The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1894-03-17
y New Scour.e Coming.
From the Toronto EmDire,

DR.. Paul Dobell one of the most emin.
eat ply" cinns i'll Europe is Il guest at the
hnssil iin'ise. He registers from Vienna
Austria. AS a mntter of fact his practice
extends throughout Europe. DIR. DobelI
visits America for tho first time. He has
sent many patients to this country f0l
their health and in every case the results
llavo been good. He intends visiting
Banf and several points. in British Col.
unbia before his return to Austria.
Speaking to an Empire reporter last
evening. he snid that an entirely new dis
ease had recently manifested itself in
Russia, and would, no doubt, within two
or three years, oversprcad Europe and
America as grip has lohe. The disease
was at present only in its initiatOry sta
ges, but the results, so far rs had ascer-
tained, were more deadly than any infec-
tlons disease, except cholera, known with
III recent years. The birth of the disease
has been traced to the Kara mines in ST.
IBERIA. and takes its name from them. It
manifests itself in the form of a white
rash about the nose, mouth and eyes
Wltaln Il day or two the patient loses the
power of speech and sight. and in forty
eight hours later usually dies of paralysis
OF the brain.
Speaking with reference to the knowl-
edge medical men have of the disease.
DR.. DObell said
The great difficulty in cases of Kara,
is that until the white rash appears,
which Ia a certain sign, the patient feels
well, and therefore does not consult Il
medical man. / have making n study of
the disease for months, and have arrived
at the conclusion that hot mineral baths,
IT taken in time prove effective. Of
conrse it would be idle for me or any
other medical mar to say that the disease
was thoroughly understood at present. I
have no idea as to what originates the
disease: and until such time IS we know
that Important point no permanent ad-
vance will be made in securing a curative.
So anxious was l to. learn the cause, that
last spring l went to the source o. the
EVIL, the mines by special permission,
and there learned the first victim had been
a little girl, the daughter of one of the
governors staff. Within two weeks of
her death over eighty ~convicts had died,
and seven guards. The child had never
been sick previouely, except having suff-
cred such ailments as children are usually
subject to-. She was nine years of aye at
death. l remained three months in the
noighborhood of the mines, and attended
several hundred patients. 1 made post
mortem examinations of them, ard in all
cases discovered that the pus secreted in
large quantities in the head and throat
contained bacilli of IL light 5rown color.
The bacilli of tuberculosis are white
This proves that the disease has a differ
ent origin. ] then began to experiment.
selected one group of prisoners and
gave them n certain kind IF medicine
Another group received another kind and
so on. l found in some cases after the
rash appeared, the patients taking one
kind of medicine would die within two
days. Those taking another kind would
live perhaps a week, and in other cases
three weeks. l found that many of those
who had taken mineral baths would sur
yiye."
rs the disease very painful 2" asked
the reporter.
No; that is the peculiar part of it
Patients do not seem to sugcr any pain.
They feel uncomfortable as though they
had Il bad cold in the head. That is all SO
far as l can discover"
"Do you think the disease will spread?''
"Uniess some remedy can be quickly
found l think the disease will be as com
mon in Europe and America as grippe.