New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-09-23

list OF his own experiments and their practical
results. Il is not too much to say that he won
greater triumph than did Pasteur over hocH III
the Congress OF 1883 at Geneva.
1t was on February l of the present year that
NJ. Roux began his treatment of dphtheria In the
Hospital des Infants Malades. al Paris. From
that date he visited the pavilion Of dlphtheria
every day. and applied his treatment TO ell the
children. matter what their state No choice
being made among them, and the nursing ana
other remaining the same. the results may
properly be compared with those previously oo-
tanned. Moreover, in another childrcns hospitai
of Paris G'H0pltal TrousseiuD. during the same
time the serum was not used. The statistics reach
from February / to July 81, covering the two
characteristic periods Of the year-wlnter' when
diphthera Is frequent and dangerous, and summer
when 1t Is
The trea tment by serum was applied TO 48 chill
dren. OF these 100 died, giving a mortality OF Ab
per cent as AGAINST a previous 5l7l per cent OF
deaths in the same hospital In the H6ptal Trous-
seau. where the antl-toxc serum was not used' OUT
of $40 children treated during the same time, Sis
ded-a mortality of 60 per cent by Distinguishing
tne opfraton OF @ f ne e eyeraae mortality
at the Enfants Maldes during the last four years.
had been 1894 per cent or over one-tnira o. vs.
cases treated During the six months OF the !reas
seau. where the serum was not used. i remaned
the Enfants Malades, during the four years pre-
vious to the serum treatment the mortality was
trea tment it fell to - per cent At the Trousseau.
without serum, 1t continued at Sc per cent .-ynpC
to e Explain not Why If the ' remedy IS true specific
there still remains an average mortality OF one
cent?. 1t is, first because certain number OF
children arrive in the hospital when already at me
Second. because dphtheril is often complicated
with other diseases. the special microbes OF wnisn
may wei not be susceptible to the action OF the
Finally NJ. Roux considers it proved that simple
gives mortaity Of not more than per ent-sorne
thing which is benlanity itself compared with what
The Hnnsarlan Minister of the Interior who was
sion in person. He arose and. to the ENTHUSIASTIC
pauds of an audience largely composed OF praS-
Using physicians. warmly complmented Al; houx,
who has thus won another triumph Tor the ne"
In the case Of cholera which occupied several Of
the following sessions the triumph Of Pasteprs
at least 80 far bs as As 6 Koeh
comma bacillus, IL has 10 fight for its reputation .i
versity OF Vienna gave brief exposition OF the
actual state Of the question he considers IL as
do with cholera but he also holds 1t evident that
there must exist some other factor OF great I'm
portance in the causation Of the disease; Inc
comma barus lives easily In the climate OK Europe
1t must, therefore. be this other unknown microbe
Of cholera. which need not be bacteria az an, tnas
climate for length OF tine Agan the comma sd
the characters assigned 1t by Koch are SO variable
AZ
difficult especially when there IS question of ana
lyzing waters The latest methods of the Koch Z,
s veed the q ac, ha; s the mmtiy Of animals
vacclnated against tho comma bacillus Is not as
stable as had been S7 PeaaPT 1e Of ssee
mated animals. may prove more eficaclous. But so
else and OF little practical worth
The discussion which followed brought out some,
curious and believe. little known facts. Profess
sor Perk OF the University OF Budapest. gave the
results Of the bacterioocical examination o. l,Oc0
Of mol ne
city. The comma bacillus OF Koch was found IN W
Mortal RT5 af than the remanrS 80 per cent in which
trace OF the comma 10 be found. on the other
Soldiers 5t s' werc noted for the Abundance OF the
comma DR. Pertik mentioned me tnterestI1s nace
that in his own experience, the INFUSION OF onion
had extraordinary power OF destruction over inc
~ Metchnikof. an ardent disciple OF Pasteur.
pointed on; tina; man IS the only animal reaiiy s's
making conclusive experment. Al the lnsttut fas s q
teur 1873 IL demonstrated on the human suo-
ject tina; kochs y.orlo Is reany a sPec'e s" ;, -
Asatic cho"ra b1t me experiment asp sho~sa ' az
there mus; be- some other factor rms canno, pe
stomach az had been thought. for the comma bfcii-
JUS speak, laughs at the most acid stomach
through into the ntestnes. What most curious Is
the local immunity entoyed. for example, by me
vbro MS been found in the water at Versailles and
pro ucel the dse,se when c 5mmunicated TO human
silva explained the Bacillus OF the late mild epidemic
proved to b. degenerate comma Of Koch which 9y
pro W cJtiyat able to regain all the strength
Of the vertable lrdiar vibrio. .
Altogether. the impression carried away from tne
Congress by the profane IL that while questions or
qaTan may have been solved. the pract cal treat
ment of actual cholera patients has not been adr,
vancei greatly by the science. IL seems pity
that the treatment Of Or. John Chapman, VINO app
pied Tee the spinal co,umn. has not been perse-
vered H.: IL gave brilliant results under Dr. Peters.
the opponent Of Plsteur. and might disclose the
missing factor" At the cosa OF the Congress TIE
American Dr. Billings deserved compliments for pre-:
venting the stampeding through OF ili-considered
resolutions.