El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-29

Six months later he wrote a distressed
letter to NJ. Gautier, saying that he mad
discovered that his system was attack
ed by tuberculosis, and that he was
in a critical state Could Prof. Tau
tier do anything for him? The latter
wrote at once. recommending c~acodylic
acid, which ne had just used with COM
plete success. DIR. Renaud of Lyons,
who was tending the young doctor,
declined to follow the suggestion, stat
ing that. as lie had previously admin
istered arsenic tho result, it would
be useless to continue a similar treat
ment. even with a different compound.
of tie metalloid. In February last the
young doctor was at Deaths door. Ca
codylic acid was then at last tried.
Now he is, if not quite a hale and
hearty man. at least almost complete
" cured. Since then DR.. Renaud has
finally adopted the cacodylic treatment
though he describes 1, merely as a va
ration OF the arsenical cure. quite
true" agrees NJ. Gautier, but the point
precisely is that it is cacodylic acid,
and no other compound, that must be
used"
"C'est une merveille." calculated Nj.
Gautier. talking o t h compound. the
new use of which he has discovered. He
and another doctor have experimental
Will IL oh a NSiy 10 SoAt oN%D
at the BoucIcault Hospital. founded by
the late professor o.. the Bon Marche
Emporium and with almost unfailing
success. I'VE have not cured every
body" remarked the professor. though
to my citation and establishment at the
frs. results of the treatment / fairly
thought we should" In the vast ma
jority of cases, however, the new medi-
cine mas proved literally a sovereign
$500 80 h
has resisted the treatment-phthisis
of the larynx.
In all other forms the effect OF caco-
: dylic acid has been marvellous. Its par
noun virtue is the fact hat it is as
, simulated practically by every one
Among thousands of cases only two or
, three occurred in which the drug dis
agreed with the patient. Many con-
: sumptives have under Prof. Gautiers
direction. taken the medicine contin-
uously for nearly three years in per-
feet safety as regards the general
health. and with the most remarkable
results in respect to the reduction of
the phthisis symptoms. NJ. Gautier
pointed out, however. that the proper
course to pursue is to tax h drug
regularly every day for a week, then
leave it off altogether for the same
length of time, reSuming the treatment
for another week, and SO on.
There is a mistake in h statement
that Mr.. Cloete Smith increased the
amount of Prof. GATHERS dose. AS a
matter of fact, the latter's method is
to administer by injection two cent?
grams the first day and five on the sec
ona and each of the succeeding days of
the week. The dose he has usually
found sufficient, but in some cases ne
has administered ten centigrams a day
in perfect safety and with excellent re-
suits. The exact form under which
the cacodylic acI.. is employed is caco-
dylate of soda. NJ. Gautier showed Inc
a bottle of this-a white substance cry
stallized in comparatively large aggio-
merationS of crystals. Put out your
finger" he said. l did so and on it he
placed a small pinch of the substance.
which l ate. You have just absorb
ed" he then remarked, enough ar
senic to kill a man if it had been IN
any other form than that of cacodylic
acid. Cacodylate of soda contains, in
chemical compound, "a per cent by
weight, of arsenic metalloid and IS per
cent arsenious acid" Both the latter
are. of course deadly poisons.
How does ~cacodylic acid act upon the
system? Prof. Gautier obligingly ex-
pounded, for my benefit, in simple
terms, understanded of the vulgar, mis-
lately-formulated and now substantial
theory on tn esubject. He has. he old
me, made the important observation
that the thyroid gland, in a normal
condition, contains arsenic, and that
unless supplied with the metalloid fails
to accomplish it's function. AS the lat
ter is, in Prof. Gautier's picturesque
words, the fiy-wheel or the regulator
of the system, it's arrangement puts
the whole machine out of order. Con-
versely, arsenic, when properly ASST
inflated by the system, keeps the reg
ulator" in proper working condition.
OF course, l am putting the professors
theory in sh~ockingly unscientiic Ian
guage. M. Gautler has also detected
arsenic in the epidermis, in the nails
of the hands and feet, and in the hair,
and he states that these organs, when
in a normal condition, contain the
substance. AS regards the effect pro-
uuced by the new compound upon the
globules of the blood, the professor
told me that in one case a young sa-
want, DR.. Vidal, observed an increase
in the number of red glodules from
$50, 900 to 3,5O0,00O in a uatient after
a few days treatment. In many cases
the quantity doubled even a few hours
after an injection of cacodylic acid.
The treatment has attained a wide
spread success. M. Gautier related to
me that the other evening he was din
ing with an important chemical pro-
duct manufacturer. 1 p you are
selling hundreds of kilos of c~acodylate
of Soda" the professor laughingly re-
marked. Hundreds of kilos," was
the nswer, why, 1 have been selling
NJ. Gautier added that as the
drug is sold very dear, some fortunes
must have been made by the new treat
ment. In June last rear Prof. Armand