New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-17
no CURE TROPICAL FEVERS
,uArJrAx DOCTOR APPLIES DRUGS d.
REcrLY TO THE SKIN.
,.n,,x sr-pcpoSs SAY THE METHOD is TOO
ELABORATE FOR A CAMPAIGN-siMii-N"
DEVICES USED IN CUBA.

EIABORATE FOR CAMPAiSN-s'"ii'N
DEVICES USED IN CUBA
m Gordon Bennett a physician OF ha'iiaA'
n g. has announced that he has discoVeieo nv
method for the OF fevers Ohoer 'ne e' ~.
- ra,,ent viii take no medicine internally. as the
Doctor asserts that the tendency OF drugs IL "
cause the fever germ TO lie dormant. Inc ps',e
"a constantly supplied with new ana porineo oe'
clothing and everything is done 10 free 'ne Gu
vironment from fever germs. the remedy 10 49,
anplied by absorption through the pores Vi 'i'0
,t,r and thence into the blood. In extreme cases
ybe antfdote is placed in solution OF ho' "a'el
.,d annlied directly to the body. The not water
onene the pores of the skin In fever OF miiue'
form the antdote is administered through ''e p''e'
IN dry powders.
sEvENTY-FIRsTS SURGEONS OPINION
NJ William d. Bell. of No 100 West Eighty
thIrd-st. who was surgeon for the nst Regiment
in Cuba said yesterday to a Tribune repoi'e'
~ Rennetts method cannot be said to be dss
hut rather an application Of old pIinepehs
In ar, active campaign his method tHu Than are
nnsevidea in the Army. 1t might however; De pos
sibe to demonstrate its efficiency IN cure
,hsmseyes Of fever by placing layer OF the
faIow on their stomachs and men ~ cause warm
saivee IN hot blankets, so as 10 cau9e
persp H'ers IN Cuba suffered from many different
I'ods Of fever-ntermittent. malarial ana Iansng
ins fevers There was also famine or reaps food
fever that was Besides these the
a,I snffered from dengue or breakoone Who
The PHYSICIANS Of the AIRY Soldiers but all
In ~ no taken internally. Quinine was useu ,ors
large quantities. Among other edre Tene aretaned
Wa1burys tincture. clnnabar cedrene. asvhIinate
Tov,ler's solution Of arsenic. corroSoe - oowder
combined with sllicin ana A,onHo NefhViene blue
was also prescribed and Is an exceleh, d only 10
In the mn as ~ f Sets so that any for fever
vii be a blessing to the regiments '""'
fight in the tropics -.on,,S
MP MONAE LESSER's THEORIES
Dr 4 Monae Lesser. Of No. 10 East SIX! ms
8, who was the surgeon-general OF the heu Closs
-, l., CHA was told Of DR. Benefits method
- o,,r;ng fever by absorption. Among other things
Or Lesser said:
7, woul6 he impossible in the present day o.
medicine to deny melhqa d Ui little medicine is fire.
nnantiv REQUIRED for the cure or disease; ~ T,bo
there nre very few men OF er Secemse of its
nere or even its character. hut most OF 'h Sss
tend to certain conditions arising lsht DESTROY Hfe
VI hcnt complication, every person mgni oner
fron disease. even If no medicine anu cieanli
riot hing proper surroundings ana perfect C'e
S Stos", a9e given
THE SKIN AS AN ABSORBENT.
There &c no question that some drugs or h mfai
o,ncs can be absoi "a through the skin. wiener
en- IN ia s an absorbent organ and can perform
such f,ncton In disease IS question mucn d. ~
Hor ever il has been found that inunctohT THO 10 se
skin have found in the eTcretioms me even 1T
snrr..ion of water 10y -o-caI"d osinosls,. 80
through the skin. has heq'e'tI! Deeh SSc,ai
and In many Instances fourd to he very oenehCia
q ave known Of instances I'm which NE was sus
stair,d for days and wees IN pltlehts VIZ ~ 49,
lutey refused partake OF any tAihS ouu
tt ore Is no question that the hygiene pIeCd
,5,,,coted in Or BenYet.'s treatment must DE Deue
Acial where they he applied OF S0urse Ia. ta
70 see now such could b. made possible III ac.ll
bahamas from some benevolent institution anu
cannot have the advantage Of 4 change OF sne
ond other luxuries recommended In the treatment
RAGS OF CAMPHOR CARRIED BY CCBANS
In regard 10 the prevention of disease by apply
ING A powder the BODY. can only say tnAI III
the West Indies there are many "1 1a 10 ,beir
skin and although / considered this proph!,i"cl
AZ one time matter Of superstition. had eEi-
dence of It's efficacy and Us proper apphca''o"
Unfortunately 1t Is not the germ alone "HICh ~
duces the disease. but Il is more What II meets Il.
the BODY TO live upon. Whatever VIII destroy tIle
germ will also destroy the man carrying II; Dut d
iemedy or method which will unite win ana carry
from the body the material from which me StTm
may support itself must naturally erect an carrier
cure Whether this material is absorbed through a
mucous membrane or the skin can ne erurcy
immaterial. but il cannot he denied that aosorp-
linn from a mucous membrane and proper channels
wn,Id much more rapidly give It's results than the
pos only or special indications While large guam
ities Of medicine may be baneful there is INT IN
dos, to every stomach and which is oenehclal IN
its action.
can see nothing new in the method advocated
and that before going 10 war had not
less than twenty-hree applicants requesting me 10
fevers. hut had TO refuse them from the tact that
nothing should be tried in war which had not
given satisfactory evidence Of its utility in time OF
peace.
A all. TO my mind. as yet does not seem
rational and should be unwilling to rely upon
such method in my work