The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-11-29

The Successful Ex pc rlments OF New York
md Chicago rhysIcians in RMssln.

The Successful Ex p~rIments OF New York
nnd Chicago E'hysictans In RUSSIA.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 2S. = Consul G enoral
Crawford. ut st. Petersburg. makes an impor-
taat report to the State Department on tho
cholera epidemic in Russia. aud Of tho SER
physicians. He says:
Il take great pleasure and pride IN calling
attention to tho fact that u young physician Of
the United States. because Of his emiuenty
successful career In tho Oldenburg Institute
OF Experimental Medicine In this city. was
selected by the Russian Government to go to
BnSoo. erect q laboratory there. and conduct
series OF scientific experiments relative to
the cause OF cholera. and more especially to
its locus in the human body. The name OF tho
physician Is Arthur G. Blackstein Of New York
city. a graduate OF Cornell University One
year ago he came to tho Oldenbnrg Institute
Of Experimental Medicine in this city. where
he has devoted his entire time to the
study Of disease producing bacilla and kin
dred studies. On the breaking out OF the cpl
demic In Russia. Blackstein was thought to DO
the best equipped for conducting a series OF
scientific Investigations on cholera. He was.
therefore. by special recomm on dation. made
an active member Of tho Institute OF Expert
mental Medicine OF st. Petersburg. and was
Immediately entrusted with the important
l'' VIE Dr. Biackstein adm its that the Russian
Government has made great efforts to chack
been generally successful. especially in the
| larger cities. But in those towns In which the
t
existence OF Asintc choIera. much harm was
unintentionally done He says that the ding.
should r. made without it in the actual treat
Dr.. Blackstein concludes that the phrase.
killing bacteria. can only have practical IN
tisiniect places and things Tie idea. he
says. which the physician who deals with
that the bacteria can be made harmless. He
is fully convinced. as d result OF his own ex.
s od tSst il '
action in cholera is the Intestinal canal
The method Of treating cholera patients
duced ut Obuchow Hospital. in this city Sept.
3 1892. by Elmer Lee who came here properly
purpose OF obtaining pel omission to treat O
number OF cholera patients by this method.
R Lee Essdent Of tie Palmer
burg he was put in communication with the
medical corps OF the cholera hospital. to whom
1T was decided by the h3snital corps to give
given him which was admitted to be grave.
This case was promptly treated. but with i'm.
Fl the or
given him. and they recovered. Then four
had treated in all twenty seven cases person.
| ally. twenty-four OF which recovered. showing
mortality OF only II per cent have per.
sonally visited these patients at the Obuchow
| Hospital and have m ade clinical notes In ref.
erence to them: l have talked with several
physicians Of the hospital stan. AM have. re-
| ceived from them only words Of the highest
praise over the results obtained"
| close and extended observations. fortified by
| the opinions OF the two eminent physicians
| be 1t the common bacillus or otherwise must
be taken into the stomach in its active state
cult OF these Investigations is that cooking the
| food and boiling the drink render the cholera
poison innocuous. II these conclusions are
epidemic OF cholera. and no adds that he
| wishes the people ut home to know that II
thsro need be but little apprehension over