Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-12-18
KOCH rs NOWHERE.
A Couple of Michigan Doctors
Away Ahead.
AserHEa ouRE FOB CONSUMPTION.

Treatment THAT Digs . Patient Almost
Out of the Gravc-New Theory OF the
Cause Of the Disease-Comb Ination of
ides of Gold and Sodium for the Former
and Chlorine Gas for the Latter-A
Marvellous Cure.
DETROIT, Dec. 1.-two Of the foremost
physicians Of Michigan announced yester-
day that they hsve discovered a consump-
ton cure whose efficacy is beyond ques-
ton The medical men who have thus
distinguished themselves are DIR. T.. l..
Shurley, principal physician OF the Har-
per hospital, and DIR. Heneage Gibbs, of
the Michigan university at Ann Arbor.
For over q year these two doctors have
bent all their energies to the discovery Of
a cure, and not until yesterday, when the
success of their labors was beyond doubt,
did they announce it.
A Different Theory from Koch's.
The theory upon which this work has
been carried on does not harmonic with
that advanced by DIR. Koch. It is founded
upon the belief that the chief injury in
line poisons which the body is capable OF
generating, and that these poisons cause
liberation and the gathering of the cheesy
matter in the air cells OF the lungs. Ow
ing to the complex nature of the affection
no specific can effect complete cure.
That would be like giving but one kind OF
medicine to man suffering at the same
time from sunstroke and a broken leg.
The New Treatment Described.
So dual treatment is necessitated. The
injected fluid i taken up by the blood,
neutralizes the poison already existing
and puts a stop TO the creation of more,
The inhaling of chlorine gas is de
pended on to reach and cure the tubercles
already existing upon the lungs The
doctors decided that an injection Of ami
NAL matter was dangerous To life, and,
searching for chemicals, they hit upon
the chloride ofgold and chloride Of sodium
as the proper materials for the injection
In addition to the injection they decided
TO use chlorine gas, but chlorine gas has
always been supposed to be irrespirable.
Chlorine Gas Made Respirsbie.
by introducing a spray of sodium into
the room before the chlorine gas the doc
tors found that it not only rendered the
gas breathable but also heightened its eff
fects. One queer feature OF the new treat.
ment is a cabinet in which the patient is
placed and has no communication with the
| outside air except a bre-thing tube, which
is fitted closely to his mouth. The air in
the cabinet is rarified until the pressure i
eight pounds TO the inch, which is seven
pounds less than normal.
Expansion of the Lungs.
The result OF this is that the air rushes
to the cells that have been broken down
and debilitated, and the process of reju
venation is started This is helped out
further by series of chest exercises. The
hospital has spent $4,000 in perfectinc
arrangements for the cure, and success al
last seems To have been reached
Dozen Cases Treated.
a dozen cases attest the efficacy of the
treatment. The most marvellous feature
is the cure of Miss jackson, of Windsor
who was taken to the hospital in a dying
condition in an ambulance seven weeks
ago, and yesterday, on being discharged as
cured, walked two miles to her home, an.
parently restored to health. Both DR..
Shurley and DR.. Gibbs stand high in the
profession, and Michigan physicians re
gard their cure as the great discovery OF
the century.