Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1891-03-08
For The YELLOWSTONE JoURSAL.l
Koch's Lymph and Consumption.

II is taken granted bS all scieG-
tific au hority tLat the minute germs
found in II e diseased parts Of the body
in cOnsu piion are tie cause OF the
dis, ase. These little parasites are 50
small that they will float like dust on
the air and n powerful microscope is
required to bring them into view
When they once gain fOOtbold In any
part Of tue body likely to be affected
by thsm, the lungs and joints being
favOIi'e places for their l. dgement,
they increAre aud multiply ~ the ex-
peDse Of the surrounding rIctures,
producing Ii,tiv ao ules called tuber-
cles, al d give out al iTtita.1 or poi
son, which cau-es u trral l1g down
proct ss To occur and a char = ia the
paris around them into che, masses,
hich may sOfte in the luL and be
coughed up. Now these IL TAR
sites we have callei "ge Ils" are
nown un0er the technical ame of
"hgcilli," and hence tue spec germs
of consumption are called lberele
baeil l."
DR.. Koch studied this subje,l faith
fully for twenty year., and had made
TIE chief dis eOveriss described above
wh-n he finally succeeded in extract
ing from tts consumption germ itself
a distance with which ne was able to
d roy the tissues in which the germs
lived and multiplied in the system. II
any one of US w-Te required to retain
or re4bsOrb the poison 9 that our bodies
are CONSTANTLY forming we would sOOS
die from tn sir effects. So the germs
q e If they have live in their own
waste products. Tbs then is the key
to the Koch treatment. He cultivates
the pOisOn of the germs. which sub
stance il knew iu u-der the
name Of "tuDrIcu,iu, la n mixture Ot
serum and giycerine, and having sep
slated this from the germs themselves
he IA, a powerful lymph. which when
| iii cfed under The skin Of a person
suff ring with clnfunptiOn, sets up n
violent reaction in the diseased re-
giOn, thereby destroying IL and it,
| o itained germs. Ia O.her word tbe
germs are trSa'ed To a dose Of their
o u poison, which is a. deadly -
/ Them as the poison Of the rAttlesnake
/ is 20 its n
ItmIy be asked why the Toison In
/ truduced oy KOch's method shOuld
destroy the germs and the poison they
themselves are constantly throwing
off ies not affect them. For this res-
SOD: The latter is carried of by the
vital action Of the body. poisoning It
and not the germs, whereas koch1s
lymph is put through culture which
renders il particularly virulent In IT.
action to collections Of tuberculous
matter and scarcely at all to Bhe
healthy portions of the body. This
fact enables the physician to distin-
guish between tubercular and nom
tubeTcul6r diseases, for II, after suita-
ble injections have been made, no tf-
, feet Is pro 1uced, the patient Is not
copsumptive, but il he Is so, q reae-
ton occurs, the seat of deposit In
flames. the heat of the body T ses, a d
, other ens of disturbance show them
, selves, lasting tor some hours. Thi~
also furnishes "A clue To the progress o.
case under treatment. fer II af. ?
: several injections w f. J any longer
, set up fever by them, il IL eviden \
that the system contains little -
no'hing LEFT for TIE lymph 70 -
upon, and that the disease is bel eT :
: cured.
? This p'a1 of treatment is as yet
= new that its ultimate fate cannot W
!, be corr. ctly stated. but the mass o.
testimony for and against Is great and
: rapidly growing. There is one factoi
Y of the utmost importance To the eVt
/, dence which we must wais tor. name
ly. a sufficient laJse of time to t's
= the permanence of alleged cures ina
r have been effected by the new treat
e ment. We must not be too sangutBe
A During a medical experien e OF
quarter of n century / have wi nesse'
: the rise and fall of many wouid-O
: revolutions in medical science. an
v while it is not improbable that gain
i In knowledge of enormous benefit
the human family may spring direct
Is ly OF indirectly from KOch's disoov
a cry, We should temper our enthusiasm
is with oonser satism but hope for "a
m best.
A W nderful impetus has bee
given TO the search for consumF
ton cures throughout the world. ao
every day witnesses in America I
abroad a new aspiTant for immors'
honors. That permanent and ueeiu
n additions to our knowledge will BE- IN
re outcome Of all this there can be \
If doubt SCIENTIA.
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