The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-12-12
MEDICAL TRIUMPH.
Invaluable Discovery by
a Missouri PhySi-
clan.
Human system ImmunIZed Against
Consumption, Brfght's Disease,
Diabetes, Diphtheria, An
thrax and Other Dread
Dcstroyers of Man.

DcStrOyerS of Man.
kind.
COLUMBIA, Mo-, Dec. DIR. Thos.
Powell, of this city, claims to have
made wonderful discovery in the field
of medicine, which, if substantiated
by future experiments, will revolution
ize the practice of medicine. His
claims are no less than completely
imnunizing the human system from
all diseases. DR.. Powell graduated
from the New York Medical College
in 1884, at that time one of the lead
ing, if not the leading medical college
of the country. He is also a member
of the International Health Associa-
tiOn, and of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science and
the Corresponding Secretary of the
American Science Health Association
For the past twenty-five years he has
devoted himself to the prosecution of
his theory, and from experiments
made within the last fifteen years he
is cOnfideht that his claims are not
exaggerated in the least So great
is his confidence that, after immHniz-
ing himself by his newly discovered
method, he has inoculated himself
with the pare bacilli of diphtheria,
anthrax, typhoid, glanders and con-
sumption, hut with no evil effects. In
fact, although nearly 80 years odd, he
has the health and vigor of a young
man. In his own words: -Before
undergoing my taeatment was in ill
health, b@t since then / am never
sick"
DR.. Powell says: II claim in par
ticular to have ascertained net only
the essential nature of disease, and
the remote and hitherto undiscovered
cause thereof, but to have also ac-
complished the equally important task
of devising methods and selecting
remedial agencies which are absolute
ly harmless and at the same time ca
pable of removing, within reasonable
bounds and with unexxmpled prompt
ness and certitude, those diseases
which have long been regarded as
practically iucurable. l refer in par
ticular to tuberculosis in all its
forms, Rright's disease of the kidneys,
diabetis nellitus and neurasthenia, or
nervous debility, so called.
e, ts,.Ita,. IF h.
said that after twelve years of abso-
lutely futile effort it occurred to me
that the key TO that loss of strength
which is the constant eOncomitant .of
disease in general, and of consump-
ton in particular, could only be found
by ascertaining how strength is OBJ
tanned in the first place. how the en-
ergy of the food is transformed into
the vital powers. 1t, in fact, seemed
absolutely automatic that to know
precisely how strength is acquired is
but to be able to perceive with equal
sclearness how weakness is produced. ]
That he has satisfactorily solved all |
of these problems he is readyto prove
to the medical profession. To this |
end he has already made a PROPOSE
ton that committee of not less than
five physicians of repute be appointed |
who, in connection with a similar |
committee of other professional men,
shall conduct the experiments to be
made in the near future. He propos-
es that this committee shall procure
cultures of the various germs and in
trOduce the same into his body. The |
cultures are to be of the bacili of
diphtheria, consumption 'tuberculos-
isl anthrax, glanders, tetanus or lock-
jaw, Asiatic cholera, typhoid, leprosy,
or in lieu of these any other that may
be obtainable or more satisfactory.
These cultures are to be introduced
into his body by the following meth
DDS:
1. BY the injection, per rectum,
using the long, flexible tube so as to
deliver it as high as possible, of one
entire culture.
=. BY ingestion. first gargling and
then swallowing one whole culture.
3. BY inoculation, after the vac
cination method. using two or four
times as much of the germ-laden ma
terial as is usually employed in MAX
ing cultures.
t. The bacilli Of consumption, to
be introduced not only in the above
manners, but also by the insuffication,
drawing into the lungs direct, of one
grain per day for one week of the dried
and germ-laden sputum of a confirmed
consumptiye.
DIR. Powell also proposes another
test to prove that he is immune to
colds, catarrh, rheumatism, etc, by :