Evening star., 1900-10-05
SERUM FOR YELLOW FEVER,
DIR. Beilinzaghf Reported to Have
Found an AntidOte.

The New York Heralds regular CORE
spondent in the City Of Mexico, writing
under date of September y. says: One hum
dred thousand dollars is the prize which Dr.
Angel Bellinzaghi a young Italian special
tst, may win as the discoverer of serum
which cures yellow fever.
Several years ago the Mexican govern
ment made a standing offer of 100000 to
the discoverer of remedy for yellow fever
which every year Is epidemic In the lower
gulf ports and on the Isthmus Of Tehuan-
tepec
Several eminent specialists have made ex-
periments at the port of Vera Cruz since
the offer was made. Not until this summer
did any Of the serums experimental with
prove successful in virulent cases. At last
however, the remedy has been found.
The experiments conducted at Vera Cruz
were under the auspices Of the government
board of health. The commission appointed
by the board to witness the experiments has
just reported favorably upon their result.
Part Of the big 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 If they are sue
cessful he will win the entire prize.
In June last DR.. Belinzaghi came to the
City of Mexico to obtain permission from
the government to make experiments at
Vera Cruz, where the yellow fever was then
the customary formalities to be complied
with David Fitzpatrick, an American. who
had como from the isthmus, was taken Ill
with yellow fever in It's most yirulent form
three or four days after arriving in the city.
He was taken to the American hospital
where his case was pronounced hopeless
No case of yellow fever which had develop
ed in this altitude, having been contracted
In lower altitude. had ever been saved.
DR.. A. w. Parsons, the physician in
charge Of the hospital. gave permission to
Or. Beilinzaghi TO try his serum upon the
patient. DR.. BellinZaghi visited the patient
on the fourth day OF his illness, after all
hope for his life had been given up. The
patient had the black vomit, a temperature
which is considered fatal. his system was
thoroughly permeat ted with the disease and
the action OF the kidneys was entirely stop
ped. symptom which is always considered
fatal
Or. BeIiinzaghf injected twenty grains Of
his serum the first day he visited the
patient and succeeded in reducing his tenn
perature and pulse. On the second day he
injected thirty grains, on the third day
sixty grains and on the fourth day eighty
grains.
On the second day the vomit disappeared
and on the fourth day the action of the
kidneys was restored. Three days later the
patient was discharged from the hospital
This remarkable achievement. which was
cabled TO the Herald exclusively at the
time, hastened the action of the government
board OF health in granting permission to
Dr.. BeIlinZaghi to make his experiments at
Vera Cruz.
President Diaz became personally inter
eSted in the matter and sent for the doctor.
In an interview with the president DR.. Bel
linzaghi explained his serum and its theory
fully. and the president took great interest
in il.
a commission was appointed by the gov
ernment board of health, which accompani-
ed DR.. Bellinzaghi to Vera Cruz and af-
fordsd him every facility to make his ex-
perlfnents The serum was tried on patients
III the military and San Sebastian hospitals,
and in 50 per cent OF the cases 1t was sue
cessful. The usual mortality in yellow fever
ca ses is 80 to 81 per cent.