Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1890-11-19
kOCH's GREAT CURE.
433s 4ffEcT or THs REMEDY
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- Nov. I7.--Further extracts from
~ pf Prof. Koch, IN . German med
NIL describe she eject OF the &C.
new consumpt ttoG fdsc on hia avn
Nell ~ experimeDtso other snE--
- efticle sAys tAat whom tho cura-
= aapplied 70 i patisnt the usual
M inject II uafcr nm skin Of the
> 1ainr W y ~ - ~ j q
r. 1l l., p thS losEx ffie experiments
show Gkat human beings arc much moro
susceptible to the erect OF the new sub
stance thsn are guinea pigs. which have
hoett largely uaed In the course Of the In
vestigati0ns. Two tubic centlrreter OF the
fluid applied to guinea pig producsd litr
tie. Il any, apparent effect. Twenty-Five
hundredths Of cubic centimeter. how
ever, intensely affected = healthy,
full grown iuan who was subjected
B expgfiiticnts: Pref Koch experi-
mented with the fnid upoh hts 1wn
body and describes the effect. He injected
25-l0o OF . cubic centimeter OF the huid
under the skin OF his upper arm. Three or
four hours after this injection was n ade he
experienced contraction OF the limbs and
. marked feeling Of lassitudG. Atthe same
time he felt desire to cough together with
difllculty Of breathing. These symptoms
Increased rapidly, and In the ffth hour he
experienced an unusually violent rigor.
The dhiveflng lRsted for nearly an hour and
Was accompanied by nausea and vomiting:
The temperature Of his body rose to 39.6
centigrade. After period OF twelve hours
the symptoms began to abate, the temper
ature Of the body declined, and on the fol-
lowing day resumed Its normal degree.
The heaviness OF the limbs and tbs feel.
Ing OF lassitude, however, continued for
some days. during which time the
point Oh his arm ut which
the injectioti was hiads continued to
be painful and remained red. The cxperl-
ments 90 far conducted show that the lowest
limit OF effective strength OF the fluid In q
healthy human body is Tooth Of cubic cen-
timeter. When this amount ia applied to
hea1shy human subject 1t produces little or
no reaction. The same result follows when
Aue4 Of this strength Is xppiied 10 diseased
person who Is suffering from other than the
tuberculous affections, but III persons Af-
fected with tuberculosis the same quantity
produces . strong, general and local re-
action. The general reaction consists OF an
attack Of fever, which usually begins with
shiverIng; the temperature OF the body
riscs 70 over %. and In some instances. even
10 II degrees centsgrade A. tho same time
pains in the limbs are noticeable.
Tho patient coughs, experiences much
jrritableness and nausea. In some
cases there IL noticed slight icteric
(jaundics like) eelering or exanima. re-
semblins measles, on the neck. Tie symp-
toms Just described begin to manifest them.
selves four or ave hours after the injection
Of the curative substance. The patient Il
much affected BY the attack induced BY tho
sS53 IN = i { h sses. ss.a $.
fore The kjection. Tho second or local
action proAncsd BY the injection OF the
nuid In salient suffering from tubercu-
loais can best be observed In persons whose
tuberculous affections are visible. as for In
stAnce Ii the case Of persons suffering from
lupus. The changes which cnsue In these
cases showed In . surprising man
ner this specifically anti-tubercu-
lous effect OF the remedy. Within
Z few hours after an injection Of tho
fluid has been made under the skin of tho
back. the lupus sores begin to swell and
redden. During the fever which the pa
tient experiences as already described, the
until finally the lupus tissue assumes in
places . dark brown tint ard nccrotic
condition. After the subsidence OF the
ally decreases and possibly disappears
wtthin two or three days. Meanwhile. how
ever, the lupus centcrs have become COW
cred with an incrustation. formed by cxud-
Ing serum which dries mp rs II reaches the
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which fall on after two or three weeks.
In some instances tho effect thus do
scribed h produced after siagle incision
Of the curative mattcr, when red smooth
scar 10 left The changes arc absolutely
limited In extent 10 such proportions Of the
akin - are clearly recognized ~ lupas.
In tuberculosis of tho lymphatic glands.
bone artlculations. ETC.. the local reactions
are less striking, but are still clearly per-
cee4lbls 70 the eye and touch. In these
caaes there Is swelling OF the parts affected
ona more pain than the lupus patients suf-
esf. whils in tho parts adjacent to the dis
eased centerS the surface becomes red.
The reaction produced In the Internal orr
gans. especially this lungs. when the
curstive substance % injected, l, not, OF
course. open TO observation apart from tho
Increased expcctoralion and cJugh. In all
ths experiments after the Grst injection. ell
u any Ot the tuberculous process exists In
the body. the appcarancc already described
supsfvsncd. Absolutely no exception was
noeed whenever . doec amounting TO the
1ooth part Of cubic ccntincter f'thc sub
stance had bscn appli.d. One my assert
witA cop1 1dence. therefore. that the remedy
may - considered az indnccahle to diagno-