Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-11-17
T0CH'S DISCOVERY.
-, .,,v.y aylSI IS THE CENTRE OF ALL
PrsLll INTEREST.
-s..s he Curative Powers Of the
A-1--A NJ IRE Cancer-SOmsthing
.sas nry Liis-OPin-
-, Physicians

rs af a-@'~
V,ember l6.-Prof. Koch
sway over public interest.
s..oa Of ,hc Professors state
Il' ..-lsy has intensified the ex-
n'l'' bs.h here aud abroad and
.,, center Of Europe and Amer
iron. '...,. Of inquiry are pouring in
rI pnht. Coruet, Bersmann and
medical men who are known
-,,s,.d iu treating patients by
a. asu method. Hoca'' Ol'n'GuS' l En- IN
.- s,-s,,,. Imperial Sani-
Aore,-, ...~,e Reich> GeSund-
~r vh.rs C0rnet and
he.,'-,...' .,.-.ar, so work, are Swasp-
o'l.' o'.,S nv ,euer, and personal aPpl,iea-
gl N''- MANY medical men, including
uo1>' .-i @-. 'r... ,h and American ply
4nNN''. ..... l..e studying the process
>,--1 1- l,,r u the small wards OF a
mae. -..,.-,' al. No. % PreuSelauer
l'- aso Professor Koch first
5 striking results with small
Here since October eight prom
',,., ~ consumptiyeS have been
--.--.,> Dr. Levy every morning
L.r.I.. ua..eutS % the visiting ply
.,. and illustrates the peculiar
s.,,--.. ot the new method aS visible IN
r5viill. eases.
d. order to meet the pressure OF eases
.-,.t-r hospital is about % be eSta0-
Isfa-the Alexander Piatz, where the
u..af t.s~mau.l is being transferred IN
wards having $50 beds for conSump-
ives. -,
mr. Pmht records q stri6ingiy rapid
-.oflrnr tuberoleS. The patient
r..am man aged ~ years. He had been
nr six wears and his ease was appar-
r-.v HOPELESS. The first injection was
-.ie on November .. The usual Syp'
.,,. followed after the injection. The
,.-ease I'M fever and sickness was iol
...i bv a distinc, change in the char
,.-arof the >pitum and notable ceSSa
..rof the characteristics OF conSump
..r Dr. Pfuht promises the patient
.s,,hmsh it cannot replace the part'
.trae long that are gone tue remedy
Nr insure "a healthy retention OF th'
smallest portion LETT.
Tn. secret of the composition Of th'
.,wrb has been communicated 10 PrOiS
Earsmunn. Fraentzel Brieger, Levy
sni other intimateS Of Prof. Koch here
si.o ,o Prof. Weigart, OF Frankfort
n. Rast. Chief of the Hamburg Hos
n-sl. and Prof. Nothnagel, of the VI
anna University Prof. NOthnagel, ad
dressing the students Of the University
said. I'VE face one Of the greatest IN
,eru,ral achievements in the province
of medicine for centuries past. Prof
Ewks discovery has a far wider ScoD
thau Jguner's. and IS, perhaps, tn
grands, .,al .n the history OF our sci
cnr. VIA, Inspires me with admlra
tion is not So rlch the actual discover
as tle method Of meteorological n
search. al.ch must serve aS the basis d
a.i future discoveries i'm that line. III
present moment is among the most sui
0me that humanity has known
Tile students shared the ferVor
Prof. Nothuagel, and cheered him
,he echo.
Prof. Billroth holds that Prof Koch
method placed IL beyond doubt that
remedy will be found before long +
cancer, which is still the greatest my
terry in medicine. aSeXperience iudicat
that carcinoma has bacillic origin.
The only Skeptical criticisms
Koch'S discovery come from Fren
medical men, Prof. Bronardel Dayt
% the Paris medical faculty, is repo
Cd 10 have written a letter ia which
advises incredulity regarding the etfiC
ry of the remedy until its nature is ful
known aud scientific proof given Of
cfectyencss.
.l-nrl We know" says Prof. Brona
ael. .the composition of the remedy
history of tle experiments on animal
and Tine prolonged thcraputic effects o
patients. uo oue ought TO pronoune
definitely ou tbc method.
NJ. Pa~teur and rroi. Eouchard ~
said to Dee Withholding tAclr opinion 10
,imilarrpasous. Thera,,iiIle however
does not affect the mei.cl. fraternit
outside of France. who have PERSONAL
watched the process, % the cures BY th
new system
Prof Bergm1al lectures tomorrow {
physicians only on External Tubercu
losis, and Dr. Fraentzcl on Monday o
"lnterna. tuberculosis
Dr. Ra>t wii. begin the treatment o
patients by the new method in the burl
vlris next week, preparing the lymp
l-.> own laboratory. Prof. Koch ha
l.,lsted DR.. Weyl OF Frankfort, wit
le treatment % cases On the institute
% Hygeue there. Prof. Koch is ais
receiving communications from Englisl
and American medical men regarding
,1r method, 0i distributing the lymph
Dr. Cornell has received the fOurtl
g.->> decoration Of the order Of the Re,
Lls.e. Ihi, D, the first decoration Civ
rn connection with the discovery.
The ru,A for Prof Koch'S statemen
Increases. Aquarter Of a million eopie
aaye already been sold. The publish
rTS refused 10000 marks for earl.
Proofs The Sanitary Council Of AuStrii
"-- send two % los members 10 Berlil
% procure ihe .ympL and will test the
Nr treatment, .n the Vienna hospitals