New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-01-15
PROFESSOR VYRCHOWS GLOOMY views.
HE DESCRIBES INJURIOUS EFFECTS OF THE
KOCH LYMPH-POsT- MORTEM EXAM NATIONS.

HE DESCRIBES INJURIOUS EFFECTS OF THE
KOCH LYMPH-pOsT MORTEM EXAMINATIONS.
Philadelphia. Jan. 14-"The Medical Ncws7 Of Phlla-
delphia in its isue of this date will publish the fol
loving cable dispatch regarding the injurious effects
found by Professor NrchOw in a number 4 post norton
examinations of patients treated by the Koch method.
At the Berlin Medical Society on January 2 Pro
fessor Virchow exhibited specimens from twenty
patients treated by KOch's method who died before
January l. since then six or seven more nccrOp,ics
mad been made by him and specimens from these were
also shown. OF the former series sixteen were cases
of phthi,is.
Professor virchow Illustrated the irritating effects
Of the fluid by the specimen Of a brain removed from
a child with tuberculosis arachuts, who died after
four injections Of the lymph, amounting in all 10 Two
mngrammcs. There intense hypcraemia Of the
brain and pia mater such a. Professor NiIchpw had
never before seen. The vessels Of the pa were cX-
trcmcly encorged and the brainSubStancc internally
of du,ky red INT. The speaker coud not see
any signs Of rctrOgc-sve mctamorpho,is Of tho
tubcrclcS. Acute hypcTacmia and swelling were also
seen IN the internal organs Of Other The wall,
of old cavities in the lungs showed unusual rcdncs Of
the granuatiOns and recent hcmorrhagcS. In
hacmOptysi, from Old cavity was the immediate
cause OF death
Vrchow saws there can be no doubt that in internal
organs acute Inflammation and active prolfeiatiOn ara
set up by injections Of the fluid. Thcse conditions
particularly in the edge Of tubcrculju, ulcers
and in neghbOrnc Emphatic glands, especially the
bronchial and mescnteric glands. Thc,c glands swell
to quite an unusual extent. and rapid proIicra0n Of
the cells in their interior take, place. The cODrlc,o
elements Of the blood increased, and condition Of
eucOcy1o,s is established In the larynX, even when
the surfaces OF the ulcers become clean swelling u
the adjoining paris may be dangerously great He
showed recent specimen in which cry,pclatJu,-
like Ocdcma Of the glDts and retro pIarynecal
phlegnon had been produced. The change IN the
lungs consisted IN Gaseous Repatriation. Of which an
extreme example shown Thi, condition existed
five out Of the sixteen Of phti>Is associated
with a special form Of pneumonia resembling the
catarrhal type but differing tcrcirom in the character
Of the secretion. The lungs in places presented
fJci Of sOftcning and the formation OF cavities
the result Of acute Inflammation caused by the in
jectiOns Of the lymph
The most important effect observed. However was
an eruption OF fresh crops Of tubcrces AFTER Tie IN
jcctons. This especially in the pleura' perl
cartum and pcrOneum, and Virclow saws that III
the of these membranes the statement lat
the substance Of the ubecle is destroyed By the remedy
is not confirmed by his examinations. lie adds that,
if the effect Of the remedy Is 70 cause breaking down.
the result would BE- to release the Lac and give rise
fOc Of t-crcuOus disease III other parts oil the
body by infection with the products Of disntcgration
Vrchow Therefore. urges the greatest caution IN the
use Of the remedy. While admitting that in many
he points ont That thi, result j. not constant and lie
cites III which large masses o tubcIcIc "cit
entirely unaffected by injections. lie also showed
specimens In which pcrfOratOn OF the Intcatinc' hh
been bv the treatment. and one case OF thccu
lOs!s OF the laiynX. IN which fresh ana extremely IN
tense cuptOns If tubcrces had taken place through
ont the whole extent Of the lrynN and tachea'
TO MAKE KNOWN TIE LYMPH SECRET TO-DAY.
Berlin, jan lit is announced that Professor Koch
will publish tomorrow the ingredients which enter
into the composition Of his famous lymph II Is asce"-
tanned from trustworthy that the remedy Is the
product Of chemical processes In the body IL prob
ably belongs to the sluup Of aIbuminous compounds.
The reaction which frequently follows its 1T is as
serted, shows that 1t IS 10 ton abumon In certain
degree Of concentration it hill, living prolopasm thus
making IL nccrOtIc; and by removing the conditions
under which the bacillus can develop 1t hllH bacteria
EXCELLENT EFFECT OF LYMPH ON LUPUS
New.Haven, Conn. Jan. 14-Thc patients who have
been under lymph treatment since December j were
to-day reported TO be in excellent condition. Dr.
j. p G. Foster declined to give the degree OF Improve
ment but said IL was satisfactory DR.. Francis Bacon
said "The original representations In regard to the
curative effects Of the lymph on lupus are con
nrrncd so far as the present experiments have gone
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