The sun., 1890-11-21
AN INTERVIEW WITH KOCH.
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P,s,ures Of Keeh sna His Surroundings.
axa1as, Nov 20.-In compliance with the
,nission given me have spent over week In
this city, and have received from Prof. Koch
a.d his four assistants most ample opportu-
mites to reach . verdict upon the new and as
sonishing discovery OF the already famous
ssisntist and father OF the very modern science
~ bscteriology 1t reads like chapter from
Aotion or Leaf from medical romance. 1t 10
anly legal medical verdict In accordance with
me facts, to say that consumption. whether
Hprous or pulmonary, internal or external.
esa, when taken in season. before the bacilli
have done their terrible work Of destruction.
b cured. and 10 now being cured In Berlin. py
he now treatment OF Prot Koch.
In the Chsritee Hospital on the Carl en-
bankment have seen over one hundred
patients convaleselng under the new treat
msnt which. though FIRST put into practice on
espt. Z, can point to not few patients who
arv cured, and 90 far 20 human forethought can
forssss. are definitely cured. Naturally external
tuberculosis has responded much moro quick
u to tho inoculsting treatment than internal.
spdkhs moro mysterious Manifestations Of the
terrible mslady, yet while there are many h.pus
- nAA
hospital. and the several private clinics whore
Prof. Koch has personally put into practice or
superntended his new treatment. there arc
also many. . score at least. Of lung consump-
ton patients, though many Of them have
ast been six weeks under treatment
whose organs are quite free from the deadly
bssilli. which. on their entering into the wards
simply swarmsd in their sputs and other de-
jscta A healthy color has replaced the hectic
nush. appetite and Joy In life have replaced the
lsnguid melancholy indicative Of later stages
sf the deadly scourRe. Whether this ID COM
plsts sxterminatiop Of the deadly parasites,
and whether It will be followed by immunity
from their temperance in tho future. 10 .
question which only time will decide Yet care
ful medical luminaries like Profs. Senator
and Gsrhardt, who have followed the new
6satmsnt from its very inception. are inclined
to the belief. which they openly express. that
whom the bscilli are destroyed before any organ
vital and necessary to life has been seriously
injured there will not bs. in the majority Of
cases, areappearance Of the deadly parasite.
Ihave twice been received by Prof. Koch,
and hs extended the warm welcome he always
gives his old scholsrA He IL - ever. from
early morning until far into the night at his
laboratory In the Kloster 6trssss. where. 1t
may be said. with his assistance but ten years
ago the science Of bacterioloRy. which has
already scored such epooh-making triumphs,
was born. will endeavor to picture to you
the appearance Of the man whose name will
20 In history and story echoing down the
yssrs whom the great ones Of this world have
long been forgotten. for his fame is built on
tie solid rock Of science.
Hs 10 ANAL. not moro than hvs fest fve
inches In height but sturdily built. His hair
y turning gray. His features are distinctly
commonplace. His eyes. once wonderfully
sAarp and penetrating. were formerly his
sssone fsstnre. They were gray. large. and
luminous; but hours Of microscopic work
dstly. through . long series OF years, have
ribbed them Of their brightness az we'll as
much Of their charm and power. He must now
Ssar ct oil timss triplex glasses Of great power.
which disf1gurs his appearance. and give him
the particularly storm. uncompromising look
which ct first half friRhtens his patients to
death. then inspires them with confidence, and
finally with hero-worshipping idolatry.
Before leaving the Professor to describe the
success and limitations Of tho new treatment
must mention tho shocking change in his
personal sppoaracce which has taken place
during the arduous work OF tho last six
months One would hardly recognize him in
the healthy man loft him hardly year ago
His complexion Is stale and his skin dry as
parchment Even his assistants. who 500 him
every day. arc astounded and full Of anx.
tous forsbodings. to which this change gives
yise. They whisper to ono another that the
Professor will have to spare himself more, and,
IN fact several Of them believe that during tho
last six months tho Professor has lived so con-
stsntly In An atmosphere impreKnated with
tubsrcular bacilli that finally his lungs have
been attacked also.
While the Professor was out OF the room this
morning took the liberty OF putting tho cues.
ton TO Prof. Won Bergman. who called.
Lot us hope" said he. that the Professor
nsesA strain" But he shook his head dubi-
ously - though he were personally far from
being reassured.
PROf. KOCH B BTATEMENT.
"1shall endeavor to be ehort and concise in
~ statement" said the Professor. as he
Kindly proceeded to iulnl the promise he made
aWsek ago. "You have seen for yourself the
treatment In praetice. I will therefore give
some facts 30 to Its origin, and also outline my
hopes and my fears as to its efficacy AZ far as
one can. speaking In tho abstract and In this
early stage OF It's development.
\ discovered the tubercular bacillus eight
vsars ago. 1t was at first warmly disputed.
Dut II 10 now generally admitted. have ever
ence then been engaged In the study of the
deadly parasite. and have been endeavoring to
OBTAIN On inoculsting fluid which would kill
me bacilli and bring about sufficiently strong
ma healthy local reaction to expsl them from
We body without at the Same time DESTROYING
eeaithy orRanisms. OF course. this latter has
bean the difficulty
believe have It here" and Prof. Koch
nsid up to view a vial OF the inoculating
suid' It's OF adsrk brown color, and easily
oscompossd: not OF Q light yellow and not cas-
~ decompOsed "A thA ma nara hmva n Than Ia