The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-06
All the Studies Conducted on
a Purely Scientific
Basis.
FIFTEEN YEARS ARE NOT ENOUGH.
The Doctor Gives the Results of His
Work to the World That Re-
search May Be Broadened.

| According to the books of the medical
fraternity there are $50 diseases to which
the human family is heir. While ancient
medical practice consisted in treating
these diseases as they made their appear
| ance, modern med lcine endeavors t. pre-
vent as we'll as to cure. The history of the
latter-day science indicates that this
course has gone far to ameliorate the con-
dition of the race by stopping epidemics
and lessening the terrorS of disease. Since
the PRONUNCIATION of the germ theory
wonderful strides have been made not
only in the treatment of diseases them
selves, but also in the prevent on of them,
and as result the general health of the
civilized world has been vastly improved.
This hygienic prevention OF epidemic
diseases started thinkers in the medical
profession to investigating the subject in
all its bearings, ana such progress has
been made that now all maladIeS which
come from tainting OF the blood are be-
lieved to be amenable to preventive treat
| ment, and the lines of research have been
SO broadened that the question OF heredity
is one that is receiving attention. All
over the world laboratories have been
esta blished for the purpose of making in
vestigatlons, having for their object the
discovery of certain specific remedies for
specific diseases.
To this end was the laboratory of DIR.
Fred w. d Evelyn at Alameda established,
and the result of his Investigations was
told in yesterdays CALL. The doctor felt
that he had arrived at point where the
whole human race could be benefited and
it was on this account that he prepared
the article which gave to the medical pro-
fession the manner OF obtaining the serum
and the mode of using 1t. To the layman.
as the doctors are fond of calling ali those
who have not taken the degree of IN. D., !"
| a medical laboratory Is something I'M
cannv, and the place where DR.. d'Evelyn
| works is no exception to the rule.
While great cry has been made against
using animals for experimental purposes
because it wa cruel to the animals, there
can be NO doubt that this cruelty to few
individ uals has been of vast benefit 10 the
human race. In the workshop of the d &C.
tor are TO be found rabbits. guinea pigs
and bottles, or jars, containing the blood
OF the no bier anlmal-the horse. In fact,
there is a great deal of blood there If you
know just where to look for it, but it is
not in sight. 1t does not look like blood
and there is not so much appearance of
| the ruthless use of instruments as can be
seen at any time at the receiving hospitals
! of the city.
| The laboratory is place where children
| would think they were in a home for pets.
! The scientific work here is done entirely
! by chemical process and the end to be OBJ
| tanned is for the benefit of all mankind.
While the doctor has been experiment
| ing with the blood of horses the animals
| themselves have been cared for on this
side OF The bay by veterinary surgeon
who has given the best of treatment, and
! the blood has been carried 10 the labora
! tory lere to I'm ergo the chemical tests
| and reactions which produce the serum
| used iE making the equisne.
| DR.. d Evelyn Is a man of as year; of age
ana one-third OF his life has been spent in
! making the invest ga tons in this line He
! is graduate OF the Edin burgh College and
| served as surgeon in the British army
until he lost leg in one OF the tribal wars
OF South Africa. 1t was while he was en-
| gagged in the army that he be came i'm bued
| with the idea that much of the drink k
! habit was from hereditary faint and he
studied the subject until he became con-
| vlnced that this faint was chemical
| change of tile blood itself
He began by making chemical examin-
ations of the blood and found in all cases
! where people were addicted to the use of
| alcoholic stimulants or where the parents
| before had used such stimulants, there
were certain conditions in the blood that
| changed the appearance OF the fluid when
it was looked ut through a microscope.
With this cue he selected the horse and
began the work of making artifcially the
| same condition and succeeded in obtain.
ing the results which he believes will
| change the nature of great majority OF
the human family. While he has not
! finished his investigat ions, and while the
! end has not yet been fully obtained, he
believes that with the rest OF the medical
thinkers working in the same line. the
dav is at hand when the cure for drunk
enness and the prevent ton of the de sire
| for alcohol stimulanls wall be as general
as is the use OF vaccination for the pre-
| vention of SIN a lpox.