Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-01-17
DOCTORS ON LYMPH.
MAT RICHMOND PHYSICIANS THINK
rs KocH's FAMOUS REMEDY
Them Deeply Interested and Ma
,o-i,v Expect Beneficial Results from
tho Discovery.


10Th old and young
&C # the physicians have great faith
49,, f,mous remedy. or what is consid-
- remedy. while others are rather
..,,yative. and IN expressing their
q 80 eccro inclined 10 let others do tho
,,i.rlnarv experimenting.
4 p11.., are all anxious, however, 10 learn
4 a'.tla lymphi Is beyond DOUBT a cure lot
d ~ 5felltul disease, and cad with mterest
q snC .i,r, that IS published concerning II.
i e'. ,,o." stated IN the Dispatch OF some
y 400 n small quantity OF the cele-
II "a fu,d vas obtained by DIR. Oppen-
II r-,sidcut Of the Board OF Health,
i..'. t,s I'M been used mp. Several of the
81 Tor are now making efforts 10 pro-
Il c,.re. and expect 20 have IL here
8 ,i.. I.saa.l's column cablegram from
II .- s,1Iaiuing how the discovery was
'.ji-,,1 giving the ingredients OF the
n ., ..muound now engaging the atten-
II ttb' scientific world was read yes
II 5,g with cagerness and profound In
81 Several physicians were visited
n 49,. .Ie day and asked 10 give their
..r. regarding the lymph and its
VIEWS or DR. PARKER.
I'm. those seen was DIR. W. w. Parker.
d. promiuently connected with the
81 .,l.Dy oi Medicine and Surgery. At a
s. ...r5 Of this body few nights ago he
"A s.,,s n resolution requesting the Gov
-, - write officially TO the German
q s..s.-.t,e- and request them 10 send some
"a .5r I,uph 10 this city. Although the
.Jp,,o1 wa, laid on the table the Doc
II .,. artb1siasm regarding the remedy is
''.' M ask nv opinion of Professor
Fl ro.i,s discovery" said he to reporter.
Fl ~ think fay0ratly OF IT.
II ,Tlr.t Because the Professor has from
II Nth svincrd a love for study, and es-
n ,..1iauy for natural history.
81 second. Because he IS not searching
a I'll. A 500dlamcter microscope for theo-
q ,',s INT for things, entities, real things.
Il II. .e.ls yau what he saw, not what he be-
4 Is,ss lie is looking for living things in
q ife blood and tissues.
4 Third He is not an enthusiast. He did
81 IN, r.,ke haste TO publish his discovery.
4 ffeuubGcqtlon WAS premature and with
'rt L.- knowledge or consent. He has
Il .r.yD wisdom IN Withholding his formula,
n ia.,r,, spurious lymph might retard the
d ,r,a.uah,e use Of his discovery half n GEN.
mrs. bad name is a hard thing to
r,' nj Of.
""T T'gfth. Koch is treading in the path
vsy of The immortal Jenner. The great
Tr-Gsh country doctors sharp sight saw
r.,fne minute bacillus of smallpox, but
j h, ,e.wlts deadly work and found its cure,
m better still its prevention. II Koch has
ra' fh, key 20 the cure of cancer, lupus,
4 ,r0fgla. and consumption, and all this
4 c.s,s Of loW-ienced disease, which the Pro-
ia>,ur has long since regarded as akin, he
4 viii stand forth as a greater benetactor
ot the race than the Immortal Englishman:
4 Wlo will not say with a full heart, God
m,el these glad and glorious aspira-
u0lst'
YET IN ITS INFANCY.
"Ithink the whole subject Of the lymph" !"
Qil Ir. Hugh Taylor, " is as yet in its IN;
fancy. and more extensive experiments and
experience will be necessary before 1t can
be placed on the required basis. have no
doubt that good Will result from renewed
interest in investigation on this subject,
bu, whether il Will amount to cure for
consumption being found or not we cannot
tl Opinion IL pretty well divided in re-
-.rd 10 the matter. and think we should
.spI the benefits acCruing from such
treatment with hesitation"
Iir TAYLOR, however, expressed the be-
h,f that great good would result from the
interest now being taken IN the subject,
and he said he thought it hardly fair TO eX-
u-,Ss other any criticism or approval of
Tie lymph at present.
THE PROFESSOR CAUTIOUS.
"I have been reading very closely every
thing lbi, has appeared on the subject"
SAID pr. NJ u. HOge, Jr., land am glad
20 sec the dispatch has taken so much In
t.rp>t IN giving us the latest information.
Much more has been claimed for il by
other, than Koch himself ever did. That
la one reason have faith in IT,. He is very
cautious iu his statements and his reason
ir keeping back thesecret was justitiable.
! believe he Is an honest man and not
responsible for the extortiOns which hisas-
..i1nt- exercised. The whole question Is
vf. 20 l'> infancy. and when we look at
what las been accomplished we can but
regard u with favor.
The most important question TO be de-
g1'I now D. whether the results obtained
ty 'nn lvmph are permanent-that Is, Will
U insure against relapseY
81 wrote some time ago TO q professor in
Germany 10 send me some of II and expect
.s aaw on the way.
j have seen Koch, although / never
studied under him. lie has been working
10 this for years aud discovered the baccil-
.gs tuberculosis IN 1850. He also discovered
The ch0lera-germ IN 1889 and worked on II
until 1854. At that time (lSS2) he was sent
90 India. and when he returned in 1884 he
Va, Presented with S25000 and made chief
Of ilc archaeological Institute IN Berlin
CERTAINLY A DIAGNosTIc.
Dr. William Grebe, who is q graduate Of
the Marhurg University. Germany, and Q
WeiI-knowH German physician, was asked
Elye hls views on the subject OF the
lymph
In the November number of Der Prdk-
't'''f Arz, @ medical journal published III
G'rInorv.' sand he, there was speech
made bv Koch regarding the cure, and
iais | have translated into English. 1t
VIII be- published in the next issue of the
N'3'TH Clinic. In this speech DR.. Koch
give iae progress lie had made in the
remedy up % that time. and particularly
NJHs the public against frauds. 1t was
Joy these reasons, too, that he has kept
u matter secret ns he had not COM
p'itd the experiments, and did not want
i-se impressions 10 be circulated.
IL regard 10 the changes produced
upon a patient sick with tuberculosis"
sAd Dr. GTebc, we can see with our eyes
tle, ile symptoms are pains in the limbs,
coughing, and eXpectoration. Now If the
sane dose OF the lymph is given to per-
s'h VINO Is not suffering from the tubercu-
=" go FNlule ehect is produced; tnere-
i"e / conclude that even il il is not q cure
q certainly a diagnostic. In other
Notds. YOU can tell whether a person is
tll, m Hng from the tubercles or not.
In exterior tuberculosis the symptoms
Ae very evident and il is natural for us 10
'-ppose that they are the samointernally."
~ Grobe seemed 70 have great conf
os. oeage IN the remedy, but regarded it as
yet Incomplete
lhe Doctor has in his Office very good
picture OF Koch. The celebrated physician
seems 70 be about fifty years old, and wears
u2eH'a which Is slightly tinged with gray.
~. .s lace u strong one, denoting marked
,IL.electqsllty, and does not seem 10 have
.De usual German features, though he bears
MARKED likeness TO DIR. Grebe himself.
a. ne wears glasses, which add 10 his appear
'A'e and increase his look Of intelligence.
DOUBTFUL AND YET HOPEFUL.
would not like 10 express any
eplhion, said DIR. X. c. Smith. For my
pst ! cannot say that / woula like 10
aetlee on any Of my friends with the
1mph, although do not mean 10 sey
Soy taihg against It. i have not taken
ueI interest in the subject, thinking