The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-21
A THEORY OF CHoL BRA INFECTION
Two New Cholera Fscilli Discovered
by Russian Doctors

Two New Cholera Taciln Discovered
by Russian Doctors.
From Inc Lon don Standard
Our st. Petersburg correspondent writes:
"a new theory of the origin of cholsraic infec.
ton has just been expounded at a special meet
ing of the Russian Medical Society of ST. Pc.
tersburg by Prof. Nensky. This gentleman.
although not widely known, even in Russian
medical or scientific circles, has for the psst
two years been investigating the subject from
all conceivable points of view and under very
propitious circumstances, for he is director of
the meteorological laboratory at the Institute
or Experin ental Medicine which belongs to his
hlghness Prince Oldenburg. This institute
dispatched fous physicians to BaSu and
Astrakhan while the cholera epidemic was
at It's hight 10 those cities, with instructions to
open a meteorological station In each for the
purpose OF experimenting on the subject of
cholera, it's origin and cure. These are ths
cities in which, while the doctors went about
preaching the necessity OF killing the bacili the
people were still more Jealous and enthusiastic
in propsgating the necessity of killing the doc
tors, and one of the latter DR.. Bostein, deserves
great credit for the calm industry and energy
with wHich he pertevered In his Investigations
until he arrived at what now seems q satisfac.
tory result, calculated to impart a new and
fruitful direction to the efforts of bacterologists
to discover the best means OF doing battle with
the cholera.
Whenever Dr. Blostein inoculated animals
with cholera Injection by injecting an infusion
OF koch's bacilli under their skin they continued
to live and enjoy themselves as usual, lust as
Pettepkofer and so many of the opponents of
the bacillus system did after they hsd swallow
whole colonies of Koch's cholera bacin But
whenever. instead Of the artficialy cultivated
bacillus, the simultaneous injection consisted
OF a portion of the patients discharges a
speedy death with all the usual sym ptoms of
Az attic cholera was the result. Now as Koch's
bAclli we're present in the former spec es Of
injections, DR.. Blosteln argued that, seeing that
they were likewise active in the latter kind of
IA oil NhAF
probably some other kind OF bacillus rnust be
present in the discharges to account for the
difference of result. And IL was TO determine
the value of that alRebraical Z that he next
directed his efforts. After time they proved
successful, and the persevering Investigator
discovered to his Joy two per fectly new
micro organisms, the influence Of which he very
soon determined. Whenever he inoculated an
auimal with supposed cholera virus, consisting
either Of Roch's bacilli alone or of the two
newly discovered organisms, the inoculated ami
malS went about their business as usual without
a hitch. and seemed little affected as il he
had given them lump of beet-root sugar In
stead OF cane sugar. But he had only TO unite
all three baccilli in one infusion injecting this
under the animals skin. and the latter sickened
and died of Asiatic cholera in a very short time.
The conclusion would seem 70 be that Asatic
cholera is the result OF the ravages OF three diff
terent microbes. which must be present in the
human body simultaneously. Hence Petten.
koter, Emmerch, and many others swallowed
with impuntty whole colonies Of Koch's bacilli
unaccomDanied by the other two; hence also
khavkin's incubation OF patients was absolutely
frultesS.
Experiments are now being made for the
purpose OF discovering whether incubation. if
the subcutaneous injection contains all three
ro-organisms together, will guarantee the
patient from injection. and. II SO, for how long
The results Of these experiments, which may
possibly mean the finsl extirpation OF Asatic
cholera, are looked forward % with impatience
~ the medical circles OF 81 Petersburg and
Moscow"