New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-04-08
NOW ANT1ToxrNs PROTECT US.

VOW ANTITOXINS PROTECT US.
ADDITIONAL LIGHT THROWN on SOME FAMILIAR
PHENOMENA REGARDING SICKNESS.
The wide publicity given last year to the FACTS re-
earding tho antitoxn remedy for dphther'a hitur''
" reminded mcst people of Jenner great u'Sco'e'
OF inocula ton against smallpox OF dS'eui '"V
researches in o the nature and behavior of the virus
of anthrax. cholera and rabies, ana OF 'He Preii"
ture mention of Koch's experiments IN regard 10
curing cor SUMPTION None Of the agents for de-
f,r, infections disease here referred TO, however
have had the extensive practical use Hoi nave
achieved such conspicuously beneficial results as
,.occi,ot,on ard the new means OF dealing Win
diphtheria And, though psychologists nave pee'
actively investigating the possibility OF EXTENDING
tho eone general system of treatment to other IN
fo,,ious Diseases Il IS only within very short time
that the underlying principle OF It's operation I'd"
boon really understood.
Vaccine virus was taken from COW tha' han
had n mi,Ier maiady than smallpox, ana miihnha'dS
who had had 'cowpox' were what the doctors no"
cu "ipmune" against smallpox. Pasteur ana
o,bore found that many Of the most dangerous
r,,lodes 10 which man and certain domestic an
nails are subject were IN some way atulou'do'e "
exceedingly small living beings. VarouSly cd'ic'
"microbes" "bacilli' and bacteria WHO" arc
fonpd in the diseased But 1t is very re-
,o,, revelation that the disease germ d.d not ac-
.,,,,,ish its pernicods work by direct action Out
by sccreng Characteristic poison which hc's uPo"
the victims heart. This poison, or toxin II II 10"
known. may be neuralizcd by substance iouhd
in tho blood or milk Of an immune amman anu
called an 'antlsoxin." The term IL not limited IN
to snnlcation to the particular article used Tor
i,,c,lotlne dphthcril patients. Just as cach one
~ several matadies has It's own bacillus ana toNh'
60 each has It's own special an'ltoXln we may
sneak therefore, Of antitoXins as class. In t"is
cor nectou some medical Investigators ana lecturers
have recalled the familiar fact that with the ma
or ~ n MALAY
. s,,rl.t fever and measles renders the patient
,,,,f against another. but smallpox does not pro-
toct ono against measles. nor measles aSahs, scar
T., ,.vcr Inst 50 the Intentionally produced anti
toxin OF dlphthera is no safeguard against cho'ra
mr. fvubod fever and the art!t0xns OF the latter
,,yo diseases would rot save person from elph-
.hri, rb.y are an separate and distinct sub
stances although similar in derivation ana action.
I, Is hardly necessary 10 t" any careiui Teal'r OF
Tho Tribune At this late day that tn animal from
whose blooc an anttOXiu is obtained j. hrst reh-
lored immune" 10y introducing into It's circulation
a, intervals and In very small but gradually IN
cr,,..ne doses the very toxin or poison which u IS
,,.,.t.l 20 overcome This toxin h PRODUCED hy
r,riyai!ng the bacillus % IN" m'aIy In suitable
uo,tll The germs arc tA"n carefully uttered out
Dan. tho p5son which thoy have secret'd remains
,..n,,l and tho hul Is tE"n carefully sealed up n
small walls Yer, minute quantities. injected under
the skin. viii briuS on the malay 70 "mch II Is
peculiar
=, reeon, lecture IN Washington. i. e., ~
,;..,r,a N -:ornrerg credited two japanese pac-
,a,i,r,gf4,s O:lta ani Jasuhara with being u"
o,., >, demonstrate the fact that. so far "s
..,r,x is concerned az l.1s'. there Is dstinci
material In az immun" animals h.o'd when WEI
,,utr,li-e tho t5x, products of the diseas nluc.ng
bacillus Thi. was In ls}'. AMI In the same year
r.hr.ng ~ Rcrl.rp AMI Karas)ta proved The same
thing In regard - ,ocSmw and diphtheri1 when are
human ma.alies Anthrax j. a disease o. sAe'p
and kline other investigators are said TO nave
found that the typhoid and cholera baci.h do their
aead'v work In the sane lniirect way. ana may
III. foilcl hv nntl,ovl, agents secured In the same
way as in the preceding cases. Tzzoni and Cen
tamil Tallu. IN i>'3. hy experimenting VITA
Koch's tInerculin derived from consumption poison
oh'ainc! ns they ASSERT substance which n'H
ITALICS Tho Pc ilcts ~ the ubercie bacillus III
z,rl AMI hls assistant Dr. Schwarz. claim - nave
got similar evidence rs TO hylrophoba IN IH'-
thereby merely confirming the discoveries OF Past"F
an! G.bler And Professor Enrich. Of Berlin Q")
found that certain vcgetabh polsons also may
Doc cultivated q, as % yield characteristic anti
toxins ~ on. ~ which $50 far IA discovered i A
protection agairs; any other poison than that from
which (; IS derived.
Among the interesting questions r2s'l py the-e
!evc.opmenis I'm this. l. the Pr !Ur'ion or ann
toxin continuous during the time person or AMI
ma. is immune or does Il occur Only during the
mill attack brought on by incubation with minute
quantities ~ trus9 Dr. Stcrnbers says thai fI'theF
experiments are needed % clear up this point.