The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-02-01

ferers who cling to life ms long as thcre IL
the slightest hope, aud has caused 30 much
nervousness all over the civilized world. II
| rsl9lces like one family at the thought of
such q remedy.
The Importance OF DR.. Koch'a discovery
as an aid to diagnosis has been fully rec0R-
nized. for tuberole only responds TO its ac-
tloi.. single injection in doubtful caaea
shlilces to determine whether 1t Ia pthisical,
lupus, scrofulous, or in any way tubercn-
lous. This latter advantage is OF tho grcat-
est value to the art Of healing. Even vet
erlnafy surgeons have not been slow in
ayaillng themselves of ii. and Mr. DAM
mann, director of the Veterinary school at
Hanover. pointed out to his hearers the
enormous Importance of IL TO breeders OF
I've stock. 1t will protect the farmer and
breeder against heavy losses aud provide u
means OF ascertaining when m animal falls
III. whether the infection has already spread
to Its compnnion.
although the German apothecaries have
petitioned their government that the sale
of the lymph should be handed over to
them, 1t is almost certain that the state will
undertake its preparation and sale on its
own account, so as to insure not only n
strict uniformity in its manufacture, but
also to prevent the incalcnlabie harm which
might be done with 1t to thousands Of in
nocent patients. DIR. Koch himself stated
to 4 correspondent of the London Times:
exactness and it is being prepared bv my
assistant, DIR. Libbertz, to whom
l have confided this important part
OF my work. l believe am
discreet on this subject with good and sub
stantial reasons. Were to publish now, in
the 11rst stage of the discovery, the exact
ingredients and the method Of preparation
OF the fluid, thousands OF medical men,
from Moscow to Buenos Ayres, would to-
morrow be engaged in concOctiEg it. and
injecting it for that matter. =
II my experiments turn out successfully,
then the medical world will find my assist
ants and myself only too ready to initiate
them into the secrets without the least
reserve, but unit! then it seems perhaps
selfish, but l really claim it rs at once a
duty and the purest unselfshness to say
that they must content themselves to be
patient"
The demand for the lymph is SO great
tn, that it will take months to supply it.:
thousands Of letters pour in daily and
furnish the best evidence of the extent the
demand for it will assume in the future.
Its distribution has been copfided to DIR,
Libbertz. DIR. Kowalski, chief of the
meteorological institute for army physi-
clans in Vienna. who was sent to Berlin by
the Austrian war Office to study the treat
ment, declares the remedy to be one of the
most powerful medicines eyer discovered
and that it cannot be applied too eau
tiously.
"Observatiops made with Dr.. Koch's
remedy at Hospital st. Urban. under the
management of the city of Berlin, Prof. A.
Journal of Dec. 1s, 1880: OF thirty two
patients treated twenty-four were male and
eight females, all over 16 years of age. In
several of the cases an increase in weight
of the patients from two and one-half
pounds upwards was noted; the sputum,
which were full of bacilli, after few in
iections showed decided decrease in num-
ber.'
Medical Councillor DR.. II. Lindner re-
ports in the same medical journal his expe-
n hs ASfFass Fastls,dh in
with the experience made that DR.. Koch's
'lymph-is sure reagent on tuberculosis We
have treated y number of cases with it. In
doubtful cases we have made an injection,
and by this means we have obtained ex-
tremely valuable information concerning
the diagnosis and therapeutics.'
Gentlemen said DIR. H. Lindner, in con-
cluding his lecture on this subject at the
Berlin Society for Hygiene. delivered Dec.
g. 1890, i may say that the sword isground;
we must now learn how to use it. Icann not
do otherwise than express my admiration
and veneration for the great master, Koch,
as we'll as my joyful thanks that we have
the happiness to be allowed to share in this
great work.
'From the hospital at Moabit, Berlin,
where most of my observations were made,
Director Paul Guttmann confirms the state
ment of Medical Councillor DIR. II. Lindner
as to it's employment in doubtful cases,
seven of which were sent by DR.. Koch him
self to the hospital in question. In cases
where the disease had not yet made great
progress positive cures are to be expected in
short time. AS to the moderately pro-
gressed cases of tuberculosis we hope to i'm
prove them in time. but there is little pros
pect of benefting the old and advanced
CASES. A. j. MEuER, M. d.
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