The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-07
CURE FOR CONSUMPTION
The Essence of Thyme Is the
New Remedy.
IT'S A FRENCH DISCOVERY
The Adoption of a Treatment Discovered
by Butte Physician-A Strik-
ing Similarity in the Two
Methods.

The current press dispatches contain
an account of the discovery of a new
remedy for tuberculosis. The remedy,
which it is stated developed in France,
has been reported by a United States
government agent at Rouzaix. The
treatment consists in the injection into
the bronchial tubes of essence of thyme,
cinnamon and other substances held in
solution by olive oil. DR.. Mendel says
that the oil in descending comes into
contact with the walls of the tube and
upper lungs. The gas set free" he
continues, "saturates the air in the
lungs and acts on the mucuous men,
brane."
Since 1890, when the news of DR..
Koch's discovery for the cure Of con-
sumption agitated the human race, not
a great deal has been heard about new
discoveries in this direction. About
this time New York was congratulate
ing itself upon the fact that among it's
citizens was young doctor whose re-
cent development from scientific re-
search had brought forth a new cure
for consumption. The news of the dis
covery was wired all over the world,
and Butte as well as London heard
of it,
1t will be remembered that the treat
ment suggested by the New York doc
tor was to shoot powder into the
lungs of the patient" The similarity
of the treatment of the New York doc
tor and that of the recent discovery,
suggested to a Standard reporter that
local doctor might throw a little light
upon the subject of consumption cures.
Accordingly call was made upon DR..
Hugo j. Loebinger, who is none other
than the man who discovered the cure
for consumption in New York nine
years ago.
SO keen a sense of professional meth
DDS has the doctor that he would con-
sent to discuss his discoveries only on
the condition that mention be made of
the fact that he had not sought the re-
porter, but that the reporter had sought
him.
Yes" said the doctor, this new
cure, so-called, is nothing more or less
than the adoption of my treatment gwen
to the world nine years ago In those
days I made study of pulmonary tu-
berculosis, and | hit upon plan which
was favorably received all over the
world. OF late years | have devoted my
time in other specialties. STILL l like
to talk of the things which occupied my
attention so closely years ago. | in
tend to call the attention of the Acad-
envy of Medicine to the fact the So
called new treatment is a copy of my
prescription. A comparison of the treat
ments will show a striking similarity.
The basis of my compound powder is
calcium phosphate. The second ingred-
lent is sodium benzoate. and the third
and most significant constituent is one
of the ethereal oils. The ancient Egyp-
tianS used these oils for embalming
their dead. AS soon as dose of this
powdered mixture is shot into the lungs
the ethereal oils pass away in the form
of Vapor from the particles to which
they cling and enter the neighboring
diseased tissues. The powder is shot
into the patient by means of a pneu-
matte spray producer which develops a
power of from 80 to so pounds to the
cubic inch. The propelling force must
be strong so that the powder may real
ly be thrown into the depths of the lung
tissue and with such rapidity that not
the slightest evidence of suffocaton
will appear"
The doctor wrote a lengthy article on
the subject in the New York Medical
Journal of Dec. 20, 1890. Four years
later in the same journal Carl Mund,
NJ. D., in referring to DR.. Loebinger's
treatise said: In searching for a good
and rational method | found special
therapy of installation which had been
described and published by DR.. Loebin-
ger. After having carefully read this
article, in which the author reports such
gratifying results, l made up my mind
to give his method a trial. l may here
anticipate that the results which l OBJ
tanned We're very satisfactorily should
even like to say brilliant"
DIR. Loebinger said that he was much