Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1891-01-30
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He Has No Faith IN the Medicine, but Con
tinuss 70 Tahs II IN This Couutfy-in All
the Time He n - Being Cared for Not .
single Cure was Ensotsd.
New YORK, Jan. e7.-William Degan.
the first native American consumptiys
sent to Berlin to be treated by Prof
Koch, has returned and re-entered St.
Francis hospital, At which institution he
was formerly . patient, for q continu.
alton OF the lymph tnoculations.
as laGAn's visit to Berlin has become In.
teresting to the public from the fact that
he was considered Americas representa-.
tive patient and was believed to be fair
subject for proving the efficacy Of Prof
Koch's world-famed discovery. Whether
tho results have sustained this belief or
not Ia still an open question.
Although originally . man OF strong,
powerful build. and now scarcely 81
years old, he appears almost fit sub
ject for tho coroner. II the lymph ex.
perlmenters wanted genuine consum.
tive, surely Degan must have filed the
bill. Degan says Of his treatment:
when l was admitted to the hospital
they watched me carefully for day or
two, taking my pulse and examining me,
etc. On the second day they gave me
the first injection Of the lymph, the dose
consisting OF one milligramme. They
said my case was q very bad one, but
they would do the best they could for
me.
after the first Injection they used to
give me from two to three milligrammes
nearly every day. was in the hospital
just 20 days. The injections were
always given In the morning about OIL.
or 6:30 o'clock, and they used to look for
fever about 3 o'clock In the afternoon.
Sometimes the fever would come and
sometimes it wouldn't.
After the arst injection was given
me felt pain around my heart-a sort
OF stitch in my side. couldn't lay on
my side for all day. After two or three
days the pain moved around into my
back and then disappeared altogether.
After that didn't feel any pain. l had
. good appetite all the time was there.
"Before left here spit up . little
blood, but after the third or fourth IN.
lection OF the lymph 1 had bad hem.
orrhage and they had to put Ice in bags
on my chest to stop It. Then they
stopped the injection for two or three
days and the bemorrhage stopped.
There were q good many deaths
among the patients, and, say, let me tell
you something. A Paris edition paper
has something in nearly every edition
About the wonderful cures from Koch's
lymph. In oil the time was there !
never heard Of one single cure from it,"
'But haven't you any faith In the
lymph?"
mot the slightest"
''Hasn't 1t helped you at alp"
"Only my throat, that's all. I had
two bad ulcers in my throat, but they
are almost all gone. and think the
lymph did that. l couldn't hardly talk
before l went away, but now ]. can
talk first rate"
"Why do you continue the treat
ment?"
"Well, it's . dying chance. II 1t don't
kill me 1t will cure me, maybe; and II It
don't cure me I'll die any way; so might
as we'll keep it up. They can treat me
just as we'll at ST. Francis hospital as
they could over there, and as my time
was up any way, I thoughtful come
back"