Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-07-19

ties. The doctors In fact are never un- |
prepared for the announcement of
some extraordinary cure effected by
the use of this widely distributed com.
pound. That pneumonia can be cured
by pumping an 8 per cent sodium
chloride solution ut temperatures rang
ing from 100 to 1870 degrees Fahrenheit
into the lungs. however, naturally tax.
es the credullty of most physicians.
This achievement was announced by
DIR. w. Byron Coakley, of Chicago In
a paper read by him before the Amer.
lean Medical Association ut the recent
convention at Saratoga. That such
saline solution would be death to all
bacteria and would also have an anti
septic effect upon diseased tissue will
be readily conceded. 1t is n question
of getting the solution into the lungs
In such a way that the patient could
stand the treatment. DR.. Coakle,
claims to have solved this problem by
the use of an instrument invented by
himself. which introduces the solution
into the lungs through punctures made
by a fine gold needle. After the salt
solution destroys the bacteria and cools
to the temperature Of the body IL IL
| claimed that 1t Is absorbed In the blood
and does not clog up the lungs. In
doing this 1t protects the red corpuscles
against destruction by the poisons of
pneumonia. Physicians are naturally
skeptical regarding the effectiveness of
this treatment, for the reason that In
the attempts that have been made TO
wash out the lungs with salt solutions
the patients have been unable to stand
1t. The demonstrations before the as.
ISOLATION at Saratoga. however, are
claimed to have shown the COakley
method to be success. II future tests
should more firmly establish the effect.
iveness and practlcability of his treat.
ment DR.. Coaklcy will have scored a
great advance In medical science and
will have conferred great boon upon
humanity.
~G~
There Is wonderful story in the life
Of Otis Il. Freeman. lie Is dead. He
was the oldest practlclng physician In
America. He was a useful man. A
great many years ago Otis Freeman
mapped out his life work. That was
probably years before you were born.
for he arrived In 1900. Wealth didn't
attract him. 1t isn't always the thing
that useful men yearn for. The fel.
low who grubs for money, who loves
1t, who piles 1t up. who makes the dol.
lar his standard for measurement, il
often selfish, rarely useful to his kind.
and seldom content. Dr. Freeman con.
sidered these things and decided to do
all the good he could. Nearly all doc.
tors are philanthropists in way.
Sometimes they use their skill for
money, sometimes for experience, and
often-more often than the world
knOws-fOr charity. 1t Is a fact that
should make humanity feel very kind.
~ toward the profession. A practic.
Ing physician mt Oh. Think Of the
army Of men and women and children
that old doctor had treated. Think OF
the pain he had banished, the dying
moments he had cased, Of the people
who became well and strong because
OF his skill. He was a war veteran,
too. At the battle Of Sailors Creek,
Va. he worked steadily mt the ampu.
tatiOn table for fourteen hours, and
from 1852 to the close Of the war he
was actively engaged, not making
wounds. but healing them. The more
he doctOred the more he sympathIxed.
lie was as tender as a woman and al.
ways kind. It was his ambition to
work right up to the close OF his life
to wear out, ard he had no more fcar
Of death than he had Of sleep. Five
days before his death he set q broken
arm for boy and insisted on seeing
all patients who called upon him. 80
there you have the life story Of sue.
icessful man. whose days spanned al.
most century. He left no fortune.
Many OF those whom he benefited have
forgotten him. He was q success. The
human being who does good to satisfy
the voice Of conscience needs no monu.
mcnt. The man who deliberately leads
a useful life, because of his noble
qualities of heart and mind. leaves his
impress OH the world.
49,
The conclusion Of peace In South AZ
rica IL a cause for worldwide cOngrat.
ulation. The precise terms matter less
than the fact that an end has come Mt
lust to the war which for nearly three
years has desOlated the two former
Boer republic and parts Of Natal and
Cape Colony. On both sides there has
been herOism. and on both sides. also.
there has been large measure Of hu-
manity. 1t II doubtful II 30 prOtracted
ana obstinate a struggle was ever
fought out to a conclusion with less Of
wilful cruelty. 1t IL characteristic Of
brave soldiers that they learn respect
for each other from the experiences Of
battle; and after the bitterness Of this
long struggle has passed, there will
abide on either side this sentiment of
respect to temper and ameliOrate ftl-
ture relations. 1t is highly important
that this should he no, for the British
ana Dutch must live together In South
Africa, and must together work out the
problems OF civilization. 1t would he
u calamity II the work were long in
terrupted by the perpetuatiOn of old
animOsities. whether OF race or politics.
In money ana In men the price which
Great Britain has had to pay for her