Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-02-07

snail Disease Aimed At.
>o York. February ct was in
part Of 1895 that DR.. Cyrus
formerly health commissioner
ar and county Of New York, be
taug the problem of making
itself a disinfecting agent
.aeious diseases had as their
-e presence of minute organ
called germs i'm the body, DR.. Ed
nh all physicians, knows. He
..u that colonies Of these germs
..-..f outside the body would be
owed by disinfectants. an he rea-
tat if the blood, circulating in
bart of the body could De made
ee-ant. the germ in the body
ue destroyed.
yug Che disinfectants DR..
learned that phenol carbohc
au times TO be found in the
He also learned that nature
in disease increased the amount
0.o acid over one thousand
He reasoned. therefore. that
.f. acid was natures remedy.
injection into the blood. how
o. any known solution Of carbolic
acid generally produced an abcess.
problem before DR.. Edison was to
The form i'm which the acid could
injected without this effect, for he
confident there must be some such
m The results Of his inyes,iga-
zion. ire told in the following paper
Which Will be published in the Medical
o-I OF tomorrow. As Will be seen
.n the summary, the Asepyoin is
edited with the cure of about forty
rr cent. OF cases Of consumpJion-ac-
uE 90 the results so far. The
As..1Iln is made in Dr. Edson's lab
.r SO. II Whitehall street. New
I It is q COl0rless liquid, smell
u carbolic acid. and it is injected
o.a1eously. Any physician can
mister ir. and the patients while
-g &c can continue at their daily
work. Dr. Edson's report of his work,
q. win appear i'm The Medical Rec
OH here follows:
A rational treatment for phehisis
prmaus. together with some notes
Ce new remedial solution, by Cyrus
.l ID. New York. y. "
During the study of phen0l made in
rr early part OF 1895. / was very much
s oy the observations OF Stedler,
lr.E BrieEer. See.kOwski and 0Jh-
These Investigations declared
1ol could be found i'm the urine Of
uan. the horse and the COW.
According 90 Merck. healthy urine
from % mixed diet contains 0.0of germs
o pheuOl per litre and according TO
S.ol50wski under pathological cOudl-
lions 10 may rise as high as 1855
grus-in other words. during health.
rlanol IS @ normal constituent of the
urine l2l and during disease the
amount present lis enormously increas-
cd &l
To has long been my personal belief
that many pathological phenomeus OBJ
served I'm disease which are not usual
IS credited 10 germ infection are but
manifestations Of the absorption Of
poisonous
BACTERIAL PRODUCTS.
For example the high temperature OF
fever may arise from the poisoning of
rHa nerve centres by such products
IL this be true, then the increased se-
Ueti0n of phenOl by the system during
disease u.s. i'm fact one of natures
Many devices tO cure the underlying
%
This increase of phcnOl elab0ra--
Inc system during pathological
conditions is in The light of the knowl-
ve have of bacteri0i0gy and Of
0oL extremely insignificant This
reasoning naturally led me think that
r.e1ol was O remedy selected by nature
i.r -fo cure of some at least. if not an.
OF The s0-called germ diseases. OF
course the conclusion was obvious but
c1roIarv of that conclusion. which
assumed ereat Importance in my mind.
was .ais-if nature herself provides
l.ro. during disease. then il cannot
possible she viii not tolerate the
tmr.s-rauon Of the agent i'm effective
Yet the fact stared me I'm the
Chat any injection Of any known
oil. uhCnol i'm effective dosage
loved TO- cause poisonous svmp-
I.is wa, equivalent TO saying
be some form I'm which
could bc injected I'm effective
which would aid nature i'm her
effect cure and which would
'or-cd by the human system.
t.r. i- was apparent 90 me chat
'. being the only known anrisop-
"..uf Drrrnt frs h0uoI1o-In o~o-oT