New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-05
Observation-Disclosures TESTS.
THE PATIENT FIRST INOCULATED DOING
WELL.
HOW THE INJECTION AFFECTED HIM-Two MORE
PATIENTS TREATED.

HOW THE INJECTION AFFECTED HIM-Two MORE
~CoNsUMPTIvE PATIENTS TREATED.
tBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRBUsEI
New-IIaven, Conn, Dec. 4.-The brst experiment.
In this city with DIR. Koch's tuberculosis ymph'
which took place yesterday, has arouscu ""." ~
! terest. In selecting a subject for treatment Dr'
Foster chose a man who had pulmonary tuDerc''oSis
in an advanced stage. The patient, who Is q m"" Vi
some scientific attachments, had urged that 'o eA-
pertinent be tried upon himself, as he desired 10 nhuer-
stand the symptoms, aside from any renei nc hisn'
get from the treatment. The name of the Latent Is
withheld, because he fears that otherwise MS ho"S'
will be besieged by interested people Inc phssoia"'
remained with the patient all nieht. III spcahIne
! this morning Of the experiment, DIR. Foster saio' i"o
lymph has done all that has been asserted U H. ."u
| am happy to say that the patient is greatly I'M
proved. The fever has entirely left him. and he slept
| well q considerable part of the night. Ever since inc
injection a radical change for the better has Deen
apparent, although the full effects OF INC lymph caiho'
yet be accurately determined"
DR.. Foster this afternoon was able 10 give a mort
comprehensive statement: "I inoculated the patient
he said, yesterday afternoon. i felt a good zeal Vi
anxiety over the matter. for / was handling a medicine
| which was entirely new TO me, as well as 10 the rest
! OF the medical profession. l had received with the
| medicine the directions of DR.. Koch for It's use' anu 1
| followed them closely. The lymph was injected III
the back, below the shoulderblade. the dose 1 ad-
mlnistered was Somewhat sH'uhSi eho" ""' r.
| scrlbed. because of its strength. When IL Is
| understood that the effect OF this lymph upon the
human system. according to DR.. Koch, Is about
$4,000 times greater than on a guinea pig. one can
imagine what sort Of medicine it was tnat l was
| handling. The incubation was made at Just 4'2o
| O'Clock. For fifteen minutes there was no ehect'
| then the temperature Of the patient began to rise' and
| he began to have a fever. The temperature gradually
rose for an hour, when it became stationary ~
| continued without variation at the figure IL hd
| reacbed-which l do not care to m~ention-ior aooit
three hours and a half, when 1t began gradually 10
fail. AS it fell, the fever, as a natural consequence
began to abatc. In II few hours the temperature
| became normal, and has since then renamed So
when the temperature again became normal the
| reaction of the medicine was over. although ls iuh
effects cannot be determined until after several more IN
EQUATIONS shall have been made. According 10 III.
Koch. il will be weeks before we may nope ior siens
| of a cure or radical improvement IN the paueEe'
The patient, let me say, suffered little II any pau.
The only sensation he says he felt was IN inc lesIon
| of the affected hung, and was OF a sort he could not
|, Explain. The patient. knew, that son,ethlmg Wn va
going on at the seat OF the disease. but ne coulo MOI
| describe lust the feeling he experienced"
Two more patients received injections OF inc h0cn
lymph this afternoon. One Of them was attended
by DR.. Francis Bacon, of Flushing, u. l., Dr. Dasset,s
and DIR. Joseph ii. Townsend ana INC other Dy
| DR.. II. L. swain, of this city. The patients are pour
suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis, althchsh h'
In an advanced state.