The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-06
WILL BRING HIN A FORTUNE.
Young ITALIAN SPECIALIST FINDS
YELLOW FEVER CuRE.
Has Demonstrated the Emcacy of
His Serum and Will Receive
From the Mexican Government
800, 900 as Reward for Discovery.

NEW YORK, Oct "a special to the
Herald from the City OF Mexico says:
One hundred thousand dollars is the
prize which DIR. Angel Bellinzaghi.
young italian specialist may win as the
discoverer of a serum which cures yell
low fever.
Several years ago the Mexican govern
ment made a standing offer OF 100000 TO
the dfscoverer of a remedy for yellow
fever. which every year II epidemic in
the lower gulf ports and on the isthmus
of Tehauntepec.
Several eminent specialists have made
experiments at the port of Vera Cruz
since the offer was made. Not until this
summer did any of the serums expert
mented with prove successful in viru-
lent cases. At last however. the remedy
has been found.
The experiments conducted at Vera
Cruz were under the auspices OF the gov
eminent board OF health. The commits
sion appointed by the board TO witness
the experiments has just reported favor
ably upon the result.
Part of the prize will be paid to the
doctor at once. He has been asked to
make further experiments in various
forms of the disease at Vera Cruz. and II
they are successful he will win the entire
prize.
In June last DIR. Bellinzaghi came to the
government TO make experiments at Vera
Cruz. where yellow fever was then rag
ing. While he was awaiting the custom
airy formalities to be complied WITH Da-
vid Fitzpatrick, an American, who had
come from the isthmus. was taken Ill with
yellow fever In its most virulent form.
three or four days after arriving In the
city. He was taken to the American hos
pitai. where his case was pronounced
hopeless. No case OF yellow fever which
had developed in this latitude had ever
been saved.
HIS First Marked Success.
a. W. Parsons. the physician in charge
OF the hospital, gave permission TO DIR.
Bellinxaghi to try his serum upon the pa
on the fourth day OF his Illness. after all
hope for his life had been given up. The
patient had the black vomit, a tempera-
ture which is considered fatal, his system
was thoroughly permeated with the dis
ease. and the action OF the kidneys was
entirely stopped, a symptom which is al
ways considered fatal
DIR. Beliinzaghi injected twenty grains
OF his serum on the first day ne visited
the patient, and succeeded In reducing his
temperature and pulse. On the second
day he injected thirty grains. on the third
dav sixty grains. and on the fourth day
eighty grains.
On the second day the vomit disappear
ed. and on the fourth day the action Of
later the patient was discharged from the
hospital.
This remarkable achievement FASTENED
the action OF the government board OF
health in granting permission to DR.. Bel
linzaghi to make his experiments at Vera
Cruz.
President Diax became personally In
terested in the matter and sent for the
doctor In an interview with the presi-
dent DIR, Bellinzaghi explained his serum
and Its theory fully and the president
took great interest in II.
Some Convincing Resu1ts.
commission was appointed by the gov
eminent board Of health, which accom-
forded him every facility TO make his
experiments The serum was tried on
patients In the military and San Sebas-
tian hospitals and In IS per cent. OF the
cases II was successful. The lowest NOR
tally OF cases is so to 50 per cent.
The cases which DR. Beiiinxash failed
TO save were those in very advanced
stages OF the disease In all the cases In
which injections Of the serum were made
tlent was conyalescent in from one 10
four days. and the recovery was complete.
In the cases taken IN the second stage
OF the disease, or, "a doctors express II,
after the second Injection, when the sys-
tenn IL permeated with the toxin the pro-
gress OF the disease was stopped In from
four to eight days. and the patients re-
covered.
The third stage Of the disease Is when
the action OF the Kidneys Is stopped
When the disease has reached this stage
death has hitherto been regarded as GER
tain. Or. Bellinsaxhs has saved several
cases which had reached this stage