The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-11-23
The New Cure For Diphrheria, Crdup,
Etc.

pest last month be not eyerstat-
ed. thenithe whole world owes a
deep debt of gratitude to the
Young French savant, DR.. Roux,
for the patient aud heroic re-
Searches which have lead to the
discovery Of an eifectual cure for
Group and diphtheria. and opened
tie way for further results not
less startling. Such is the intro.
ductory announcement in the
London Daily Graphic, which also
gives the following:
The distinguished DIR. Marsan
points out how the new method
VAS established. Diphtheria is
| produced by microbes which
plant themselves in the mem.
bFane of the throat and multiply;
but unlike the bacilli of other in
fectious diseases, they remain OBJ.
stinately in the same position,
neither penetrating the system
nor the blood. But if the deadly
animalcules remain at the door,
they are still able to secrete a
poison Of extreme violence. called
lozin,n which quickly penetrates
The circulation and infects the
whole body. This toxin, thanks
to the achievements of science,
can now be isolated, and in the
form Of fine powder viii cause al
most immediate death when in.
ieeted into animals. However,
it has been found that if a very
small dose be introduced into.
certain animals, especially the
ho26. only a feeble reaction is
prqliseed. By repeating the OPP
eTaion, with gradually increasing
| doses Ii VI ing -
NAL finniy revolts, and becol
not only impervious to the toxin,
but destroys il, and from this sin.
gular result is due the origin of
4 the new substance with which
DIR. Roux wages war against
diphtheria. In IA word, it is the
basis OF a great revolution in the
medical world, which henceforth
will recognize in Serum the.
rapyn heaven-sent system to
root out most of the diseases con.
nected with childhood. AS DIR.
Marsan well says. there are tox-
ins and anti-toxins for all mic
robic affections. Serum therapy
will eventually discover a remedy
for all infections diseases. Yes
terday it was tetanus in animals
that it cured, to-day it is diph-
liberia, tomorrow it will be tu-
berculoise. If you go to the In
stitute Pasteur, you will find com.
fortably stalled in the garden
some ten or dozen cab horses,
in prime condition, aged from
six to nine years, whose mission
in life is to furnish the precious
fluid which every day snatches
many a young life from an un
timely grave. They are in their
measure unconsciously solving
the problem of how to stop the
depopulation of France. They
are well cared for, there is no
cruelty in the process. no suffer-
ing entailed. The first process is
to inject the deadly yirus-the
t0Xln-lnto the shoulder oil the
horse This of course, at first
causes a slight indisposition, but
after d while no i'll effect is felt
the second step is to draw from
the neck Of the prepared ami
NAL a iudicions quantity of blood.
If the blood be allowed to stand
for a while, the red corpuscles
settle to the bottom. and the
operator can then draw off the
fluid, Of a yellowish hue, resting
above and containing the serum,
or antioxin. This, in its turn, is
Injected under the skin of the
| patient by means of a syringe an
lalogous to that used for injecting
morphine.
tits now thought that Ex. Con.
gresham Wilson win be given a
place on the Supreme Bench if
Justice Howell Jackson's present
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