St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-24
DIR. KOCH'S CURE.
A Correspondent of the Globe Dis
cuSseS the Matter.

A Correspondent OF the Globe Dis
cusses the Matter.
To the Editor of the Globe.
Anent the recent discoveries made by
Prof. Koch, of Berlin, in regard to con-
trolling or curing that dread disease,
consumption, and the universal interest
taken in the reports from across the
ocean as they appear in our daily press
and the literature of the various scien-
titic journals of our time. 1t may not be
uninteresting to your readers to have a
few words from one who Is an observer
and diligent searcher after knowledge
in this direction.
| understand that Prof. Koch does not
claim to have any knowledge of cure
for what is generally known as con-
sumption, that Is, tuberculosis of the
lungs, but that he Is able to eradicate
the disease when confined to Joints or
when found in the skin or the various
glandular structures of the body. also
find that before innoculating the lymph
into the patient he is about to treat for
tubercular joint. he first uses process
of massage to work the bacillii, the
vegetable parasite which is supposed to
be the cause of the disease, out of the
tissues into the blood current, and when
this is accomplished he then injects into
the circulation the substance which
gnaws on the vitals of these microscopic
plant organisms and by destroying their
life eradicates the disease.
Now, this may be very nice in theory,
and we should feel peculiarly best at
having even this cumbersome method
of Kidding our system of such an Attic
ton as tuberculosis of these special
parts, but for the fact that so many of
these plausible theories fall to the
ground before satisfactory results are
reached. We are, therefore, glad when
we find a reliable method of curing this
same affection even in the most severe
and aggravated cases where there is
seemingly no hope of saving the part at
tackled by the disease.
Several such cases have come under
my own observation during the last
year. and as have been myself under
treatment for diseased knee joint
which none of the usual methods of
modern medicine could reach, and which
was eventually cured by a process of
which am about TO relate, after being
treated for long period and by various
members of the medical profession with
out being able to obtain even temporary
relief. L refer to the method of treat
ment in these cases by static electric
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this city.
When had tried every known meth
Cd of cure for my knee, and nothing
could be suggested that would be likely
to afford relief, except recourse to a
sickbed for months, and perhaps years,
and having previously worn a plaster
cast for two months, keeping the Joint
immovable, was urged to try cleo
tricity. When / commenced this course
l was suffering fearful agony, the
swelling and pain being greater than
it had ever been before, and being COM
PEELED to have the assistance of
crutches to move about, | felt more like
dying than trying any further methods
of cure.
l, however, began treatment, and re-
jolce to say that at the second treatment
l left my crutches behind me in the
doctors office, and have never had re-
course to them since. After being
treated for short time l was able to 90
hunting, and have used the diseased
knee as well as If l never had had a
joint in which tubercular deposit had
been located.
If the discoveries of Koch, therefore,
only reach diseases of the joints, such
as l have suffered from, and the genu-
inc consumption of the lung cannot be
reached by him, do not see what the
axcitamAnt oyer the present discov-