The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-10-03
KOCH AND TUBERCULOSIS
HIS VIEWS CREATE A STORM IN
EUROPE.
Beef and Milk are Not
Dangerous, But People Seem Indis-
posed to so Regard Them

The principal paper before the British
congress on tuberculosis in London
July "a, was read by Professor Brou-
ardel of Paris, who urged International
legislation in regard to the notification
of the authorities of the existence Of
tuberculosis and the disinfection and
salubrity of hotels, railroad cars and
steamboats,, thus preventing the spread
of tuberculosis.
Professor Brouardel, who Is dean of
the medical faculty of Paris, maintain
ed that the disease was durable. He
said any measures tending To limit the
ravages of alcoholism would diminish
the mortality from consumption, and
referred to the ~reat danger in haW-
king pieces of meat in public places and
in the sale of milk which had not been
examined. Professor Brouardel believ-
ed these dancers could be remeded by
legislation. The speaker said the meas
ures needed for the prevention of tuber-
culosis were Identical in every country,
and the first step in this direction was
TO render unhealthy dwellings and dis
tricts salubrious. A healthy house, he
said, was anti-tubercular.
Professor Brouardel complimented
the United States on the quick realiza-
ton OF the dangers of expectoration,
and on it's LEGISLATION in the matter. He
said once this habit had quite disap-
peared tuberculosis would decrease
rapidly.
Professor Brouardel declines to accept
Professor Koch's theory that tubercu-
losis cannot be propagated by the meat
and milk of tuberculosis cattle, and has
said he thOuoht it easy to protect the
population from this contamination by
legislation.
In an important paper ON the use Of
tuberculin, DR.. G.. A. Heron of London
paid warm tribute to the researches
of Professor Koch. He said that the
prejudice against tuberculin arose from
the ignorance of those who had at
tempted to use 1t while disre"ardlng the
explicit injunctions of the discoVerer,
particularly I'm efforts to apply II In
unsuitable cases. He pointed out that
a very frequent mistake was to admin
lister an overdose and to fail to reduce
or suspend the application when the
temperature rose above normal.
The only chance to cure consumption
DR.. Heron asserted, was to begin In the
early stages. The surest method OF d.
agnosis was by the application of tuber-
Culin. He expressed himself as entirely
confident that this could be done with
absolute safety. Had tuberculin serv-
ed no other purpose than diagnosis"
said he, lit would be worthy of the
highest praise and appreciation"
Professor Koch, who was present, was
warmly cheered. He spoke briefly, in
dOrsing DR.. Heron's observations as TO
the necessity for caution in the use
Of tuberculin.
The Daily Mail publishes an inter-
view with Lord Lister, in the course
of which he is represented as having
said that he was absolutely unable 10
believe the statement Of Professor Koch
that human beings could not get con-
sumption through drinking the milk
Of diseased cows, the evidence to tha
contrary being far too overwhelming.
Sir William Broadbent declined to say
how far Professor Koch's statement
might be correct In view of the fact
that tuberculosis while generally de-
creasing, was on the increase among
children.
DIR. Edward Neumann of DaVos-
Platz, one of the Swiss delegates, said
that Professor Koch was already pre-
pared to meet the objections of Lord
Lister.
OF the new tuberculosis theory the
New York Herald says:
The assertion of Prof. Koch that hui