The San Francisco call., 1896-01-22
HOPE FOR CONSERVATIVES
Four Patients Declare They Are
Getting Strong and Well
on Lymph.
DIR. HIRsCHFELDERs METHOD.
A Sufferer in the City and County
Hospital Pitches Hay After a
Short Treatment.

pildl VINO ueCiare tHaI the lymph treat
ment of DR.. ]. O. Hirscbfelder has produced
extraordinary results for the better,
and these sufferers are now hopeful thai
they may recover. One of them, William
John Davis, denies every thing that Willie
fellow-patient stated regarding the new
method of treating consum ption. Willie's
account of his alleged experiences in the
City and County Hospital. in effect that
DR.. Hirschfelder's injections for consump
ton were cruel and not efficacious. were
declared by Davis yesterday to be incor.
rect.
One poor fellow, who on entering the
hospital little more than two months age
could barely breathe. and for that reason
was positively unable to undergo the slight.
est exertion, could not be found in the
consumption ward yesterday. After a
hunt about the institution he was found,
''W here were your" tae doctor in charge
OF the ward asked.
NOut in the hayloft, helping a man
pitch hay,H was the reply.
This man was James Card, Al wears of
age, laborer by occupation, who entered
the hospital November 25, and began to
undergo the lymph treatment Decent Der
23. He looked sickly, of course, but had
little of that hue characteristic of the con-
sumptive.
I'm feeling pretty strong now" he
SAID III reply to question as to his condi-
ton. I've been working up in the hay
lott. took the treatment first December
70. L was pretty bad then, for UP to that
time | had not picked up much, but I've
gained twenty-four or twenty five pounds
Since.n
"Fifteen pounds. isn't it2" interrupted
the doctor
No; twenty-f pounds You did not
weigh me since January 7, and I've gained
ten pounds since. L weighed 134 pounds
Saturday when l weighed myself"
Regarding his present condition Card
spoke like man in the full enjoyment of
health.
"At the present time I feel better than
for the last year." he said. 'I'ye been i'm
proving fast ever since taking the lymph
treatment, been gaining in weight and
strength; and my wind is great deal bet
ter. l coughed very bad when | came in
here, but don't cough hardly at ali now
at night time very seldom, and for the last
four or five nights none at all. My appe-
tlte is as good as can be, and I feel I'm
getting well fast"
What do you think of the treatment?"
"As long as pJe improved under il. I
give it credit for the good it has done. l
feel that if I'd been on the outside with
proved that way. Before December I
could hardly get up or down stairs, nv
breath was so short, but that doesn't
bother me much now. I'm beginning TO
feel like work again"
William Carr, another patient under DIR.
Hirschfelder's treatment of injections be-
tween the shoulders, said he had i'm oroved
steadily under it. He is 26 wears of ape
a laborer, and was admitted to the hos
pltal December is. While the rayages of
the disease had progressed far in his case
he was by no means promising subject
presenting as he did to the doctor a con-
stitution wrecked from the excessive use
OF alcoholic liquor; and besides consump-
tion had taken firm hold of him. De-
cember 81 he was placed nnder the lymph
treatment and practically every day since
then he has been given an Injection The
story he told of his case is as follows:
The tlrst two injections made me a
little sick, but after that l did not notice
any bad effect from it. At first did not
feel much improvement, but my cough
soon began to go away and that made me
feel easier.
~ gained two and a half pounds in
eight days and began to feel better and to
have better appetite. My color has i'm
proved since | took the injections, and I
feel now that the treatment gives me cause
to hope that l will get well. | sleen
soundly on account of not coughing, as I
used TO do, and after so much sIeep all
night feel good and rested in the morn
ing, and that is different from how | felt
before taking the treatment
William John Davis, 81 years of age.
who entered the hospital October 81 1895
in very bad condition, began to take the
lymph treatment November 4, and now he
is wildly enthusiastic over its effect upon
him.
when 1 came in here on October %
said he, lit was to die; not to live. bade
my friends good-by forever. Two weeks
after l commenced to take the lymph
treatment and In two weeks more found
the benefit of it. | am fast getting better.
My cough has disappeared and l sleep
well at night. did not weigh 100 pounds
before taking it. My weight went up to
io73S, to lllk' and now my steady weight
Is Ito pounds. gain of ten pounds.
THE injection is so good l could not
help but com pliment DR.. Hirschfelder for
the good it has done me-"
A private patient of the physician who
has introduced the treatment has been re-.
ceiving injections of the lymph for nearly
two months, and says he feels new blood
in his veins already. He is J. D. Maddox
of Santa Rosa. A few months ago Mr.
Maddox learned that he was stricken with
phthisis. A member of his family, who is
a physician, advised him to try the lympb
treatment, and he came to San Francisco
and took rooms at 619 Hyde street, where
he was seen yesterday.
Mr.. Maddox, like the two young suffer-
ers in the hospital, had much of the color
OF health without the hectic glow. His
eye, too, as with the others, was almost
normal, and his manner and spirits be-
trayed mind full of something more than
hope-a belief that he would eventually
return to health and happiness through
the medium OF this as yet practically un-
known remedy.
Had | any friend afflicted with con-
sumption" he said, 81 should must Ger
tainly recommend this treatment. AS for
myself, | would not give il up now for any
consideration on earth, it has been such a
wonderful success in my case NV brother.
a graduate of Cooper Medical College
told me | ought to try the treatment
whlch Dr. Hirschfelder was introducing,
and took his advice. came to town and
have visited the doctors office daily to be
treated, and | am beginning to feel myself
improve day by day.