New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-12
HOW THE LYMPH WORKS.
WATCHING THE INOCULATED PATIENTS.
SOME OF THEM HAVE SLIGHT FEVDRs' bOr ALL
ARE DOING wELL-sECoND DosEs AID

SOME OF THEM HAVE SLIGHT FEvDRs' BUT ALL
ARE DOING wELL-SECOND DosLs AID
MIN1srERBD-BARIN EXPERIMENTS
All of the patients at the hospitals VINO were H.
or,1st.d with lymph on Wednesday were reported yes
~, dome ,vcu Further than this no in
formation was given out At the VT SINAI ho9p'tn
,borc tba experiments were made persoHaN OS III
Abraham jacob president of the Nelca ho"'u' u''c.
,ions have been given to the officials OF tio
10 furnish no information to reporters anu S"'", -
structions seem 70 have been given AZ 81 LuNe nv,
INITIAL and the Hospital for RuptuTed ana OHpP!eu ''"
dren II is known however. that al NJ. SINAI ho>I''"
,,t.,.or,lle .yuptouls have appeared in any OF the
ase. all Of which we're carefully selected Fac"
represcnts type Of tuberCular disease III some 'I,
An Of them have incipient form OF ph'hI>I', VIZ"
the execution OF one, little siIi WHO j. AH'c'"' VIE"
tuberculosis, Of the glands Of the neck ac'oHp'''''
by Assesses. o.
As Dr. Koch the dscOverer of the lymph mas n''e!
maintained that the fluid would cure consumption ."
the lungs in its most advanced stages. none OF inc
auid has been used on patients thus afhlc'eh' '''o
having been taken not to inotulate any one "'''"7
cavities in the lungs caused by bachh tno''' may
be made later ~ relieve sufferers whose IunNs are
seriously affected. but the present supply OF Nmp"
50 small that the doctors possessing II have FSoNcu
10 confne their experiment, to patents III "'oso -
tens the disease has not advanced to- far
DE- Jacob was at Mt sinai Hospital for two hours
AGAIN Yesterday afternoon, accompanied by nearly an
the wclknown physicians who were present at 'I' oA
perlmens on the day before. Each case was care
fully studied BY the doctors. complete Iec""'
of the changes temperature. etc. having been kept
ny the nurses one or two of tie patients shoW'u
SYMPTOMS of fevered condition on Wednesday night
Int this eject had worn away ye,le. day. and second
iuoculatous were made in all OF the ca'c'' Inc H'
jectious Of lymph composed Of millIiFamhc 81
the fund diluted III cubic centlmeIe Oh ster'"cu
wafer This is considered small Dose ana III con-
sconcnce the effects will he slow in manifcsns them
selves Great care has been taken in making INC
experiment, at the VT sinai Hospital a., indeed al
the Others. for the medical profession which holds
Dr. Jacob in high esteem, will regard his conclusions
As authoritative. Dr. Jacob himself handles tho
hypodcrmic syringe and makes the injections
The first inOculations of lymph in New-l ork nos
pitI were made on Tuesday afternoon at the Hospital
for Ruprured and Crippled Children by DR.. Allan
McIane Hamilton. in the presence Of the entire stan
Of the institution. The first to receive an injection
of the fluid was one Of the Junior members Of the
medical staff young man who was WILING u Iehu
himself 70 the cause Of science. The next was
young girl suffering from tuberculosis oi the mp JOINT
No effects have appeared in either case yet The ab'
sence of symptoms in the case Of the young doctor
who allowed himself u be experimental upon is
,orroborative Of Dr.. Kochs claim that the lymph
will not affect patients in whose systems the DdcAH
lave not appeared
The experiments At St Lulc's Hospital are benz
carried on more extensively than at any other in
stituton Dr. Francis p Kinncutt has entire charge
of the admins Of the fluid and large number
Of physicians are in daily attendance to study the
symptoms they may appear. The patents dieay
inOculated doing well. and others VIII
be received and operated upon, in accordance
with the extent of the present supply OF hHd
and the pI ,spects for its rcIleniShmcnt several
additional patients were inoculated yesterday after
who had