The evening times., 1895-10-26
'Ih FlV0R OF ANTI -T0nN[
Prominent Physicians Do Not
Agree With Dr. Vim. Cook.
BLOOD PoIsoNINGN CAUSED
There Are Some Makers OF the Rem
edy Who DO Not Use Precautions.
There Have Been One or Two Sud-
den Deaths From It's Use, Pit None
From Blood Poisoning.

| The attack of DR.. william H. Cook. of
| Chicago, published in yesterdays Morn
| ing Times, upon anti-toSine, In which h'
says that ~ is responsible for great
many cases of blood poisoning, meets
| with general disapproval among the physi-
clans OF this city.
! 1t is quite true that in some eases sudden
death has followed the use of anti-toX
! inc, but the physicians claim that IL was
not due Ia the serum, but to some poison
| Gus toxic which had entered the fluid
after il was prepared.
Another way it might lie accounted for
| is that irresponsible persons are making
and putting on the market an aDti-tuxine
which is prepared by them without the
| usual precautions employed by the rccag-
| nized makers of the new discovery. IL
may he the case in Chicago that some one
| is making the fluid, like the man with the
| twcnty-iive-ccnt razors, Ito SELL
l. In n small southern town ON every court
day a Iakir would come To the tIwh and,
after borrowing "A large dry-goods box.
| would take his stand on it and begin To
declaim the advantages of his wares in u
| loud yuice.
1t happened one day that he had some
raZors To sell, and in order tn make 1t an
inducemcnt To buy he would throw In n
pair of socks, six OF eight handkcrchicfs,
pockctbook and several other small ar
ticles-all for the sum of twenty-five cents.
Finally an old cuuntryman stepped up
and bought a bunch. The purchaser then
departed, and on the next court day the
fakr again made his appearance. He be-
gan to extul the beauty of his things,
when up walked his customer of a pre-
vIous sale and began to abuse him, call
ing him cheat, fraud and liar
NOT MADE FOR THAT PURPOSE.
This razor won't shave" howled the
warmer.
"who said il would" rctorted the fakir.
''Thosc razors were made to sell. They
were not made to shave"
That is probably the way with DR..
Cooks anti-toXine. He probably got some
that was made to sell and not 10 cure.
1t can readily be seen what an injury could
be done any standard drug If irresponsible
parties began the promiscuous Manufacture
Of it. OF course the doctor would not know
whether IL was good or not.
He would get il from the druggist and
that is all there is to il. But AS there
are only few antiroxine manufactures
in the country it woui'i be Il comparatively
cnsy thing for even a Chicago physician
to ostain the genuine article.
Among the very prominent physicians in
teryicwed by The Times reporter to-day
regarding the number of cases they had,
OF had heard of, were the following:
DR.. Walter Wynan, surgeon general Of
the Marine Hospital Corps: Il have new
er heard of a case OF blood poisoning as q
result OF the use Of Intl-toxine. We had
about the second horse ever inoculated in
this country, and We shipped the serum
of our own culture through the service
and also sent out Il great many samples
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had the most gratifying results from II.
Il have never even heard OF a case
where it was charged that anti-toxine
was the cause of blood poisoning. l can
see, though, how it might occur. Impure
serum, or a dirty needle that WAS used
Tor injecting the serum, might cause blood
poisoning, but l have never heard Of IT,"
DR.. Henry krogstad, homeopathic ply
sician, and one of the physicians who at
tended Secretary Gresham in his last ILL
ness: Il have never had case in my own
practice where j used antitoxine, but in
discussing the remedy l have never heard
il charged that it was the result of blood
poisoning
DR.. Samuel c. Busey: Il do not know of
any cases where anti-tOXiDe caused blood
poisoning. There have been a few cases Of
sudden death after its use, but they were
all too sudden for blood poisoning"
HEALTH OFFICE OPINION.
1t is the opinion of the District health
officials that the anti-toxine remedy, as OBJ
tained and dispensed here, may be en-
ployed with the utmost safety In the treat
ment of diphtheria, Notwithstanding DR.
Cook, of Chicago.
The item in The Morning Times giving
DR.. Cooks views was called to the attcn-
ton of the health office to-day. and in the
absence of DR.. Woodward Chief Clerk Nc
Clane and DR.. Fowler both stated that the
serum has been in use quite extensively by
local physicians with what appears to have
been excellent results.
1.-The serum" DR.. Fowler said. is OBJ
tained by the Marine Hospital Service The
horses are first carefully examined rs to
their physical condition. and such only as
are absolutely sound are employed Ihave
heard nothing against the use of the serum,
and should not hesitate for a moment to
employ the remedy in my own family.
There is sometimes a species of hives
known as uticaria, that develops, 1 am in
formed after the serum is administered, but
it is an incident of no moment. The erup-
ton, if II may be called such, produces an
itching, but it is not troublesome. / should
suppose also that it will bring any humor
If the blood to the surface, and that if
scrofula is in the system it might be made
to manifest itself, but unless this DR.. Cook
can produce statistics to hack up his as
sertion ] shall be disposed to place but