The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-21
BAKING POWDER

and it is upon this theory(tha the pres
ent study is made.
To take smile, not strictly correct
from a medical stand point, hut sufficiently
accurate for popular INFORMATION, il nay
be said. the theory is that3the blOssoming
of the germs in the blood is the cause Of
the attack. The remedy which has
hitherto been used is bromide of potash.
This usually has the effect of postponing
the time when the spOFcs fructify, but
cannot wholly prevent 1t. The result is
that preparations composed principally
of this drug for a time seem to give relief,
but the attacks invariably return, fire.
quently with increase intensity, and often
continue until death jeusues
1t Is hoped by the experiments now in
progress, and by system of germ culture
and incubation, to. discover the manner
IN which the germs develop and some an
tidote for them. 1t is a task that may
consume years of painstaking research.
Involving the complex processes, it can
not be hastily done, and the men at work
have no intention of publishing a result
until they are, thoroughly satisfied Of its
correctness. 1t may happen that the
study of the blood now in progress will
only decide what effect the paroxysms of
the epileptiC have upon the blood. While
THIS would be in the nature of disap-
pointmeut, yet it alone would possibly
lead to the much hoped-for cure.
The course of investigation thus out
lined proceeds along the lines that have
already been so fruitful in the hands of
Pasteur and other bac5eriologists. The
study of the pathology of the disease has
failed to solve its mysteries. 1t is believed
that the seat of the trouble is in the cor
tex, or covering of the brain, but it has
been well-nigh impossible to distinguish
between the actual first cause and the
secondary effects. So many LESSONS fol-
low from the later action of the disease
that the problem is battling in the ex-
IRENE.
The institution at Gallipolis is full of
interest. There are many boys there,
some not over 10 years old. From this
early stage all phases appear up TO the
middle-aged and apparently confirmed
epileptic The children are grouped by
themselves. They form classes with the
others for the study of the disease but
this does not imply contact to any close
extent. 1t is a well-known fact. which
the recent murder of one patient by an
other has emphasized, that epileptics are
dangerous class.
The freaks of temper displayed are
often almost unaccountable The patients
at the Gallipolis hospital are without re
straint Every inmate has to be certified
by probate judge as not insane before
admission, yet Supt. Rutter says that so
far as control of themselves or their tenn
pers is concerned many of the inmates Of
the hospital are as esponsibleas a large
class of the men and women committed
to the state hospital for the insane Dr.
Rutter has had experience in hospitals
for the insane, and is qualified to speak.
Epileptics constitute the most dangerous,
and frequently the most violent, class of
IunaJlcs. All epilGptics are apt to be
weak mentally IN hapouna J.,
effects of the terrible strain of their
paroXysms This renders the manage
ment of an institution like the Gallipolis
both delicate and difficult.