday. 1t was that there is
now in this city so great an abundnnc.
Of the Koch ldid that it viii! be scarcely
ncssary 10 add to the supply in order to
continue tho treatment OF the patients
nov inocculated uutil the effectiveness
Of the method is proved to be OF inesti-
nable benefit to humanity or a curse 10
those who have thus far come within its
influence.
| Dr.. Einhorn alone brought over
twenty grammes, or sufficient for 20 600
initial iIocculations Of one mill.
gramme each; DR.. Shearpr brought back
rs srammes, Or enough ior $500 more,
and'the other four brought sramme
| bottle eGch, or another batch OF 10000
ri!ligramnle doss9.
/ Ou the Aler, soon to arrive, and on
the 6aale, which will reach this port to.
MORROW or Friday, there will be sup.
ply nearly equal to this. So there is at
present an indication that the Koch
lymph will be, at the end oi this week,
something OF a drug on the market.
PATIENTS ARE BECOMING WARY.
Besides this the aupply OF patients is
almost at stands;ill. With the phyei-
clans becoming conservative phthisis
and lupus sufferers are becoming eau.
iious. They have chance TO decide
whether or not they will submit to the
injection, aud they are showing n very
, decided disposition to weigh the chsncea,
with odds IN favor OF their declining to
submit to it.
One physician in this city received o
, very decided compliment yesterday. He
! ID Or. George !. shrady, who choae q
patient from St. Francis Hospital nearly
/ two weeks ago and sent him to Berlin,
| Mr.. w.. J. Arkell bearing the expense.
The man was merely charity patient,
suffering from iucipient phthisls, and
: was the G,at patient so sent from this
t country.
| Instead, however, Of the patient being
} rejected he waa received by Prof. Ewalti
and placed under the latter's special
iros!ment, almost equivalent 10 being
.:.atcu by Koch. yesterday Pr. Shredy
i received this cablegram from proi
! ETald:
a General condition fair. Appetite good
Pulmonary symptoms unchanged
y Larynx somewhat improved. Third in
: lection, Sunday, millecramme; fourth
= Tuesday, two milleg,ammes. Slight re
:, action. EwALp.
! Dr. Shrady received Ave gramme hot
10 of 1,,, ~ f-n,,, ~ E;,hor, pa-tn III !,