New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-11
USING DIR. KOCH'S LYMPH.
THIRTEEN PATIENTS INOCULATED. D.
MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL, AND FIVE By
Dp ur<xrcr-TT ~, ~ rrKF'S- ALI.

EIGHT ARE TREATED BY DE. jacob At THE
MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL, And FIVE BY
Dr. KINNICUTT VI ST. LUKE'S-ALL
sMD TO BE DOING WELL.
The first applications of the lymph for the cure
OF tuberculosis consumption sent here from the
laboratory of DR.. Koch in Berlin were made in
New-(ork yesterday AZ the Mt. Sinai and ST.
Luke Hospitals Eight patients were inoculated
at the former and five AT the latter instltutlon.
II not known until yesterday that on the
Saalc which brought the lpnS-cNp"ctcd mud to
DR.. jacob, were conSignmentS Of similar quantl-
ties for DR.. Knncutt, of ST. Lukes Hospital, and
the Medical Bureau of the War Department at
Washington DR. Jacobs consignment was llttie
phal. holding scarcely an ounce Of liquid, Dut
this was 80 strong that it was capable OF sum-
cicnt dilutlon 10 make about pint OF nill.
When Dr. jacob received the lymph from the
customs authorities on Monday he sent word at
once to a number Of physicians with whom ne had
previously conferred, asking them to meet him at
Mt. Sinai Hospital yesterday Shortly after
o'clock all Of the doctors who had
agreed To be present to witness the
ftst experiments had arrived. They were Dr.
Abraham Jacobi DR. d. VI. Stm,on, DR.. Emil
Grruning, DR. II. y. Iicincman, DR.. Il. Scharlan'
DR. Alfred Meyer DR.. JOHN \. WNcth, DR.. r.. T..
Jancway, DR.. William I. Flulrcr, DIR. T. H. Davl-
son. DR.. George F. Shrady, DR.. Ewing. of the
Board of Health, DR.. rrudicn. of the College of
Physicians and Surecors and Dr. Alfred H. Loomis.
Tie physicians went in company to the ward
on the second floor which had been set aside for
the use Of con>umptivc patients. and DIR. Jacob,
without any ceremony whatever, went on with
the experiments.
Elaborate directions for using the lymph pre-
pared by Dr. Koch himself, mad accompanied the
phla, and they were followed with scrupulouS
cNactnc>S. Every effort Sccln, 10 have been made
10 enyclop the experiments in mystery. The at
tachcS of the hospital nave been instructed 10
give no information to reporters and thc doctors
all have nothing TO say when asked for particulars
II is known, nevertheless, thai of eight patients
inoculaIcd at the NJ. Sinai Hospital, five were
men, ono woman and two children Dr Jacob
himself injected the huIl. only lew drops of
which were used freely diluted \ hypcrdermc
syringe. which Wa, affixed rubber
ball from which 10 obtain The necessary pressure.
was used. Tie needle Was inserted under the
skin at the apeA Of either shoulder blade, and
The iuld was injected into the tissues underneath.
The operation was almost entirely painless and the
patients all submitted readily. The first one
operated upon was the woman. who Is young and
suffering from CONSUMPTION in IN incpient stage
Onc of the men and one enid were lnOculaied
for lupus. the lymph acting IN cases of that kind
cNactly as IN those where the patient has tuber
culosis.
The physicians all lcft the hospital soor after
3 o'clock. and none of them would talk about
what had been done. Dr. NrharIau talked with
ui, fellow doctor, m an animated manner and
so, overheard To- say. "I have Witnessed one of
thr wonders OF tic world. ~ D. Vas expected
thai tc,rr world ~,'t iu a, % result oi tine ai-
mIni,tra;ion ot the lymph. Dr. Jacob and several
of the other doctors returned 10 tie hospital
early an the ctr'iIuL to watch the condition Of
the pltIcut, There WcgF uo uuftFoith.r symptom,
lu any OF trc cases. 80 far could Pee learned last
night DT Jacob sid that thcrr was nothing new
10 tell. IT, would be- impo,, 'lc. hc said, I" tell
place from GJt 10 day Iu the condition of the
patients bat tlcy would all p" oarefully watched
and thc result of ul. oh,ci, atoms Wouid bc en-
h0.IrI lg 20 scientific paper which be- INTENDED
10 write for medical journal for ~" benefit of th'
profession. Dr Ja'"h has gwen n small guWluF
If tnr lymph 10 tire Ncw lor. Polytechnic Hos
pliaI No. 2li Ea-t Thirty ioIrtu. ST. where c\-
p,fimct, sill hc made - > SAID, tor the purposes
~ study oud demonstration.
TIE, operations %; - lItcS Hospital wcr' cor.
Quoted by Dr.. Francis J. fiunicutt and the cuilr"
mcoItll sinn 81 the hospital ID. kiunc ttt : ~
-l-umcut WIS also ;...uatnI"d hF detailed m
,rrlctionS from Or Koch and Tie eNpcrr rutS
were made in precisely tie sInc manner a> the
NJ Sinai Hospital At both institution, last
ui-it - vas >lid That the patients Wrw al doing
wcl hut that il We, too early Yet to speak o!
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