The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-31
kCopyright 1895. by S. S. Mcclure
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New York, Marcn q, 1S95.-The new
woman is not likely to be alone in hel
novelty when the end of the century
comes. 1t seems probable that we are
TO have new man as Well--in fact, a
new race. This viii come, not through
the commonplace channel of the ballot
but through progress in the science OF
medicine. In medicine is included not
only the science of healing, but the
science Of preventing.
All over the world, nowadays, busy
men are at work IN busy laboratories
studying out new Inventions and per-
fecting old ones. Never before in the
history Of the world has there been
such a concerted movement along pro-
gressive lines in any profession. Never
before have such results been accom-
pIished. Not even in electricity has
the advance been so striking as it has
been in medicine. In New York city
TWO men may be said to be at the head
or this advance.
The senior of these is DR.. George
tNShrady. 1t is through Dr. Shrady
tffFt the medical men Of America speak
TO and hear from the medical men Of
me world, for he is the editor of the
Medical Record, publication which
ranks with the London Lancet as one
OF the highest mediums of medical in
formation in existence. DR.. Shrady
mas long been man of much i'm
portance to the public. 1t was he who
cared for General Grant during his last
illness. He was the only American
with whom the late DR.. Aiorrell Mac
kenzie consulted during the final liz
ness of the German emperor. Despite
mis- laborS as the editor-in-chief Of one
OF the leading medical journals of the
world, despite his private Practice and
despite his daily and philanthropic
work in the New York hospitals, he
stiil finds time not only TO comment on
but to make practical tests of nearly
every important new appliance or
method IN the field of surgery. to which
he gives his special attention.
The Junior of the two is DR.. C!Tus
Edison, who represents medicine proper
as Or. Shrady represents surgery
proper. DR.. Edison is better known as
sanitationist than otherwise. be-
cause OF his position as commissioner
OF health in New York city and presi-
dent or the New York state board OF
heahh: but his study of the whole field
or medicine has been minute and ac-
curate. In his busy days he finds time
for much besides his official duties.
His Office practice is large. his contri-
are numerous, his experiments and in
vestigations are unceasing. It was he
who first took up seriously the develop
1nent OF the new dipntheria cure IN
America; his recent discovery Of the
means Of definitely discriminating be-
tween The blood Of human beings and
The blood Of animals bids fair to be one
of humanity's greatest safeguards
against murder, and these together
with many other things have made
DR.. Edson's position nos only eminent
in New York, but almost UNIQUE in all
The world Of medicine.
No two men are better qualified to
predict the future of medicine as a
whole than these.
= Wide Application of the PRINCIPLES
of the Diphtheria Cure.
According to Dr.. Edson's idea the
new d1phtheria cure is perhaps the /
most important invention of the age |
Tie considers that it is the wedge !
which VIII open a vast store house OF |
new scientific truths, and he thinks |
that these truths will, perhaps, prove |
to be more important than any other
OF those we have 20 learn.
1T is my opinion" said he, ''that |
the grea est of the new discoveries
will come along the line of anti-toxines.
'Foxine means poison, and anti-toxine,
therefore, means simply an antidote
discovered that the human system in
stead of submitting meekly 70 the In
roads of diDhtheria until a doctor
comes along to brace it uD and hclD it
light, combats the disease long and
powerfully CT Itself. AS SION as Tie
diphSher:c poison gains Il fnoth1ld in
the human bO3y the system develops a
which acts as the direct foe
OF the deadly germ. In many cases
this property would be of itself enough
10 Vanquisn the disease. even should
not the doctor assist it with his medi-
cine These Is TIE mid cases. But !.
so Firulen- - this particular poiscn
and so strong must le this resistant
force that The human system can hot
develop large enough Cuani-ty Of it
10 overcome me severer attacks, and
10 this is due the large proportion Of
deaths from the particular disease I'M
der discussion. 1t is true however.
that no artificial remedy ever prepared
IS so well fitted to resist diphtheria as
IS this natures own
This was the glst OF the first i'm
portant point which the French scien-
fists laid bare. They found that the
disease of Gtphtheria was in reality the
of particular poison in the
system and that nature had q method
OF resisting it. They found that the
only flaw in the whole affair was ma
Lure's Inability to develop enough Of
me resistant power to overcome the
presence Of the poison in large guam
Mites. The poison was the toXine ma
lures resistant power was the anti
-oxine. They saw at once that if they
,ould find q way to develop the <inti-
.oxine artihcially and then 70 intro
luce IL into the system in large GUAM
tues, dlpntherla would be CONQUERED
ihey knew that the anti-toxine could 2
'nly be developed by nature itself and
ut nature would only bring il forth
zen the presence of the toxine de-
handed it. They then reasoned that
f they should introduce the toxine into
. MAS system nature would create
he anti-toxine to offset 1t, and that If
he did 1t in man she would probably {
10 i in other animals. This they l
ound 20 be true. Their reasoning was
nipple and direct, and it has proved {
& be absolutely accurate. BY infect
ag animals with dlphtheria Ga a mild I
orm the brenchmen found that an ,
nti-toX-ne was produced (which could !
'e drawn from the animal, ind intro !
uced Into the numaI, system suffering !
rom diphtheria, thus reinforcing the :
mali supply OF anti-toxine ALREADY :
Here with sufficient new resistant !
over 10 overcome the disease en-
rely. They have found that the
orse is the most available animal for J
his purpose, and it is probable that
here are in the world today more !
han two Thousand horses which are
eDt II constant state Of diphtheretic !
Injection for the purpose of developing
he fluid which kills the disease they I
uffer froin. S
ut is along this line of the devel- '
oment Of natures remedies that t
elieve the greatest advance in medi :
inc will come. We shall slowly cast (
side orr moor artificial drugs and I