The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-01-02
CONSUMPTION.

The benefit which DIR. Koch's discovery will be
to the community will come from future develop
ments by himself and others more than from
what he has already done; for what he has al
ready done has been partially or practically done
before Ia a different manner and for different
object.
Viz, "DH Koch still consideres his remedy as
In an experimental stage. and maybe he has yet
10 improve it." He certainly depends on stop.
ping the growth of the bacllli only, and nature,
In the fever following the increased burden from
diseased matter ia the system following the
treatment must throw 1t OF, or death will fol-
low quicker than the disease would accomplish
IL. This will lengthen the lives of some ana
shorten the lives of others. One-seventh OF the
whole human race die of tuberculosis, and very
few of these deaths are of the old. but are chiefly
in youth and middle aged, shortening by one-hah
the lives Of one million five hundred thousand
Q,5oo, Ooo) persons annually. AS to the ques-
ton of his method being the best, scientific men
admit that age injuries the lymph; If so, at
certain age IL is worthless or worse, as blood
poison wOu d follow.
If Iir. Koch should give his formula TO the pub
lie u would not help uIuch In saving life, as thou
sands VI ignOrant men would vary the formula |
paten ed from one 10 Onr thousand per cent to
show their talent and avoid the patent, and would
destroy more lives than want OF DntritiOn II now
doing, as AL disease comes from the inability 0f
the diseased gan. be II the lungs or tissues, TO
OBJ ain their proper aud sufficient nourshm-nt.
The long aud short OF the question 4, this VIII
any one deny that ali members of the medical
pro ession OF al schoois use Autseptics, In wash
ing out wounds and in dressing the diseased or
gaDs after an operation, until the wound heals?
Thai prevents blood poisoning aud not as many
cases y. relapse follow, as was the case prior u
the use Of ADiiseptics, which relapse was the
cause OF most Of the deaths that followed opera
tions.
These two methods differ in principle about as
much as bread will II baked 10 an oven, or the
n0ur steamed IN pot; both are OF equal value TO
the system, as they sustain life. II well done.
We see the effect of Vaccine-which is a natural
raw product on the system, and the effect
would be much crater II yaeeinated daily for
cooked product 1t would Oe much worse than as
it IS in effect, as It would deUora ize the system
still more, creating fever and brnSing out
diseases coming from the wastes Of daily life In
the 81 stem not being thrown OF on account OF
weakness.
What have we, the citizens OF the United
Sta es, zone and are willing to do to help the
contribute three thousand (s3oO0) dollars to
show the value Of nutrition In saving the con-
sumptive from an early death.
treatment for three months and fluids no reef
and has not taken Murd'ck's Liquid Food,
will give, free of cost to the first five hundred
cases that apply, each one case of six twelve
ounce bottle, value 500 (slx dollars). Of Mu'-
docks Liquid Food, AID " they receive no bene-
| ht from the first bottle, which will require one
weeks time 10 take Is, abandon taking TIE bal
| aDee OF the Food unless thrv ind the following
week that they miss lt. IL will not create habit,
| as, when the system Is restored TO health, the
| stomach will refuse to take 10. This offer Is no
boast, or made TO compromise great men, or 10
couple my name with theirs, a. l uesire only 10
snow the value Of nutrition as found In my Liquid
Food In ele tnsing the system OF disease, and my
record during The last eleven years that my
Liquid Food has been before the public. with the
| twelve years rior when was carrying on my
Observation-Disclosures the three thousand
| surgical operations Ia my Free Hospitals during
the six years kept them Oprn anu hundreds OF
| Paralytics whom have restored to usefulness
and Par ,lysis Is a disease, all admit, lower In
| the scale OF life than any other. The same Is
true OF the hundred, Of Consumptives whose lives
| had been abandoned by their physicians, some
| as many as ten years ago, and who since then
| had been reduced by hemorrhages two or three
times so low that their lives were despaired Of,
| and who were I. stored to Usefulness and health
by Murdock's Liquid FOod. The same resu Is
with the Morphine habit, the worst Of all vices
| to acquire; we have the record of twenty-three
cures during the last six months; one, taking a.
| high as thirty graius daly is now free OF the
use; and we can quote cases concerning all
| the minor diseases That flesh Is heir 10, viz:
| Serofula, Eczema, Dyspepsia, Constipation, etc.