Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-09-11
ECHOES FROM TUBERCULOSIS CONGRESS.
Koch's Paper Attacked by Former Oconee
Man, Now a Philadelphia Expert.
philadelphia Medical journal.

losis to man. 1t has raised universe
opposition among those who work
Lord Lister followed him in strong
protest against his conclusions, ant
after. him Nocard, Bang and Sim.
Woodhead, all spoke in the same
strain. The next day at the genera
meeting Prof. McFadyean read hi,
paper. | think he demonstrated tn,
fallacy of Koch's views. l have
spoken to many men of almost al
nations, and all condemn the method
OF his announcement, as well as the
insufficiency of his grounds. / am
told on responsible authority that
even the German delegates showed
that they held views opposed tc
Koch. | had talk with Koch him.
self OH the subject. He advises fur
ther studies, and feeling this he
should not have made such positive
statement.
have visited the State Veterinary
School at Brussels and spoken with
most of the leading mon there. With
out exception they oppose Koch's
views, and Prof. Gratia said to me :
"He has made trouble for all the
world" In the "Lancet" for August
there is strong letter from Cope
man showing a grave omission OF
post mortem testimony by Koch
namely, that he docs not tell us what
intestinal LESSONS he found in his
calves infected by feeding.
DR.. Pearson and | have held for a
long time that food tuberculosis NAV
appear first in the lungs or cervical
glands. have just received a letter
from DIR. Pearson saying that he has
killed two COWS fed on tuberculous
matter, and "both had extensively
tuberoular lungs and LESSONS nowhere
else. The post-pharyngeal lymph
glands were normal. Neither had
the slightest disease along the digcs-
tive tract" We have made similar
observations repeatedly on dogs and
pigs.
One matter was clearly brought
out in the section on pathology and
bacteriology, which DR.. Pearson and
have held also for long time
namely, that the tubercle bacillus
can penetrate certain membranes or
tissues like the intestine, and leave
no trace of it's entrance, the LESSONS
appearing in neighboring glands, or
even further away.
In view of this, which was almost
the unanimous opinion of those pres
ent, it seems most fallacious to deny
the possibility of given tuberculosis
being of intestinal origin because the
primary LESSONS are found elsewhere
than in the intestine. In other words,
it is possible for the tubercle bacillus
to penetrate the intestinal wall, per
haps with fat globules; they enter
the thoracic duct and get into the
blood stream, which deposits them
by election in the lungs, leaving no
trace of intestinal tuberculosis. TAX
ing this view we may claim that
tuberculosis of intestinal origin is
more common than post mortcm ex.
aminations indicate.
was asked to appear before the
local government board and give 4
talk on tuberculosis, which | did
The English feel that tremendous
damage has been done to their efforts
to secure a good meat and milk sup.
ply. have never seen such excite.
ment over any scientific paper. Many
men are bitter in their denunciatior
OF Koch, holding that even if he
proves correct he should not have
made such statement on such slight
evidence in view of the money inter
ests at stake, to say nothing of the
danger to health of multitudcs. The,
hold that the matter is too important
to be settled by the word of one ma,
based on nineteen experiments.
One good will result-thc expert
mental work which will be inaugu
rated in consequence. The English
demand royal commission unani
mously, and l think one will certainl,
be ordered shortly. A committee o.
the strongest men in England will
soon wait on the Premier with {
strong presentation of the case, anG
ask for royal commission.
M. p. Ravcncl.
Tho London View OF Or. Koch.
Commenting on the above the
Philadelphia Press says:
DIR. M. p. Ravonel, Philadelphia
pathologist connected with the Uni
versity, already regarded by tho
watchful and informed as one of the
very foremost of newer investigator
in the field ho is making his own
gives in the Philadelphia Mcdica
Journal an admirable summary 0
tho opinion at the London Tubercu
losis Congress on DR.. Koch's paper