The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-07-29
DOCTOR KOCH A
BACK NUMBER
American Doctors Long Fa-
miIiar With His Tuber-
culOSiS Theory
EcrInns.NIeRae Press Aas y.


culosisi Is not communicable from the
milk OF cows to human beings, which
has recently been SO widely herald
ed throughout the world. has been
fact SO generally known among Amer
lean physicians OF far less than
world wide regulations for several
years as TO attract little discussion.
They had. by the closest kind Of
scientific experiments. definitely set
tied the matter and considered that
every scientist Of repute knew and
accepted the theory.
Or. Koch became an authority upon
pulmonary diseases many years ago
and his conclusions have become rec
ogni2ed as final by the medical frater
nifty. In this case. however local
physicians are inclined to insinuate
that his discovery" may not be the
result 70 scientific investigation. but
of reading an American medical jour
nal OF two In his leisure hours.
The fact that this has been known
for several years in America is shown
by a paper which DR.. Charles j. Wha-
len. who has offices in the Venetian
building, read in January, 1900. before
the Chicago Medical society DR..
Whalen refers to the danger of con
tracing consumption from milk on a
theory long since exploded and cites
number OF authorities on the sub
ject. He makes no attempt to appro-
pirate any credit for discovery Of
pristine Importance, as does Dr. Koch
Yearly two years later.
Quotes Authority on Subject.
After saying that consumption is a
disease which is infectious and con-
tracted like measles or whooping
cough and not hereditary disease,
DR.. Whalen says;
'Dr. Theodore Smith (gournal Of
Experimental Medicine, 1s9s). after
his extensive experiments by inoculat
ing animals with human and bovine
tubercular bacll. says that he be-
lieves that the tubercle parasite cf
man has, by It's long existence in that
host acquired as II were an individual
characteristic which units It for life
in the OK, and that the micro.organism
OF the tubercle. which for centuries
has had IFS habitatlon in the OK. has
become practically specific to that
class Of animals, Or. Smith arrives
at these conclusions by observing the
following points
First, that the human bacillus
grows more vigorously from the start
than does that Of the bovine; gecond-
ly that the length OF the human bac.
aus is about two or three times that
Of the bovine in culture. and again by
the physiological effects as shown by
experiments, in which there was more
rapid death Of guinea pigs inocuated
With bovine bacilli than In those inoc.
ulated with human bacini. Expert.
msnts on rabbits confirm those of the
guinea pig. His experiments on cat
lie by the incubation of the bovine
and human tubercle bacili In some
ten cases show light local LESSONS al
The poilt where the syringe was in.
serted when human baciI were used.
the disease not spreading when boz
vine bacli were introduced there
were disseminated tuberculosis of the
lungs perieardium and diaphragm
with extensive tuberculosis IN nearly
an the lymph glands OF the thorax
ana with slight deposits in the liver.
spleen ana Kidneys These differences
are SO great that comment is unnec.
essay"
Sees No Danger in Milk.
AS alother instance Of the general
Iecognition OF what Or. Koch claims
as his own theory. Dr. Whalen saws.
"Dr Edward Moore CNew York
Medical Journal, Sept. 8. 1920. a We'll
known veterinarian OF Albany. N. Y.
questions the prevalent view as ID
the transmission OF bovine tuberculos
IS 70 the human species In all his ex
perence with cattle tuberculosis he
has never yet met with a case Of il,
transmission 20 man AS regards th,
transmission OF human tuberculosis
10 cattle the case is equally strong
There is no Instance that be can fin,
/, where the infection of tho disease II
mau has passed to the animal Hi
mentions the herd at the sarana,
Lake sanitarum whore there Is S,
much infectiye material ana wheri
the herd ls exposed. II any could be
20 Infection and yet is was foun,
free from tuberculosis.