Kansas City journal., 1898-01-08
new HOPE FOR CONSERVATIVES
Investigations of the Medical Insti-
tutc in PariS-Great Progress
ReuOrteJ.

highly important therapeutic experiment
has been progressing silently during the
last few months at the Medical institute.
Rue la Boetie, Paris. From the results
already obtained it seems that tuberculosis
attacked vigorously by a rational treatment
is about to capitulate. and in scientiiic
circles the idea is growing that in 4 COM
paratively short time the terrible malady
will be eradicated. AT all events, 1t Is
beyond question that henceforth consump-
t1VeS in the first and second degree can Dc
restored to health.
There is nothing mysterious about the
method now employed. 1t consists purely
of the simultaneous application OF three
methods well known to the medical faculty,
the individual results of which have al
ready proved satisfactory. These methods
are formaldehyde inhalations. subcutaneous
injections of serum of goats blood. with
the addition of static electric bath.
i eI ne IaRSspc Powss sh nn oI IGrr,I of the spe
cialsts in tuberculosis its action upon the
Koch bacillus is decisive. The difficulty
which was at first considered insurmounta-
| BILE. lay in its application. 1t is known that
the inhalation of formal vapors III the pure
state prorokes violent coughing ana lntoi-
erable irritation of the mucous membrane
Consequently it is dangerous to put delicate
and sickly respiratory organs under their
| microbean toXity. Therefore it became nee
| essary to discover II sort of go-between
method. and one Of the discoveries of the
| Medical Institute of Paris is the introduc,
| ton of Il combination of formaidehyde ana
! SOCiation renders possible daily limitations
| of twenty-five minutes or more. The bacli-
| lus of Koch. combated directly IN the
! caverns where it thrives prolitically. rapidly
| loses its vitality and ceases to multiply III a
! short lapse of time. The facilitating ex-
pectorations diminish. and the patient eX-
| perences a marked Improvement
| The readers of the Figaro have not for-
| cotton the impassioned debates TO whlcn
| the discovery of subcutaneous in1ections
| gave rise. 1t is now admitted that their
| dynamic action is considerable, ana thit
| the simple method of introducing by the
| distilled water in the human economy pro,
| duces an increase of vital force. lf, instead
| of aqua simplex. SteriliZed serum is en-
| ployed, according to the methods in use
| in the Pasteur institute. and If his serum
| is extracted from the blood OF a goat, an
animal essentially refractory to tuberculo-
| sis. the Koch bacillus. attacked in ITS vital,
! ity by being forced to live In a liquid
| unsuitable for its propagation. fades out
| and dies in the blood of the patient that
| it was devouring. 1t is the blending OF the
| two methods of treatment that constitutes
| the actual basis of the therapeutics en-
ployed in the hospital for young consump-
| tives at Vallinpinte where the mortality
| has decreased in such marked degree
| but the Medical Institute of the Rue de la
| Boetie adds to the first two a third proce-
| dure which consists in the application OF
static effiuvia. Under the influence of
static electricity, an action upon the causes
of which there is as yet nothing absolutely
| known, the patient regains his vitality. mis-
resistance becomes accentuated, and II Is
not rare to find patients who seemed to
be literally on their last legs getting up.
recapturing their appetites and rapidly
gaining flesh
The first results of the treatment inaugu-
rated by the Medical Institute of Paris are
so conclusive and the experiments are SO
favorable that all hope is admissible. VIII
lung disease be conquered at last? Perhaps
| DIR. p. LANGEVIN.