The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-13

Ing Than mat OF kech's q, mph Won
derful Enerss ef ITS Infusion Into the
Veins OF Iubereuio,r Patients An
Operation New IN surger, What the
r1uid can aud Cannot no Tbing
sun 10 he Learned About The
Secret 10 he Given Co the Medical
Profession Wide Interest In ~.
Within ak weeks a New York surgeon
has pr.~en,ad 10 the world a discovery
believed TO be greater and vastly more
~wide-reaching than that Of the Koch
lymph for tuberculosis. Dr. Wtlfncd Il.
Fralick Of 7i Madison avenue visiting
surgeon Of the Metropolitan Hospital and
consulting surgeon Of the Brooklyn Mcmor-
ial Hospital. has demonstrated hat he
has a fluid which he injecis directly into
the sick mans veins which seems 70
kill absolutely all the di-ease germs that
exist. and at the same time 70 revivify
tb~ weakened blood.
The nst public tests have been made on
c~onsumpive~. and the results indscsfe
that nj last a remedy hhS been found which
IL sure death 20 all the tuhercle germs that
exist In a consumptive's body. IL h. tie
clared that the triumph that was too quickly
proclaimed for Or. Koch's famous remedy
Ia. come 90 the United States and belongs
90 a New York surgeon
II II to be noted especially that this DIS
covery wa made not 10y a lung specialist
but by a surgeon: that he made u IA The
straight course Of sur gerry rather than 81
medicine. that the effect 81 the new nuid
upon tuberculosis l. only an incident In it,
general function Of destroying every poison
OF every kind. and that tive method Of in
fusing IL by pure surgery = not lees novel
than the fluid itself
Zach day. either NJ the Metropolitan Hos
pital ON Blackvcu's Island, where the city
sends Ito sick who have no money 20 paw for
getting well or for diving decently. or at
the Memorial Hospital. Clas-on avenue.
Brooklyn. where fees are paid by thc~e
who can pay them. DIR. fralick stahcs
over the surgical operating a and turns
his new fluid into the veins OF Eagsard
consumptivcs. and they rise from the pain
Iess operation v'h flushed fares their bodies
feeling an incidental glow like that Of health.
and go out with sensations Of vigor 20 wait
for their next treatment n few DAYS later.
Their cough NJ NOV begins Ia stop and
their night sweats cease. Their temporal
tnr. Ro~s down and they feel themselves
ccrrespondinEiy bnsker. Their appetite
comes back with q surprise, n they are In
q state Of delight over the change. This
Immediate set OF happy results does not
indicate a corresponding advance OF their
recovery: but ON the other hand IL Is not de-
cessful either. That one first infusion 81
the fluid did two things. IL killcd untold
millions Of tubercles, tore them 20 piere~ like
dynamite: then Z, took up the pieccr chemi-
caIly split and made them into new com
blnations Of healthy blood and sound tissue.
No wonder the patient instantly feels so
much better. The surgeon In glad 20 note
that, but he knows that Other infusions are
necessary for all the pirate germs that
may have escaped the fnt attack are
multiplying themselves AZ the rate OF mil
Hons a day. And the infusion must e.
on until every germ In the blood. even 10
the rcmo,ert csplllaries Of the skin h dead
dead. where I, cant multiply any more.
Is THE AMrnIrHEATRR.
II N q strange. weird scene for one who
IA unfamiliar with the operating amphi-
theatre 81 a modern hospital, when the
cousumpuvee are placed on the high tables
and their veins are opened To the thrush
OF the invading fluid.
room 81 or W Zee, quare. Two-thirds
OF IL are given To tiers Of semi-crcuiar
s.ats rising nearly To the ceiling. The re-
naming third. n half circle Of tiled floor,
given 10 the operators and their things,
and TO the patients on the narrow wheeled
tables. Every such spot Ia the modern
hospi,al Is a battle-ground against germs
=. .Nt.. l.. la. assa sh. Ann-
summaie skill 81 the dcXtrous surgeon.
But the most obvious thing Ia the method
and material for hghting OF the treach-
erous germs that float in to seek the open
wound and To poison II.
The tables are Of glass. just washed Ia
di~infectant. The instruments are fre~h
from the disinfectant. n should one Of
them fall Co the hoor II L. not used again
The cloths have been through disinfcctins
heat that leaves no germ-evory cloth
bandaxe. sheet. towel. even tie outer gar
ments which the surgeons and nurses wear
All Of the operators have bathed their hand,
IN disinfectant- tin the very pores are empt,
and should they touch a door 10y accident
they would battle them again.
Their reads are hound tight with whit.
Manifested turbans that no drop Of poi-oI
may fall from their hair. Thin. hos
and belteL operating robes arr al-p whi;'
and Rermies@. A. they move about TN
narrow, fatcful space with quick. accu
rate motions, with faces showing intrns'
mental activity. whiIe the helpless patIen
llr- al,n IN the midst % them. tho sceD'
n dramati- and unearhly tevund tb'
power ~ the stage. Tn" surgeons an,
nurse might - white and turbanne,
B-douins. or ~raiths hat have caugh
a still living body and hound IL where then
n M resisting 20 its fate
Bu, all this u the uniform and tho ar
tincry Of tho modern life savers Tn.
fsht /. n Kill death II h a white oon
spiracy a. give a victim hack hs life
rHE OPERATION trSELr
rrr, he night furoarm 10 laid larc an
sioy. the madam laSillIc vein on tho at
saae Of thu arm the hair - shaved ~ Wit
Q tart-r's raEnr Then th~ skin is ruhl-'
rd after a ~, of cocaine has i~--ninl-cic
hvpsd-micullv. 80 as O. prrvcut any IAiu
wl~n that plui1n j. thur l-iumi-d.
quirk iurlsiop ts made and il~ uY"~iiAI
t~.inBc win .. ruiI-d va and i1ea'~d a
a.. ln~~r end Nth a 'hred q catgui ia
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