New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-04

poCToRS ENCOURAGED BY THE EFFECT OF LYMPH
N TIE TREATMENT OF PHTHi>iS

DOCTORS ENCOURAGED by TIE EFFE' OF LYMPH
N TIE TREATMENT OF PHTHi>iS.
The effect, of Dr. KoC--- lymph in case, II lupus.
hone tuberculosis and m,ercuo>, OF The glands h',
beon 50 thoroughly tc>tci that interest ~ the result,
Of the treatment Of such At the various hospital
In this city har given plac" u an even greater l'~t
- 10 the effect, Of the lymph I'm cases Of phm-ie.
When Dr. Koch, discovery Wa lf~; mad" Known J.
was announced rs a cure FOR consumption. and A. such
WAS hailed with joy The earlier treatment showed
that the lymph was more effective In other uocTcul"F
Diseases than those which acc ted the lunCS During
the first experimental treatments the phyicinn- graN
prcfrrrcd cl-, Of lupus tuher uar bone del~"', b.
cause tho T,act.onary symptoms were move clearly 90
fined and tho results pronounced aud -a'I~fcrP
Now, however, Icy and professional interest ne
reverted 70 the primary disease consumption for which
the fluid was supposed to Dee almost q specific Per
maps the interest in case, o. consumption no" al
the crrater because Of the TACT thai the lymph j. mon
vigorous and even mOf,. dangerous 30 phh~l' than 81
other ubefcular diseases.
The most gratifying result, have followed III" treat
mcut If phtlis., case. by Dr. Alfred l. Loomi- ana
Dr II. p LOOMS. his son. AZ Bellevue Hospital The
advanced cases there inoculatcd At first with one
folrth u a mlugrammc II the lymph tic do being
gradually incpcaecd the violence ~ The i"a"t"utN
symptoms eub~dcd. The eleven piihi-is cases were
wei .hcd on Friday. showing an avcrlg" Increase Iva
weight for oarh patient II something over rr"c p"nh"
This i regarded particularly iAvnr4hl" result ia
view Of the fact that The time of treatment has been
only a Nt'ls over two weeks,
NEGOTIATIONS were bcun yesterday a. u"
House Of Rest for Coueumpuvc,. iu IRE
mont. nine patients receiving uiect9n, 81 u"
lymph. IS q rule, the patients at that Institution
surer with phth,l- iu an advanced stage ana the
Injections consisted I'm most Of the cse, Of ony one
fourth Of millirIarnmr. Widespread interest VIII b.
felt in the result Of the treatment there. because iA'
vfNe Of
nent Of the disease. and few wcehs or months may
show at what stage Of disease the lymph fall, TO have
salutAry efcc,.
TWO Of the lupus cases a the MI sinai Hospital
an. =, the Gcrman one AZ IT. Mark ana AT II.
Inxc,s Hospital have been practically cured by tho
lymph treatment, and the patients arr being detained
only a, precautionary measure. should any NJ
lapse follow within a reasonable tine the lhocu"ilon
vii be resumed, but Oihcr%i>c III" pdtlcLtd VIII "
AZ the W0nteHorc Home have all shown marked I'M
provcmcn and several Of them have I"rccptDy gained
in weight. This IS gratifying to the attending phy
,icans because OF the variety OF cases uhaer treat
mcrt, emb1oying tlIOse from an ihclpeht 10 an ad
VanCc1 stage Of the disease. -,
DR. George +. shrady, who has been u.lhk tlo
lvmph I'm the treatment OF several chsca at the Ne"
YORK. Cancer Hospital, made All exhaustive eE"iiIlIt
,jo, Yesterday Of MS patients at that i-ttutOn Ia
and while positive results VIII be slower Of ManIi"~'
ton in case Of cancer Than Ia lubeio"ai dl'e-,'
there woud appear 70 be fOundaIOn Tor belief mat
The lymph viii finally he a. effective IN cancer Ia
the early stages, it has been In ctNcs Of upu':
vestnrI,X and several wc4c made ~ The Charity
Hospital on Blackwell Island. most Of the patient
at Inc latter ins!ltatlon BEING GhTaactd l tscr o.
miligisimmc the hrrt dose. ana no cvH ancctN
have appeared from The treatment 30 far. Dr. Ea'9n'
Of the Hoard Of Health. and other doctors do not be
lirve in the existence OF cases 81 leprosy ~ The city
as has been reported 20 far a. EAo%n lhcrr Is M
case Of leprosy under the lymph treatment In New