The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-02-04
Cure for Cons,Iu,ptio,,,

~" iptk' january N.-Thc. unusual in
S"i.Si taken by, physicians ana tie public
IN ne treatment Of pulmonary tuberculosis
q. REPRESENTATIONS. rs I Is commonly called
ns h.t G 'HsceASs bg the story TIA, serum
VIII prove an absolute cure OF tie disc;,s sd,
i, ~ eariy STAGES, and Will greatly keic-
I:es*asG in It's advanced forms The serum
IS the discovery Of Prot. Maragliano, Of
h ro;sht Ivy % :hs No,, Smal GMHniiy was
cinna BEGAN experimenting; with ii a week
ago. is IN ''~'
'rhc serum is obtained from the blood Of
liofacS which have been inoculutrd with
the tuberculosis germ IN small quantities
2hN c9ntiun@d under this treatment for
III the blood al thc horse some quality Of
res. Stance 10 Tie disease, which, w!irn in
irndu y, l. 20 NE hnmnn system, strengths
IS: lilsreiorc: exactly opposite 60 the theory
OF vaccination, which Introduced to the
; ;.,I OF tie disease Itself Into the system
form. renders no body iilpcgyious to lis
further attacks.
roaIhtd MS country-a hout two hundred
CUBIC ,tent!tnnt:es IN all Part oil this
quantity was Imported ~! ST. lNke's Los
e 'H ho9r 9 'is'ty PVT Wp"ra m
l'rof Mnriusl!ano5 agent. The serum. as
ri piesen, manufactured, is expensive,
caClt cHnttnftrc beinE worth about go.
On account OF the small quantity or the
serum available, only. two patients have
he &c, sGiectsu Tor The eNneiinlent 4, St.
LuEois, ana assurances have been obtain
ca from them that they will remain in The
hospital long enough TO give the remedy
u fair test. The claim is not made Tor Tie
serum hat il acts quickly. Constant trent
ment Tor at least lwo or three months is
frIuircd to produce definite results, ana II
complete cure.
Prof. M&rasIiano Is modest in his
claims FOR his remedy. lie does not eN-
poet 10 effect a cure except in The early
staEes OF the disease. When it has adj
vano2u far enough to produce LESSONS OF
he effected. lie thinks, however. that the
progress Of The disease can be arrested
one OF the starr CT st. LulIe's Hospital,
said to-day:
THE best recommendation we can give
1t IS that il does for the patient IN this eli
mnte what the china te OF the Ad.rundac lls
Arizona or New Mexico does for him. 1t
increases his power OF resistance 10 the
disease and enables him to throw / OFT.
CONSUMPTION Is Il disease whch differs
from nearly al others in this respect The
hacilli Of phthss are everywhere | ven
h " ~ nrs ne - me sntnm "l most
the bacili would be found N 1t, bu, this;
does not signify, by. any means, that the
cd. II is only when the power OF resist
| ;lnCe leaves us that we siccnmb TO the dis
ease and the bacilli multiply. have no
every day in the hospital. but have the
power OF throwing them off, and tiny do
| NOT multiply. w men the conditions are
right in the human body for this propago-
ton and the system is weakened, then :,
case Of consumption develops. That Is
| the value OF Marin gino's serum. 1t !e7
stores the power OF res stance which has
been lost by the patient and enables him
| TO fight the disca Sc"
| lGNpcricmnts in the same line are also
| being made III this country by Dr.. PuQuin
Of ST. Louis who has not, however, pro
dnced any Of the serum yet. It's manuiac-
| turc is a slow process, the animals from
| winch 1t Is obtained being kept under treat
| mtnt for three or four months.