The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-02-09


The steamer Traye, which arrived last
Tuesday, brought DIR. J. Cressap Mccoy
| the largest quantity of Prof. Kocha lymph
membered that DIR. Mccoy was the first
American physician TO arrive in Berlin
after publicity had been given TO the
| Koch treatment. While in Berlin DIR. Nc
Coy attended the clinics of Drs Cornet
and Levy, Prof. Koch's assistants DIR.
| Mccoy also attended the Royal clinic pre-
sided over by Prof. Won Bergman. the
greatest living surgeon of Germany
where he saw successfully treated hun.
dreds of patients suffering from consump-
tion and tuberculous diseases. 1t was nj
the Roynl clinic that DIR. Mccoy saw the
most wonderful cures effected in tho hip
joint and other diseases of the bones
where the knife had failed to effect a cure.
DIR. McCoy made careful study of the
mode of treatment at the Royal clinic and
at the clinics of Drs. Cornet and Levy. In
addition DR. Mccoy received private
course of instruction at the Charity Hos
pltal from one of the stan physicians.
Dr. McCoy's representative. who was
the custodian of the precious lymph on
the steamer Trave made careful lnves-
| tigation during the month of January of
the cases theated In Berlin by Drs Cornet
and Levy and Prof. Won Bergman. In an
| Interview DR.. Levy told DIR. McCoy's rep
resentative that not one fatal case had oc-
CURED In his treatment, and that nothing
but BENEFIT and cures had resulted from
| the injection or the lymph.
| DR.. McCoys representative met person
ally number OF DIR. Levy's patlents who
had been treated for consumption in its
carly stages and who We're about to be
discharged as cured. Several of them told
Pr. McCoys represeptative personally
them. Two OF the patients residents in
France, who had rosy cheeks and walked
once Week from their lodgings TO DR..
Leyy's sanitarinm on Prinzlauer strassc
| for frpatmpnt eofh fhnf hn.
fore they were pale weak, and detected.
| In nearly every instance DIR. McCoys rep
resentativc learned that the patients had
increased in weight.
tive that he, DIR, Levy, attributed much OF
his success to tho use of small injections
Of the lymph. and said that he believed
the evil results from the use of Kooh's
lymph was due to the inJudicious manner
In which the lymph had been used by ply.
sicinns who had not studied the method In
the clinics in Berlin. Since DR.. McCoy's
return t9,As to AmsEgs e ~ tss steamer Matss
with him all the necessary appliances foI
the successful treatment with the lymph
he has been perfecting arrangements foI
treating patients. Among the appliances
he brought over was one of the best Zeis,
microscopes made, the sa,s.e as used by
Prof. Koch whom he made his wonderful
discovery OF the cause and cure or con.
sumption and other tubercular diseases.
| III hcNQy arrangements are now per-
tected, alla he Is ready to receive patients
needing the Koch treatment. It must he
remembered that not only does the lymph
cure consumption, but that hip joint dis
case. spinal disease. white swelling,
scrofula, and certain skin diseases are
also successfully treated by tho use of the
lymph, the application of which is posi-
lively painless, and the only instrument
necessary to be used being a small hyper
derlnic needle,
The preparations made for beUfpninp
this treatment involved the travelling OF
is'O0O miles and two Journeys across the
ocean, besides AN outlay of thousands OF
dollars.