Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-11-28
KoCH's GREAT CuE.
THE EFFECT OF THE REMHy
DESCRIBED Ia

OESNHl6EO
Bv Observations Taken After Ep4ri
menting With Himself-Ho Beliew 1h
; Same Will Certainly Provo . Ctsafo
Incipient Phthisis.
BERLIN, Nov. 17.-Further extract fAon
the article OF Prof Koch, in q Germaned
, ical journal, describe the effect Of tehc
tion of his new consumption cure on ) 3wl
person, as we'll as experiments on othf Sub
jects. The article says that when thEUra
tive matter is applied to patient thhaua
course is to inject it under the skin K sth,
back, between the shoulder blades nd il
proximity to the loins. The expelndnt
show that human beings are mucl More
susceptible to the effect of the mel dub.
stance than are guinea pigs, whicl hhvt
been largely used in the course of te3in.
vestigations. Two cubic centimeterbffth.
fluid applied to guinea pig produbdbit.
tie, il any, apparent effect. Twert 1--we
hundredths of cubic centimeted lbw-
ever, intensely affected q Alfhy
full grown man who was Subjected
to experiments. Prof. Koch ID eri-
mented with the fluid upon hi bwn
body and describes the effect. He ibe2ted
25-10O Of cubic centimeter of III 1uid
under the skin of his upper arm. Iree OF
four hours after this injection was 4de he
experienced a contraction of the li4sIand
a marked feeling of lassitude. At II sbme
time he felt desire to cough togetlf with
a difficulty of breathing. These syIp1oms
increased rapidly, and in the fifth b1r he
experienced an unusually violent Hgor.
The shivering lasted for nearly an hid and
was accompanied by nausea and v4iting.
! The temperature of his body ros}td 80. 6
centigrade. After period of twely 5purs
the symptoms began to abate, the 1nper-
allure OF the body declined, and onh@ fol-
lowing day resumed its normal lei rec.
The heaviness of the limbs and teteel-
ing of lassitude, however, confined for
some days, during which tiIeI the
point on his arm at Which
the injection was made conti1eh to
be painful and remained red. Th81peri-
ments SO far conducted show that til lpwest
limit of effective strength of the fiA in q
healthy human body is Tooth of q cui4 CEN
timeter. When this amount is appel to a
healshy human subject it produces lttle or
no reaction. The same result follosIwhen
fued of this strength is applied to a ASeased
person who is suffering from othert I'm the
tuberculous affections, but in pelDns af
fected with tuberculosis the same santity
produces a strong, general and Eal re-
action. The general reaction constS of an
attack Of fever, which usually begn with
shiyering; the temperature of body
rises to over 80, and in some instanS, even
to Al degrees centigrade. At the ste time
pains in the limbs are sndSeable.
The patient coughs, experience much
irritableness and nausea. III some
cases there is noticed sligh}X icteric
Gaundice like) cdloring or exanla, re-
sembling measles on the neck. Isymp-
toms just described begin to manifN them
selves four or five hours after thel Election
of the curative substance. The tient is
much affected by the attack induc by the
fluid, and after it is over feels mpara-
lively we'll, even better, in fact, IAN be-
fore the injection. The secondSr local
action produced by the injected of the
fluid in o patient suffering FROM te,ercu-
losis can best be observed in peyDns T,ose
tuberculous affections are visible, IS Or In
stance in the case of persons suffrisr Rom
lupus. Tho changes which ensue "A these
cases showed in surprisi1a man
ner this specifically antiNbercu-
lous effect of the remedyX Within
few hours after an injectl@ Of the
fluid mas been made under the SD of the
back, the lupus sores begin to ELL and
redden. During the fever which he pa
tient experiences as already diesel led, the
swelling and reddening of the sore Increase
until finally the lupus tissue as mes Ia
places dark brown tint and ahecrotiS
condition. After the subsidendG Of the
fever the swelling of the lupus sol gradu~
ally decreases and possibly Qappears
within two or three days. Meanwle how.
ever, the lupus centers have bed ne COW
cred with an incrustation, formedeG exud-
ing serum which dries up as it re2hes the
air. These fncrustations form in& scales,
which fall on after two or three VI ks.
In some instances the effect bus de-
scribed is produced after singh incision
OF the curative matter, when a smooth
scar Is left. The changes are solutely
limited in extent to such proportihs of the
skin as are clearly recognized y lupus
In tuberculosis of the lymphae glands,
bone articulations. ETC., the local feactions
are less striking, but are still clarly per-
ceptible to the eye and touch. I'm these
cases there is swelling of the parS affected
and more pain than the lupus patents suf-
fer, while in the parts adjacent b the dis
eased centers the surface .beGmes red.
The reaction produced in the in&rnal or
gans, especially the lungs, khen the
curative substance is injected, b not, Of
course, open to observation aparttrom the
increased expectoration and cougf. In all
the experiments after the first infection, all
II any OF the tuberculous processlexists in
the body, the appearance alread y)describcd
supervened. Absolutely no execution was
noted whenever dose amounting to the
Tooth part of cubic centimeter d the sub
stance had been applied. One nhy assert
with confidence, therefore, that tie remedy
may be considered as induceablej 10 diagno-
Sis, and in doubtful cases, incipielt phthisis
can positively be diagnosed by itslase even If
positive information of the Nature of the
disease cannot be obtained by thd discovery
of bacilli, or of elastic fibres in tie sputum,
or by physicians examination Turber-
culous affections OF the glands latent.
tuberculous OF the bones, skin tuberculous.
etc., can by the use of this fluid be easily
and certainly diagnozed. MoSeover, in
cases of lung or joint tuberculosis, which
have apparently passed off, it viii be posi-
bic. by the use of the new substance to as
certain with certainty whether the morbid
process is really and absolutely ended
Prof. Koch expresses the belief that his