The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-12-21
LYMPH IS STILL SCARCE.
MANY OF THE VISITING DOCTORS
LEAVING BERLIN.

Four of Prof Gerhardt's Seventy-nine
Patients Dead Thr go Much Improved
and Twenty-four Still Under Treat
ment-The Experiments Attended
With Considerable Danger - An
American Under Treatme mt.
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BERLIN, Dec. 20.-The number OF Ameri-
can doctors who have waiting here trying
TO get some Of the Koch lymph Is fast being
diminished. Several of them succeeded in
procuring small supplies for use in their
private practice hefore Prof. Koch issued
his prohibitory order limiting the supply of
lymph to hospitals or medical colleges. The
majority have returned without the lymph,
but weighted With experience acquired IN
studying cases. During the present week
Prof. Gerhardt closed his exhibition Of
cases to oil foreign physicians, excepting
some AmerIcans.
PROF. GERHARDT's SUCCESS.
Prof. Gerhardt has now treated seventy
nine patients, giving two milligrammes OF
lymph as FIRST dose aud Ia some instances
only one. -Four OF his patients. who were
suffering from advanced phthisis, died.
Three left the hospital much i'm
proved. Twenty-four remain and are
progressing favorably. Prof. Gerhardt
expresses his increasing satisfaction with
the results Of the remedy, especially 10
tuberculosis Of the larynx, whore the
chances Of recovery are better than In
p lmonary phthisis He confirms Prof.
koch's experience that the remedy is most
useful in the initial stage of the disease.
AN AMERICAN UNDER TREATMENT.
William Degan. an American who came
to Berlin in charge of DIR. William A. Talta-
vail, New York physician, and whose
case has acq uired prominence from his being
the first American to visit Berlin for treat
ment, received his FIRST injection on Monday
last. He Is under treatment of Prof.
Ewald. The first dose was only one half Of
milligramme. Prof. Ewald fearing to use
any more on account Of the weak condition
Of the patient A slight reaction set in eight
hours afterward. The patients temperature
rose gradually until it reached 100 degrees
It then declined, and within six hours be-
came normal Larger doses have been in
jected since. Degan's cough is easier, and
during the night he rests better. There
are other symptoms OF an amellora-
tion of his condition. Prof. Ewald exhib-
tied Degan to large number Of foreign
Improvement resulting from the treatment,
though he expressed doubt as to his ulti-
mate cure, considering his condition.
GUTMAN's PATIENTS.
DR.. Paul Gutman, who IL treating sew.
enty-ive consumptives, presented before
the Hufeland Ge ellschaft four cases that
had been absolutely cured of pulmonary
! phthiss. These cases had been taken at the
initial stage of the dis, ase. The dose in
grammes.
Prof. Leyden reports that OF 1877 patients
suffering from diseases of the lungs treated
at the Charity hospital the general results
are promising. There has bean no mishRp
in any instance.
In c ,ntrast to Prof. Leyden's experience
the Cologne Gazette records the death of q
patient who was oonfided to the care Of
DIR. Libbertz by Prof. Koch and who re-
ceived tae first injection from Prof. Koch.
The death of this patient, The Gazette says,
can be traced to the injections.
AN ADMoNITION.
Prof. Leyden, analyzing his own and
other physicians experience, admonishes
the doctors TO use the utmost caution in
every case, be the patient strong or weak
Injections affect the heart strongly. All
deaths following injections have been
caused by the heart being affected. Berlin
doct rs, apart from those who practice In
the hospitals and those belonging to Prof
Koch's encourage, join the A merican physi-
clans in their bitter complaint that they
canpOf prncura tha lvnnph