Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-12-22
KOCH,S LYMPH.

The latest medical discovery Is Won
derful one, but is generally misunder-
stood, even by many thorough physi-
clans. This has been the fate Of every
similar discovery. KooH'S lymph was
heralded all over the world as cure
for consumption. The newspapers were
full of accounts Of the wonders IL
worked. Physicians focked TO Berlin
ravenous after the wonderful medicine.
The consequence was that many con-
sumptives have been killed by expert
menting physicians who did not under
stand the use for which the lymph was
designed, through ignorance, or not Civ
ing sufficient heed 70 the discoveries ex-
PLANTATION of II.
The lymph is an agent Of terrible
power, and in the hands Of physician
who has not made careful study Of it,
or who has not made a careful diagnosis
Of the patients case, is apt to be an en-
CINE Of destruction.
The REGISTER has received the latest
bulletin Of the UHirerSiiy Medical Maya
zine, published by the University Of
Pennsylvania, on 1.-THE chemical results
Of KOcH'S treatment Of tuberculosis,
aud on the method TO be pursued in in
vestigating the value Of the remedy in
the University hospital which IS the
outcome Of the Investigations OF a COM
mission appointed by the University,
composed Of five of the foremost physi-
clans of PENNSYLVANIA, and sent 10 Ber-
lin for the purpose. IL is paper
prepared with great care and the most
casual perusal Of it shows the disastrous
results that must accompany an ignor-
ant use of il. To give an idea Of its
terrific power and the danger Of It's use
By experienced hands ~ quote the fol-
lowing paragraph from the commission
ers' report:
The dosage Of the remedy varies accord
llZ 10 the AEt anu NAAf HAts%A A~e--~-- - 49,
subject. Animals-healthy guinea-pigS-
bear an injection Of two cubic centimetres
without being seusibly affected. On the
other hand. O.25 cubic centimetre produces
I intense reaction in a full-grOwn, healthy
man. Observation-Disclosures part OF the
quantity, which has no appreciaole euect
on the guinea-pig, acts powerfully on the
human being. The smallest quantity when
will influence the healthy human oeing
/ is about Dol cubic centimetre, or one cuOic
centimetre OF the One-hundredth dl4utlon.
/ II the subject is tuberculouS, a dose OF WI
cubic centimetre injected SIMULTANEOUSLY
will cause severe general aud local reaction.
I In children from > 70 Il years, one-tenth oil
this amount should be administered, T. G.
l OcOi cubic centimetre. and m very leeOle
children only O.OOOj cubic ccntimetre.
This very effectually demonstrates
the absolute necessity. not only of
thorough knowledge Of the character of
the remedy but also an equally thorough
diagnosis Of the case Of the patients TO
be treated. In one case, treated by DR..
lFgANrzEL. of Berlin. who has made
most careful study of the remedy and
its effects. the patient. after an ininlt-
islmal injection OF the lymph, died IN
twentv-four hours. The report says;
II is highly probable that where the
lungs are involved the remedy Will De ser.
viceable only in the very early stages OF
the malady, and absolutely no Saiesaar1 Is
granted against the recurrence OF the dis
ease. Even in lupus there have already
been several relapSes after apparent cure.
The report goes further, ana, under
the head Of Method of Investigation
to be Pursued at the University Hos
pital, " says:
Cases in the late stages of pulmonary
consumption are not suited 20 this treat
ment. SO far as is now known, infectious
practised upon such patients are liable TO
result fatally.
No positive assurance is given that
the new remedy will cure the disease in
any stage.
sufficient time" says the Commits
sion, has not yet elapsed for any case
to completely and definitely heal yet
the disappearance of nodular inhltra-
ton, the steady advance Of healthy
cicatrization. aud the fact tina, the pa
tients who have received several injec-
tions no longer show any local or gem
eral reaction TO doses OF increased
strength, strongly point 10 the prOba-
biity Of complete elimination Of the
disease"