The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-15
CLAIM 1T CURES PNEUMONIA.
Discovery of Anti-TOxin by Two
Brooklyn Physicians
From the New York Herald

From the New York Herald.
Two physicians OF the Borough of
Brooklyn believe that they have made
discovery which will enable them to cure
pneumonia in its worst stages and revo-
lutonize the treatment of the disease.
DR.. Charles Lundbeck, of No. 1O7 Bergen
street, and Dr. Carl Elfstrom. of State
street, are the physicians, They have
spent years in research and study in try
ing to find cure for the dread disease
DR.. Lundbeck, however, desires to be dis
tinctly understood that Dr. Elfstrom is
the real discoverer of this remedy, which
has already been tried with success in
restoring patients to health, and that he
was associated with him in developing the
remedy.
DIR. Lundbeck and DR.. Elfstrom are
both natives of Sweden. 1 saw DR.. Lund-
beck at his home in Bergen street last
night. Il wish you would say for DR..
Elfstrom and myself" he said, that it is
not our intention to make this a money
making affair. and that we are seeking
no credit for the remedy We will give
it freely to our professional brethren.
But at present the matter is only in the
experimental stage, or at least we wish
it so understood, although we both have
faith in its success"
'SWe have already cured half dozen
patients, but we would have liked to
have had more results before the matter
became known to the public In such
cases too much is expected at the start,
and it makes a doctor fear that his po-
sition is misunderstood. I win give you
as much information as I possibly can
on the subject now that it has been
| made public.
1.-The remedy is not exactly an antitox-
| inc, but something like it. The idea is to
destroy one germ of disease by attacking
| it with another germ which Will, as we
expect, be fatal to it. The method we use
| Is to secure from the patient what is like
| an antitoxine, and this is hyperdermically
! injected. ] wish / could be more specific,
! but cannot give the details in full just as
present.
1--WE have found that what is like anti
! toxine must be secured from the patient,
| because the bacillus has greater or less
| longevity in different patients and it re-
! qures different treatment in such cases.
| Our method to be as plain as possible, Is
the introduction of one poison to offset
| another poison. The cases we have treat
| ed thus far show that our method is sue
cessful in introducing a poison that kills
the bacillus of pneumonia and eventually
restores the patient to health. l cannot,
| of course, mention the names of any pa
| TENTS, because that would be violating the
honor of the profession.
Il can say that we had one particular
| ly delicate case to treat-that of a woman.
She not only had pneumonia in its worst
! form, but also meningitis, and her kid
| neys were affected. Her temperature was
14 when the treatment was begun. In
twenty-four hours it was down 10 80, and
| in a few hours later it was SO. She has
been restored to health. However, l wish
| we had had time to treat more cases be-
! fore the matter was made public.
I'VE are about to begin treatment at the
! hospitals, where there is a greater oppor-
! tunity 10 obtain results. OF course, you
! know there never was a remedy for dis
ease which could show one hundred per
| cent. results. Life is uncertain at any
time and under any conditions. We only
| say that We believe we have discovered and
developed a remedy in which we have the
| fullest faith and which we hope will help
! humanity. We will only be too glad to
give it TO every physician, and we hope to
| do so in very short time
Dr. Elfstrom, who is of a very retiring
disposition, told me that he Stunned pub
| licity .and would have rather gone without
| receiving the slightest credit than have his
discovery made known at this time.
"It would be impossible for me at pres
| emit" he said, ito explain the method of
treatment 1t is too early. will tell all
in a very short time. l am not seeking
fame or money for the discovery. What
it will bring about in the way of curing
patients suffering from pneumonia will be
record enough for me-
DR.. S. J. Byrne, of No. 1913 state street.
who was present at the interview, agreed
with DR.. Elfstrom that the hospitals were
the best places to get good results from
the remedy DR.. Byrne has had considera-
Bile hospital experience and he said the
help of trained nurses and constant obser-
walton would aid the doctors in recording
| accurately the results of the remedy.