The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-30
KOCH'S COLORLESS FLUID
THE GERMAN GOVERNMENTS AC-
TIVE INTEREST.

The Remedy to Be Made Perfectly
Accessible to the Poor-The Govern
ment requests hat the Composition
Be Kept Secret-Cther Governments
to Be informed OF It's Ingredients.
GUARDING AGAINST ExroRrIoS.
Copyright, 1890, 6y ne Ne;0 York Associated
PTess.l
BERLIN, Nov. 29-Dr. Israel, Prof. Vir-
chow's assistant, has made an examination
or pieces Of tissue taken from the body Of a
patient which had bee ome necrotic through
the use Of Prof. Kocn's curative lymph.
He found that these shreds
contained bacilli, which was not
the case in the living tissues. A
rabbit will be inoculated with virus pre-
pared from these tissues in order to ascer-
tain whether the bacilh coltaiued in them
still possess vitality. DIR. Israel declares
that Prot. koch's remedy possesses distinct
healing properties.
IN THE EXPERIMENTAL STAGE.
PARIS, Nov. 29--Dr. Peans read a papor
on Prof. kochs remedy before a host OF
medical men in the amphitheater of the st.
Louis hospital to-day. DR.. Peane summed
up as follows: "We are still IN the expari-
mental stage, and are not yet sble TO de-
declare that these experiments demonstrate
that Prof. Koch has discovered an effective
cure. 1t is certain that he has discovered
remedy that promises TO render good ser-
vice. but we must wait to know whether it
will effect permanent cures.n
BERLIN, Nov. 29.-Dr. Won Gossler, the
Prussian minister Of ecclesiastical affairs,
replying in the lower house of the Diet to.
day to an Interpolation OF Herr Graf as to
what nlQa al ras thQ pOyarumanh fufapdaH n
take to promote the adoption OF
Prof. Koch's remedy. declared that
the aspersions cast upon GER
tliu physicians engaged in using
the lymph had proved groundess. The
finance ministry, DIR. von Gossler said, had
placed 1T the disposal OF Prof. Kock suifi-
cient funds to enable him TO continue his
inquiries and produce the lymph. There
was now good ground to hope that the rem
edy would be found to be efIlcacious in the
treatment of other diseases than tuberculo-
sis. Care had been taken TO make the rem-
edy perfectly accessible 30 the poor. In the
course Of time the preparation Of the lymph
would be intrusted 70 competent persons em-
ployed by the state. A. private gentleman
stated, to be used for the ben-
eft OF poor persons suffering
from tuberculosis. He had requested Prof.
Koch to make public only 10 limited ex-
tent the competition OF the lymph 80 as TO
render its imitation impossible. Touching
the present preparation Of the lymph, DIR.
Won Gossler said that Prof. Koch aud Drs-
Libertz and Pfuhl had been at work solely
in procuring a supply aud had demonstrated
that IL could be procured very cheaply.
GOVERNMENT CONTROL
Regarding the question OF placing the
manufacture Of the lymph under the exclu-
silva control Of fbn IA IDaator
thought that a feeling of satisfaction
would be experienced throughout the world
IL Prussia should set her stamp upon the
lymph, but guarantee must be given
against financial or subsidiary conditions
The government would eventually invite
other nations TO send representatives
to study the use of the remedy in
order that they might apply 1t in their own
countries. DR.. Won Gossler's statement, in
dicating as 1t does intended prolonged
guarding of the secret OF the lymph, disap-
pointed the numerous foreign medical men
assembled here. The English group affirm
that it is hopeless TO expect their college OF
physicians 20 recognize the use Of the
lymph, AS ii Is against the canous % the
college 10 permit the application of rem
edy the composition OF which Is secret.
REASON FOR SECRECY.
DR.. Kowalkski, the leading Austrian
army pufhlCt1u anu CHlel VI bue
of bacteriology at Vienna, defends the
guarding Of the preparation Of the lymph
on the ground that IL is one Of the most
powerful medicines discovered, and cannot
be applied too cautiously. Prof Koch says
if it were placed without reserve In the
hands of all practitioners more deaths would
result from it use than ever were caused
by consumption.
A limited company is being formed in
Munich under Prof. Zeimson. with a capital
OF 100000 marks, to establish a Koch
sanitarium in the old Gumphen palace.
FIVE PATIENTS DIE.
Five patients who were under treatment
by Prof Koch's method have died in this
city. Two girls, who we're In an advanced
stage of tuberculosis and child suffering
from brain tuberculosis, died soon after ths
first injection, and one young man died
from hemorrhage after having received
several injections. The fifth death was
that OF soldier, who was under treatment
for lupus.
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