The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-16

nation to shut up tight as q clam"
DR.. Barney was inclined to De affable,
and to impart the information that
within a few weeks he would astonish
the world with a discovery. He laid
he inoculated Miss King with the germ
of tuberculosis with her full and free
consent, and told of it and what he eX-
pected to follow in interes ting detail.
THE bacilli," said the doctor, "were
taken from the mamary glands of the
COW. l satisfied myself beyond any
question that they were the true germs
of tuberculosis. The patient was in
oculated-not in the throat, as has been
stated, but on either side of the lower
part of the neck, above the collarbone.
and into the veins, so that the uuid
entered directly into the veinous cir
culation. That was on Saturday
There was no immediate percep-
tible effect. Last night there was a
slight chill but that was due entirely
to nervousness"
How soon will the subject show ev-
licences of consumption"
In from three to ten weeks" was
the reply. There will be slight rise
in temperature, and the hectic flush
will appear in the cheeks. shall not
permit the disease to reach the point
where there is a cough or eXpectora-
ton, but will begin the destruction of
the germs as soon as the indications
warn me to begin. The patient will
be treated one minute the first day,
two minutes the second, and so on in
creasing the time gradually until the
bacilli in all parts of the system are
killed.
Slaps at the Profession.
In the ethics of the profession, doc
tor %,@I sfe %ha
lation of d subject with the germs of
a disease recognized as"
The ethics of the profession are
mysticism" said DR.. Barney. Don't
tell anybody what you are doing. Keep
everything to yourself and make it
mysterious"
THE statement has been made that
your experiment has made you liable
to prosecution. Do you believe that
to be true?
THAT is all big bluff. 1t is all due
to professional jealousy. There are
some doctors who cannot bear to see
an advance made-who want to give
you a punch and send you back when
ever you show you are going forward.
AS far as my treatment is concerned, i
don't care to talk about it., except to
say it is by a method of inhalation. /
have made tuberculosis a study for
eight years"
Miss King was quoted as saying
that she had no fear of the outcome,
but if she should become consump-
tive and die and the human race were
in any way benefited, the sacrifice
would not be too great. She said her
parents, who do not live in Brooklyn.
had not been informed of what she
had done.
DR.. Jewett, chief of the Board of
CONTAGIOUS Diseases in the Brooklyn
Department, was not inclined to dis
cuss DR.. Barney's experiment further
than to say he believed Prof. Koch had
come nearer the successful production
of a germ destroyer than any living
scientist. He never heard of Koch moe
ulating a healthy subject with the ba-
cili of tuberculosis.
Law May Interfere.
There is nothing this department
can do" said DR.. Robert A. Black, the
Health Commissioner, except to ask
for a legal opinion as to the culpability
of DR.. Barney, who is reported as say
ing that he has introduced a disease
into a human organism. We have no
way of determining whether he has or
has not. Even if the subject should de-
velop consumption, that would not be
proof. AS far as our duty goes we only
can watch for the appearance of trans
mittable diseases-of which consump-
ton is one-and if this young woman
develops such condition her case will
be treated like all others. Then it win
be for the authorities to settle the
question of responsibility.
Il want to say that as far as asking
the permission to make this person a
| consumptfve no such request was made
hU RaFndU a nj har. A ell
DR.. Barney to show any written per-
mission of that character. The first I
heard of him was when he called me
up on the telephone and asked if there
were any probability of his being ar
res ted"