The Washington times., 1894-12-31
DIR. 0'MALLEY PUT IN CHARGE
Health Office Nov Has Three Horses
for Anti Toxine Purposes.
It Ought to Have Ten Animals and Proper
Laboratory-Cost of Equipment and Main
tenance Very Diphtheria Can Be
Almost Entirely Eliminated by Prompt
Application of the Great Remedy.

cultural experiment station, on Benning's
road. The remaining three are the property
OF the District health Office. and are quartered
in the commodious stables at the Washington
Asylum.
On the top floor of the Marine Hospital
building, corner of New Jersey avenue and b
street southeast in the laboratory OF Passed
Assistant Surgeon J. Kinyoun, is the finest
apparatus in the world for preparing the tox-
ines, If being an improvement on tie appara-
tus in use in Berlin and Paris.
Health Officer Woodward has made appli-
cation to the Surgeon General of the Marine
! Hospital Service or permission 10 employ
! tins costly apparatus for the production oil Il
serum supply for the District and the permis-
sion has been granted. DR.. Austin 0'Mailay,
/ now on duty III the smallpox service, has
/ been designated by DR.. Woodward 10 take
! charge of this branch OF the service
Another horse had been offered for inocu-
/ laiing purpos 8, Tut was found TO be too
aged. Animals from four 10 seven years old
/ produce the best IT suits. The best authority
/ places the number OF horses required TO pro-
duce serum supply for the District al ten
animals at an average cost of from ! 40 to 500
each. 1t IS estimated that each horse could
| be maintained at cost of $40 per month, or
a total for the ten of II 200 per year.
The District spends now about $4,000 per
year for diphtheria prevention which does
rot prevent. aud tits contended that Con-
! gress should add the amount ecessary to
not only cure the iatal disease, but eradicate
| il 10y means OF protective, innoculauon Tor
| those who have been exposed.
''Should there be an outbreak OF diphtheria,
! which may occur at any time, sad prom
in LIT physician TO ii TIMES reporter last night,
! "it would almost break up the municipality
! FIN
or Aronsons German serGm which costs the
FANCY PRICE OF 81. 80 PER DOSE"
"There have already been three cases OF
diphtheria treated in Washington by the anti
toxic serum with varying results, owing to
the inexpenence of those using the prepara-
ton"
Another physician called attention to the
necessity for Congressional appropriation
for a laboratory and disinfecting apparatus
for the District health Office. The disinfector
in use now at the smallpox quarantine station
is the property OF the Marine Hospital Service,
having been loan 10 Dr. Woodward at the
time OF the first outbreak Of smallpox. Ii IS
estimated that 81 600 would put up a good
and sufficient laboratory building.
Those who are making study OF the new
and wonderful diphtherla cure say the Ger
man and French serum has passed its ex-
perimental stage. and that fully 1000 cas- s
OF diphtheria have been trs atcd already. New
York city has seventy horses under treatment.
and the mortality has been reduced from 90
per cent. to less than 20 per cent. In Eng
lend only l25 cases have been trealed thus
far, and the percentage was brought down 10
IL ont Of the first 100.
The officials OF the United States Marine
Hospital Service are watching with interest
the result obtained from the new dphtherla
cure. The officials are already in possession
of considerable information as TO the manner
and results of applying the anti-toxine in
Berlin and Paris. and the bureau recently
published two reports made by DIR. J. J. Kin
youn, who visited the Children's Hospital al
the former place and the Pasteur Institute at
Paris. TO study the methods in vogue there.
The doctors report OF his visit to the Pasteur
Institute has already leen published.
At the Childreu's Hospital, at Berlin, DR..
Kinyoun says the larger proportion OF cases
suffering from diphthetla are treated. There
were about thirty-fiye eases in the hospital at
the time of his visit, and their age was usu-
ally less than six years. The methods OF Civ
ing the injections OF anti-toxine and the time
for their administration are much the same as
IN THE PAsTEUR INSTITUTE.
The death rate is slightly lower than the
figures of the Paris hospitals, -or the reason
that in the first place the patients are sent to
the hospital sooner. and because the little
children receive better care than is accord ed
them III like insti utions in Paris DR.. Kin
youn goes into a very elaborate description OF
the methods and practices employed in the
hospital in the treatment OF tire disease.
The matter OF the control or supervision OF
the use of anti-toxine is also engaging the at
tenti5n OF the local authorities. and DR., Kin
hot an 1.D-t ~ KSah
convened meeting OF the Prussian board OF
health for determining what action should be
taken in that regard. Prof. Koch had eX-
pressed the opinion that there should besome
government supervision of the serum, so that
it could always he relied upon. Ifthere was
no such supervision it would not be very
long before spurious articles would be put on
the market, and not only a good remedy
would be brought into disrepute, but lives
would be sacrificed when they might be
saved.
1t was decided at the meeting of the board
that all serum intended for use in Prussis
should be inspected and tested for its purity
and strength before 1t would be allowed to be
used. This step, the doctor reports. was sat
iSfactory to all the parties concerned and vii
! be the means of insuriDg a good Article o
standard strength at all times for Prussia. Ii
this connection DR.. Kinyoun calls attention
to what he says will evidently occur in ou
>
. coming year. commence to prepare the seru n
as business and there will, without doubt
be many worthless articles. called anti-toxine
thrown upon the market. All the serum in
tended for sale, he believes, should be made
or tested by competent persons. The testing
in fact, should he done
BY DIsINTEREsTED PARTIES.
1.-THE anti-toxine," says the report, evil
never work miracles. 1t has its limits lik
any other agent. and like a perfect piece o
| machinery will not accomplish the full resul
unless directed by skilled hand. Some per
sons affected with this dread disease viii
succumb, 1t matters not how soon we appl.
(, the remedy. The majority will. however,
am sure, recover If the anti-toxine is givel
early and properly
In closing, the report expresses the hop
=, that soon every State and municipality vii
take the proper steps to provide facilities TO
supplying the remedy to the people. Incor
= porated in the report are number of table
= or charts showing the effects on the respira
ton, pulse and temperature of the admins
tration of the anti-toxine in various cases.
Referring to the production OF anti-diph
: theritic serum In the District, physician
said last night: can old plug OF a horse wort
only $50 when first placed under inocula
ton, becomes in about three months perfec