The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-11-22
CURE FOR CONSUMPTION.
Morgantown Physician Discov-
cred 1t Accidentally.

DR.. Page A. Gibbons Administers Per-
mangenate or Potash for Snake Bite
and Very Bad Case OF Consumption
is Cured-How the Matter was Ac-
complished-Wonderful Medical ad-
vance.
A Morgantown physician DIR.
Page A. Gibbons is the accidental
discoverer OF the cure for Consump-
ton even in its advanced stages. He
has demonstrated its entire success
in one case that has fallen under his
observation and further tests on an
finals have shown that it will cure
the disease even when it has da-
vanced far toward death.
The case in which this discovery
was made was that of Mrs. johnson
who lives several miles from Nor
gantown. A year and a half ago she
was in the last stages of consump-
ton and had all of the symptoms.
She had wasted away until she
weighed only 90 pounds. To-day
she tips the scales at 1876 and has
regained all Of her old time vigor.
There are absolutely no traces of the
disease present.
When Mrs. johnson was nearly
dead and only few months sepa-
rated her from the silent majority
she was on the porch at home IN
an invalid's chair. She was left alone
for few moments and getting thirs-
ty slipped out of her chair and
started TO crawl into the spring
house which was down flight of
stairs.
In going over the door sill ner face
close to the sill she was struck full
in the face by copperhead which
with its mate was summing itself on
the doorstep. 1t was full grown
reptile and full of the ugly vicious
ness which has made the tribe so
greatly feared.
DIR. Gibbons was summoned and
little hopes were entertained of the
recovery of the victim who was so
nearly dead from the ravages of the
tuberculosis even before threatened
by the dread reptile. He came about
four hours after the accident oc-
Cured. Mrs. johnson was terribly
swollen and she was not expected to
live more than an hour or two. He
gave her two injections of perman-
genate Of potash which is the sover-
eign remedy in India in cases of
bites from the Cobra. Other doses
of the medicine were administered
internally. Strange to say the WON
an recovered from the bites and later
began to show signs of improvement
from the consumption from which
she had been suffering.
Recently she had become so strong
that the woman who formerly could
scarcely stand was able to walk into
town and shen now weighs 135 pounds
while the last trace of the ravages of
the disease have disappeared, What
makes the recovery SO much more
remarkable is the fact that several
members of the family have already
died of the same disease
The discovery has aroused very
great interest among the medical
fraternity and hundreds of letters
have reached here inquiring about
the matter and experiments have
been set on foot to ascertain what
virtue II any lies in the injection of
the permangenate of potash. 1t has
been found that guinea pigs and
other small animals even when great.
ly infected from the introduction Of
the tubercle bacilii recover on the
administration Of the same remedy
that was used 80 successfully in the
case of Mrs. johnson.
With the results being so certain
in the cases of advanced stages Of
the disease it cannot help but be an
infallible remedy when used in
the primary stages of the attacks
and it will be recognized eventually
as the greatest discovery Of the age.