The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-12-03
Claim Made by Or. FIasschoen,
a Noted French Physician.
HE WAS A DISCIPLE OF PASTEUR
Asserts That He Has Discovered Long
Scught-iM Panscsa Which viii Revolt
tlonIzs the Art Of Healing.

from Paris IL is extremely likely that the
method OF innoculation inaugurated by
Pasteur and popularized by him and his
disciples, viii, in the near future. be not
only greatly modified and improved. but
viii also be used, and with surprising re-
suits. for the purpose OF curing several
diseases which have hitherto baffied ply
sicians OF al schools.
a sweeping statement this seems, yet
IL is made by some of the leading news
papers i'm Europe. including the Paris Fi-
saro, journal which is not won't to in
dorse lightly any alleged discovery in the
domain of medicine or science.
In this instance the Figaro says in plain
language that II the news which IL has
heard is true-and II points out many
reasons why IL should be believed and
none why IL should not--there seems ev-
cry reason 10 hope that at last has been
discovered that universal panacea which
physicians have looked for since the
world began, but which the majority of
laymen. noting their lack OF success, have
come to regard as mere dream.
WHO Dn FLAssCHoEN is.
DIR. Flasschoen is the hero OF this. the
latest chapter in medical history. He In
a distinguished member OF the Faculty
of Medicine I'm Paris and has for years
heen a close student OF Pasteur's meth
DDS.
The result OF these studies and of many
subsequent experiments which have been
made by him he recently gathered into a
book which is now in the press and which
is entitled "A Revolution In the Art OF
Healing" and IL is this book, the proof
sheets OF which have been read by scien-
fists. that is now causing a considerable
turmoil In medical circles throughout Eu-
rope.
Pasteur acquired a great reputation for
himself by his discovery of the fact that
by alternating in various ways the poi
sonous elements secreted by various mi
eFehes- -eaFta+T-aiseases- -eel4ld-be- cured
His disciples followed i'm his footsteps.
and their success in treating such di-
seases as hydrophobia, diphtheria, .etanus
and the plague is well known. Dr. Flass-
choen himself bears testimony 70 this.
but he claims that their srceass is by no
means as great as II should be.
PAsTEUR METHOD LIMITED.
Ii cures have been effected by the Pas
teur method I'm cases of ..ydrophoba
diphtheria, tetanus and the plague he
says, the only reason Is because some one
poisonous element is the sole or main
agent in producing each of these diseases
and that IL the Pasteur method has hith-
erto proved OF no avail in treating other
diseases, the only reason is because not
until now has the fact been recognized
that, as a rule, every disease is the re-
suit of more than one poison and that
with diseases of this type the Pasteur
method Is utterly unable To cope.
In other words. the Pasteur method.
according 10 DR.. Flasschoen, has hitherto
necessarily remained limited TO those
few diseases which regularly show the
same symptoms In the case OF all pa
tents.
AS proof OF The truth OF this state
ment DIR. Flasschoen cites the numerous
attempts which have been made 10 cure
patients OF tuberculosis by means OF the
Pasteur method. all OF which. he main
tains have proved more or less failures.
for the simple reason that In this malady
the so-called Koch bacillus is not the sole
cause OF the disease, being found I'm COM
pany with other microbes the nature and
number OF which vary I'm the case OF each
patient Numerous failures in this and
other directions convinced DIR. Flasschoen
some time ago that the Pasteur method
was radically defective, since otherwise
it's usefulness would not be limited as IL
is and he at once set himself to discover
and remedy the defect. Long he brooded
over It and experimental, and finally
light came TO him.
The luminous idea struck him that the
proper place to look for the poisonous
curative agent was not I'm some foreign
body, where Pasteur and his followers
had sought and found IL. but i'm the secrC-
tions and excretions Of the patient himself.
He knew that the human body frees itself
by these channels. though I'm an made
quate manner, OF the poisonous matter
which has either been secreted by vari-
Gus kinds Of microbes that may be living
together I'm perfect harmony, or which
has been formed I'm the organic cells. and
he concluded that i'm these natural pro-
ducts could be found most easily those
poisonous germs which would Indicate
clearly 60 the expert not only the malady
from which each patient was suffering.
but also his individual characteristics, as
well as his constitutional defects, wheth-
er hereditary or acquired.
HE CURED CONSUMPTION.
For month after month he experimental
I'm this way and with unVaryins success.
Patients suffering from all manner OF
maladies came to him and were treated
by him according to this new method.
Among them were persons afflicted with
tuberculosis. heart disease, cancer. epi-
lepsy, Eout, rheumatism, asthma and
various forms Of skin disease, and Doctor
Flasschoen claims that I'm no instance
where recovery was possible did a patient
fan TO receive benefit from him
Nay, he claims that his method OF treat
ment Will be- found OF astonishing effi-
cacy not only in the case of these di-
seases. but also OF all other acute and
chronic diseases. which have hitherto
been deemed incurable. and he even
maintains that he can treat diseases
which are not OF microbian origin just
ss easily as he can those which origi-
nate from microbes.
Medical men throughout Europe are
eagerly awaiting the appearance OF tho
doctors new book, I'm which he virtually
announces himself as the discoverer OF
universal panaCea.
Whether they Will approve OF his method
remains to be seen, but In view OF the
splendid testimony from his host Of pa
tents which 10 contains, they certainly
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