Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-01-20

frequent In populous centers. There
are certain occupations which develop
Il moro rapidly than others. hut good
ventilation and other sanitary obscr.
vancea help much 10 guard the artisans
IN workshops from Ia ravagcs.
The tradcsmen most subject to con.
sumption In the past and indeed in the
present are cutler, peedlegripdcis,
atonccutters and, In some cases coal
miners.
One school Of medicine nj one time
held the malady 10 be incurablc.
Medical experts have differed widely
In treating II, and have ascribcd
diverse causes as 10 IT, origin.
In our time II has come TO be classed
a. a tubercular development resulting
from hacilil origin. Ia this
way II now ranks with dlphtheria,
cancer, and other diseases which are
said 10 he Of Insect, or parasite growth.
Professor Koch Of Germany has given
the matter 10 much scientific invosti.
CATION that the eyes Of the medical
world are now turned on him. He
has published a report Of HE invest.
cations and also the history Of his
world famous lymph.
Professor Koch says, In his report
that many physicians have become
acquainted with the properties OF his
new remedy for tuberculosis during
the past two months. lie Ia fully salts
fie'l, 20 far, that his remedy has n spe.
clilc effect on tuborcular tissues, and
Will prove a sure agent for diagnosing
doubtful cases. lie has had, during
the past ak weeks, personal knowledge
Of 100 patients Of varied types Of tu-
berculo,ls. and hls previous observa-
tlons have been fully confirmed.
The most interesting part Of this re.
port Is tho history OF the discovery OF
the remedy. The professor found that
by inoculatlng healthy guinea pig
with pure cultivation Of tuberclc bac.
GILL, the wound would close over aud
apparently heal, but after fourteen
days would develop Into an alternating
sore, continuing until death. BY do.
Ing the same thing with guinea pig
already affected with tuberculosis 1t
was found that quite contrary results
accrued. Thus Il was found that In.
Jected bacilli had contrary effects ON
healthy and on diseased guinea pigs.
IL was also found that great danger
attended the injection process and that
death resulted while experimenting on
the animals named. Finally lymph
was produced consisting Of glyccrine
and extract Of tuborcle which In skilful
hands was used with safety. II Il free
from mineral salts and all other noxious
elements. While the professor does
not claim for Il m absolute power 10
cure, yet he holds that II lisa powerful
curative. The lymph, II Ia claimed,
will stnrve out the tubercular bacllll
and permit nature to restore the waste
places with healthy tissue.
II is plain thai whatever may he the
result Of Professor koch's invcstign- |
lions, he Ia. conducted his researches |
within scientific lines aud on scientific
principles. He Is, certainly, no quack,
nor emplfic.
DR.. Virchow, the eminent bacterl-
ologi-t, indorscs koch's remedy In the |
case Of lupus, abo n tubercular disease
Of the must hideous kind. virchow IL
not 20 sanguine In regard to consump.
ton, but he hopes that further rcvcla.
lions la science win be forthcoming.
Lupus is a disease almost rs dreadful
n leprosy. II attacks the face, nose ]
aud eyes. II has Ia name from the
Latin word for wolf. In the past It
was commonly known a. touch me
not" Happily II Is not Of such IRE.
quen, occurrence s consumption.