New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-16
THE CURE FOR DIPHIHEhIA'
HOW ANTI-TOXINE is OBTAIN f''

=. ,xrrprsr1SG DISCUSSION OF nEHfiN"S us
co,.rpv py PROFESSOR BARucH-sr''LSS
r,,r METHOD or TREATMENT
.,,od y, curing diphthcria by nocuia,
,;on was Interestingly described ~ ~ ,'ro-
-. -, 70 Il Eas, seventy -sevenih-s''' ~"
80" =, hac,crioogy and infectious diseases IL
49, ve,ronoli,an Post-ciraduate Medl'"
,hs Flower Hospital and the women ~
Icgc TO a Tr'hune reporter the o'"'' my
lows: - ,,scovered by
.Tbe germ OF dphtheria was -
4, tho year 1856 Soon. however IL wa
,ound that the disease was not 'a"S'l ~
,resence OF the germ itself. but by SP','", ~.
which Il produced. and when was "'' -, ,,o
svs,em II we dctach minute p -
syn.."'. ,,,, membrane from the throat OF pei.
coriryt from dphthcria. many mlioHs "
,n,c,ohcs vii be found upon It, II we """'p'',,,
-, 81, a so,u,on o. beef Juice (bouionl 'Hey wiz
,,,,, enormously within twenty-iouf ho"'S' Az"
aaualIv we shall yello~isli-"h''e "'"''
eerns aggregate and SINK 10 NV ~,
s.., when filtered and freed from germs ''''N
euid will prove just AZ poisonous ""," 1o,
,,a s the germs themselves. nave H'
49, ,. a.. ui,hin two or thre" days ai'e' an
',.,,o, ~ Oo2; cubic centmctre OF this p"'So"'
no ascertain the character OF ms poison, anu w
rooan. OF neutralizins It's cHec's h"N '
ain, and effort OF medical science lot many
NJ
,ar pebring OF Berlin. and not 10 Ut "o"N'
ieSSo' -, s,.,od who however. is a scientist
=, ro,, attachments. and has rendered very N"'"
AHA servces In this field OF medical research, ''''
before Behring's method-whi'h ""S p''"'
a.rIv az 1889 efforts were made 10 ''n"e' ''
immune against disease by NOV "'"' 80
'am,, increasing doses OF the poison when pro-
auced Il thus rendering them accustomed " '''''
-, f. the same manner that people nave ne
ro,,o accustomed to gradually Increasing "oSe'
OF morphine or digi'ahs.
Not WITHOUT DANGER
..vbilc this method is not void OF success u j.
treo,,ently not without danger ana ''s"'Po'",'"
90 ve have lately witnessed III I'M c''e VI ,
,uberculin ! hav. reason, however w
that this will yet prove us'l"' ' -, ,
modioed form and that Koch VIII break "'S 'o"e
uaoo h,, the announcement OF "A si9naI success
behring's method differs greatly from that OF his
r.dec.ssors and while 1t Is harmless " - YIN
cicnt. ,,s ,,o ron
dered immune against disease. Tor instance "'P"
,,ar,a their blood is found 10 contain certain P'o'
,s Ian,i-toxines, which counteract the diphtheruc
noison and heighten the resisting power %, OF ,ne
body and rs tissue or,,on the rum Of the blood
!, Is This serum which Behring innocu,a,es, , ma
it gained in the f ShlcS has been rendered i'm
mnne by various inocua lions OF dpntheric po's ~
is biedwhich can De d onf Weeksand the blood
an,nSd into sterIlized glass cylinders Here
IUd 70 SETTLE for about twentyfour hours ana
When the solid constituents have sosgus s amn
is CAREFULLY poured of To this we aad pc, reme
-, carholIc acid preserve 1t. ana the anti-toH!
Is ready IT rs well, however to shield II from the
This serum in small auantisis r, a very
S,cb the animal has been subjected 10 inocuia9ns
w ~n,mai. which originally would have succumbed 70
Anim INA cubic centimetres OF the poison gradually
49, ssveral hundreds thousands OF cubic centl.
ues ~ the same preparation IT. to counterac,
u certan amount Of dlphtheric poison we needed
&C. .uhic centimetre OF serum. taken from horse
Which has received but three or four NEGOTIATIONS;
WI would need only 00nj cubic centimetie OF
ssrunr taken from horse treated for eight OF
nIna months TO achieve the same object
NO DOUBT AS TO THE CURE
"Or the power OF this remedy to prevent and cure
d,rbtbcria there can be no question. II was hrst
,,sns,veIv used In Berlin where the mortality sank
from s4s per cent to I21 per cent Later IL was
used in Paris and the reports OF Roux show a de-
crease OF mortality from $50 per cent to 70 per
c.n, The number OF favorable reports regarding
his remedy Is daily growing. and In my own hands
r. has proved o perfect boon. From these hguIes
il evident that not all cases OF diphthera treatca
In this manner have been saved But al coud