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vrw yogx. Nov. 29.-It will not De long
before Or. Paul Gibier, founder Of the Pas
+enr Institute in New York, will be on his
yTsv to this country bearing with him tic
remedy which so recently made Berlin a
mecca for con umptives. DR.. Gibier was
.ot only. one Of Pasteur's most promising
nunils. but he is almost as familiar with
rbe interior of Professor koch's laboratory
she Is with I'll at of his own study. He was
associated with him in many experiments,
snd is entirely in sympathy with his methods.
Most m tropolitan physicians are exceed
,,olv conservative IN their expressions on
the subject of the discovery. They remem-
her the Brown-Sequard tiasco and are not
djSDosed TO take anything for granted. DR..
Gihier's experience, however, wa rants him
in soeaKlng with consi lerable freedom He
IL not only on terms or personal Intimacy
,Tith ire great German savant, but has
himself devoted much study to the problem
which has apparently been solved at Berlin
lie regards Pasteur as the pioneer, and de-
scrlbes him as the man who was the
6rst n show that diseased germs
can be cultivated actificaly. He Is,
bovvever. undisguised in his admiration for
Or Kocn's achievements and believes the
remedy to be tie greatest medical triumph
If the ase As matter OF ct DR.. Gibier
mn 10 the tine of the announcement of DR..
Koch's discovery, was engaged In work of a
cnsrac.er very similar To that which has
mad such fruitful results i'll the German
cap.tal This Invests with considerable sig
nifican. wha5 be has to say regarding DR..
Koch's elixir.
81 think that all Dr. Koch's claims will be
sbupdan.ly verified" sad DR.. Gibier. The
German professor is not an enthusiast He
is a reticent, thoughtful ana serious man.
Ho IS exceedingly deliberate and makes
sure OF one step before he takes another.
As far back as the time whan | was asso-
ciated with him, which is several years ago,
his experiments relative to consumption
we're already far advanced. His methods
are substantially similar to those of Pas
teur, and had there been no Pas
teur there would probably have been
DO Koch, What was well begun
by one has Teen wonderfully devel-
oned by the other. OF course, we have for
some time known a good deal about tuber-
culosis. 1t is the result of the ravages of
| bacteria one of the lowest forms of ANNA
| life. These germs are so exceedingly minute
that q procession of over Thousand of
| them would not stretch across the head of
pin. They increase WITH inconceivable
rapidly. w UGu IuGlF 6uViTOuI16uUS are
favorable to reproduction the issue of a
single parasite will in twenty-four hours
run up into the millions. For some years
we have fairly we'll understood the character
Of this insidous foe and the scope of its
operations. Physicians have been on its
track, so to speak, and l believe it has re-
NAMED for DR.. Koch to show US how to
grapple with it. Perhaps the whole matter
will be more intelligently understood when
| hao and hac
| is tie health-givlng germ and the disease
producing germ. Our tissues are composed
Of minute organisms called cells. These
cells are of varied shapes and consistency,
and they display the phenomena to which
We give the name of life. Each of
them has its separate individual
ity, and each of them has, in health, the
cauacitIes necessary to its maintenance.
These capacities are displayed in the various
processes viii may be generally described
as waste and development. A little higher
up IN the scale you come to another per
iectiv independent organism, this time
composed of several cells. AS you as
ceud in the process of evolution you find
that the operations of the Individual cell
are conducted not solely with reference
to its own well being, but with reference
20 the welfare of the whole group In this
developed condition they are called upon to
perform special fnnc ions for the good, as it
were, OF the community at large All of
these cells, even in their forms, are endowed
With the potentialities which make this
development possible. They are ready in
|si emergencies to come to the rescue, so to
VI SPEAK, and are capable of astonishing
achievements when there is work to do in
Ine direction of reproduction and repair
we begin, therefore, with that simplest of
llVlng things, single cell, and end with
Tat triumph CT evolutirn-t wonderful
aggregate, with its differentiatioas in
structure and functions, its complexities was
combinations andi is harmonious workings
IS a whole. Perhaps one of the most i'm
portant of the functions of the cell is that
wllch 1t Ia called upon to exercise in the
Expulsion OF invaders. Bacteria are usually
t9d shaped, have already given you some
Gsa u their size. 1t was for long time
uncut to determine whether they belonged
" tne animal world or to the vegetable
Angdom: IL is now, however, definitely
'eV lee that they are plants. Really they
ale very simple forms of cell. They can
rAsI only in the presence Of oxygen,
s "alilGn and moisture. They have to
GUY sgle tor existence just as energetcaly
uigner forms of life. They are to be
.G " ii everywhere. There are thousands
HiIIerent species Of bacteria, and we are
uleoIed TO Dr.. Koch for continuance by
,. tcH IaeSe different species may be sepa-
rot-l NSSOAObO
40 Independently. He has done
a rlVu d 10 acquaint US with their habits
~ slu cnaracteristics. We can now cultivate
cr nIG. as easily as any other plant can be
r ro',sa teo we can arrange them in
Ups aud we can find out what condi-
dn Uas are most likely TO either superin-
tue un+ enelr development or to reJard it.
t nlortunately happens that there are
a. 1M Varle,l les which do not flourish in
sss' afe a1Ser the fashion of other bac-
40 hen they invade the human
sS- 5, lney grow at the expense of the
fbi ,V? with which they come in contact.
nd i. tne disease producing bacterum,
nv.s;e Secretes poison--pt maine. The
fey @,.on Is always the signal for the
Yissanu OF struggle. 1t is a fight for
Ia coI,e, With the Dacterin on one side and
e g.ita On the other. The latter attempt
lrr T1oIet AVALON the invader or to
ntr;!i 1t as to cut off its sources of
I ~. If the bacteria are victorious.
e poison kills the cells. If the
oro WIS, the bacteria are digested.
kbo nan one-seventh of all the people
ca ,,'9 arc carried off by tuberculosis. 1t
s- T1" 1'1 oy that infinitesimal rod-shaped
Fbsr nc" ', has gained access to the body.
T9,gtL nl i, Conditions are favorable to their
bis ra,, tHey give birth to new tissue and
MY Tissue is TIE tubercle. OF courseit
bonTbs mo- commonly found in the lungs,
g. me seat Of the trouble may be
II n e1'eWere. 1t is not everybody who