The Saint Paul globe., 1900-05-13

ence has so long pursued In vain, a cure
for consumption that really cures
OF all the great achievements for which
this century will go down to posterity as
the one Of all the ages which has given
most to the race, the new treatment for
consumption will hold a foremost place In
the grateful hearts and memories of gen
erations yet unborn.
The secret of its success lies in the CEN
trail fact that the remedies are brought
into direct contact with the germs of the
disease. The subtle force of electrf,i,v
is made to propel the medicines directly
through the chest walls into the lungs,
killing the germs when they are i,l the
act OF doing their life-eating work Wnen
several years ago, it was found that GER
tain electric currents would force anaes.
thetlcs through SO hard a substance a.
the enamel of the teeth and deaden their
nerves to pain, the possibility Of similar
ly forcing medicines into the chest cavity
was realized. Experiments to this end
resulted IN achievement and success The
treatment is now accessible to the resi-
dents of st. Paul and the people of the
Northwest
A reporter visited the Minnesota State
MedlcaI Institute at the corner of Fifth
and Robert streets, and there beheld
patient receiving the benefcent treat
ment The patient was stripped to the
'SNA9N anu ldlQ upon lDe electrical table
Upon his chest was placed a towel soak
ed in the germ-killing remedy. and the
current then turned on. The greenish
plue light with its strange penetrating
power poured down into the chest, pene-
trating al In its path and propelling the
medicine into the cavities and sore spots
or the lungs. The only sensation expert
enced by the patient was a mild stim-
ulat1on OF breathing power, and feeling
of ease and growing strength in the
chest The results were marvellous The
patient felt the reviving currents Of his
life blood coursing anew through his
lungs. The body seemed actually to
know and feel that help had come to aid
in its battle for life against tuberculosis.
Inc reporter, after the treatment was
over, felt that he had witnessed a tri-
umph of science that made him grateful
towards those men who in the quiet and
retirement of the laboratory are ever tire
lessly working to wrest from nature the
secrets of life and death, thankful to
those who now at the dawn of the new
century had placed within the reach of
their fellow men, means Of preserving
to the race, all that brilliant mind and
talent, power and life which has in the
past been surrendered every year to the
Unsuitable hunger of that dread destroy
er-consumption.
No longer need we tremble and feel
Wlthln our hearts the despair that used
to come when our dear ones fell victims
to this disease; no longer need we pass
through the CHASTITY farce of turning a
smiling face towards them with encour-
aging words on our lips, only to battle
In the secrecy of our chambers with the
anguish and bitterness that certainty of
death, of the loved one always brought.
How beautiful upon the mountain are
the feet of him who bringeth glad It'd
ings," and how precious to our hearts to
know that now, at last, there is a mes
sage we can carry TO the afflicted ones,
a message of restored health and
strength; the defeat of disease and a
renewal of life with all It's promise and
blessings.