The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1890-11-21
coNsuMPTIve CURE.
Professor Koch's Curative Lymph for r

valcnt Diseases.
BERLIN, Nov. l5.-The article
by Professor Koch in this weeks
German Medical Weekly, on his
new consumption cure, is lengthy and
exhaustive one. The professor says he
is as yet unprepared to indicate the
source from which the curative matter
is obtained or to explain the method OF
preparation, the experimental work not
yet being complete. The curative lymph
can, however, be obtained from Dr..
sLibbertsz, % Lueneburgen strasse, Ber-
lin. The lymph is described as con
sisting OF brownish transparent
liquid. When taken into the stomach
1t has no effect 1t must be applied
simultaneously by means of q valveloss
syringe. When diluted with water to
the necessary degree for use. the lymph
is liable to decay and then the attenu-
ations should be sterilized by heat.
Twenty-Five one-hundredths of u Gu
bic centemeter intensely affected a
healthy man who was subjected to the
experiment, while two cubic centeme-
tors applied to a guinea pig had little
effect. Professor Koch injected twenty
five one-hundredths of a cubic centeme-
ter under the skin of his own arm and
within few hours experienced con-
traction Of the limbs and marked feel
ing of lassitulc. at the same time he
felt a desire to cough, together with a
difficulty in breathing. These symp-
toms increased rapidly and in five hours
he experienced unusually violent rigor.
accompanied with nausea, and the tenn
perature of the body rose rapidly. After
twelve hours the symptoms began t.
abate and the next day the body re.
sumed its normal degree. Heaviness of
the limbs and a languid feeling con-
tinued several days, however. The
same results follow when tho fluid is
applied to diseased persons suffering
from other than tuberculosis affections,
but in persons affected with tubercul-
osis the same quantity produces a strong
general and local reaction. Tho re-
action can best be observed in those
whose affection is visible, as, for in.
stance, persons suffering from lupus.
Within few hours after injection The
lupus sores begin to swell and finally
assume dark brown tint. After
the fever subsidies the swelling dc.
creases and generally disappears, the
scabs of matter falling Off later. Por-
tions of the skin not clearly recognized
as lupus are not affected.
1t is asserted with confidence that the
remedy may be considered an indis-
pensible auxiliary to diagnosis aud in
doubtful cases incipient consumption
can be positively diagnosed by its use.
Professor Koch expresses the belief that
his remedy will certainly prove a cure
for incipicnt consumption. Whether,
however, the cure will be final and def
mite is not clearly proved, and further
experiments will be necessary to de-
termine. The remedy can only influ-
ence tho living tuberculous tissue.
1t has no effect whatever upon dead
tissue and produces no effect upon
tissues which have already been killed
by the application of the remedy IL is
quite possible such dead tissue may still
contain living tubetculos bacilli which
may again invade adjacentli living tissue.
1t follows, therefore, that the tuber.
culos tissue that is still living must be
made first to decay. When this ha,
been accomplished every effort must bo
made to remove the dead matter by
surgery When this is impossible and
secretion can only slowly proceed. the
living tissue must be protected by con-
tinued applications Of the remedy. Tho
remedy is applied in cumulative doses
A small quantity at first snliices to pro.
duce strong reaction, but as each sue
ceeding injection causes the disappear
ance OF certain quantity of tissue
capable of reaction, increased doses are
necessary until the patient experiences
as little reaction as non-tuherculos
people.
Tho patients who havn been treated
In the early STAGES of phthisis have all
been freed from the morbid symptoms
within from four to six weeks, when
they may be regarded as healed. Con-
sumptives, with large cavities in their
lungs, will probably experience benefit
from tho now remedy only in excep-
tional cases. In all cases Professor
Roch emphasizes the necessity of early
treatment. Only in incipicnt stages OF
the disease, he declares, can tho remedy
fully develop its efficacy. He depre.
Gates mechanical and .indiscriminate
application Of the remedy. holding it
preferable that treatment should be ap.
piled in suitable institutions where
careful observation is possible.