The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-07
InocuIates Himself with Flesh OF Dis
eased Cow and Speedily De-
comes Infected.
IS INDIFFERENT TO DANGER
KOCH REFUSES TO ACCEPT ExPER-
INTENT AS CONCLUSIVE.
Says French Scientist Has Not Made
Test Properly and Results
Prove Nothing.

DR.. Garnault. the scientist. on June II
inoculated himself with tuberculosis 10 dis
prove the dangerous theory OF certain
American physicians. championed by Pro-
fessor Koch. viz. that the meat and milk
of consumptive cows are harmless. and
that there is TO possibility that the con-
sumner may be infected with consumption
DR.. Garnault became consumptive in con-
sequence of his experiments and his case
is attracting the attention of such men as
Claude Bernard and Tussier, the great sur
geon.-Cable Dispatch.
Correspondents of the Indianapolis Journal.
PARIS, Aug. 25-Your correspondent
found DR.. Garnault at his office, an elderly
man with thoughtful air. who wore the
left arm in sling.
Your condition, consequent upon the in
oculation with tuoercle bacilI from infected
beef, is alarming the medical world OF
Paris, Doctor
'T know it. and am fully prepared to die
for the good Of humanity"
But you are not an old man and seem
to have much to live for" said the CORE
spondent. looking around the comfortably
furnished apartment.
"Pshaw,' replied the doctor, when one
is forty-two years old life does not seem to
be so important function after all. espe-
cially the life of an ordinary individual. /
admit, though. that 1 might hold different
views IL | had conferred great benefits
upon the world. like Pasteur, for instance.
But, as you know, / am simply an unpre-
tentious scientist, a logical thinker with a
great thirst for knowledge. yet small op-
portunities for doing good. II is really
quite immaterial whether I live or not"
continued the doctor. still. IL succeed
to prove, either by my life. or death, II it
must be, that 1t is criminal to feed people
on the milk Of consumptive cows, or on
the meat of consumptive animals in gen.
eral, then / shall feel that made the best
possible of my God-given faculties"
Some newspapers call you a pessimist,"
said the correspondent.
81 am neither that nor an optimist
am simply Indifferent to personal comfort
or discomfort, life or death. Such indiffer-
ence is not abnormal, you viii admit. Ma
ture itself is Indifferent. 1t is satisfied TO
be-no more, no less. And as for the rest
1 think 1 am fully qualified TO dispose OF
my personality as 1 see ft."
Then you are not married, doctor?"
YES; 1 have wife living in a foreign
country, but she will never hear OF this
until il is decided one way or the other.
Children L have none"
HIS PHILANTHROPIC PURPOSE.
"And your prime object in making this
dangerous experiment was
ITO refute, once and for all, the theory
of Professor Koch that il be right and law
full to sell poison in the shape OF milk and
other foodstuns bought with the under
standing that they DO the consumer all pos
sible good, while. as a matter OF fact, they
subject him to the most awful disease
consumption. 1t is my firm belief that com
sumption could be restricted If the health
authorities condemned all the meat and
milk of consumptive cows and other do
nestle animals brought into the market
Koch holds different views: he maintains
that animal consumption cannot be trans
ferred upon another animal. a human be-
ing, and that the meat and milk OF con-
sumptive animals may. therefore. be sold
at large to unsuspecting consumers.
Truly" cried the doctor. with emphasis,
eff Koch was not well-to-do man with a
large salary / should suspect him Of being
in the pay Of the milk and meat trusts.
these concerns alone are interested in
spreading so dangerous a theory. virchow.
Pasteur and Lister limited at that when the
Berlin gentleman first launched his the
ory."
Professor Koch seems to think that you
undertook the experiment for the purpose
of advertising yourself" said the CORE
spondent.
THAT accusation is as infamous as 1t Is
stupid" replied the doctor. 'I always
made a good living in my profession. and
everybody who knows me also knows that
the lust Of gold is entirely foreign TO my
mind. If it had been my ambition / might
have lived and died a simple practitioner
with an ample income and something to
spare; instead risked IL all I'm the hope OF
being of some use to humanity at large. I
felt that Kochs theory. encouraging dis
honest tradesmen and breeders OF cattle.
is spreading consumption at terrific rate
The statistics OF all countries and peoples
show ii. No one, not even the unborn child.
! is safe against the disease nowadays. as
its dissemination has the approval OF the
highest medical authority. The incongru-
ity and the horror of II aroused me 10 ac-
ton. AS before said. whether live or not
cuts no figure whatever. not even with my
self. II necessary / Will give my life ex-
perimenting-one for millions.
HAS LOST HIS PATIENTS.
81 wish you had come here before the
story of my incubation leaked out. You
would have found my waiting room well
peopled. But since IL became known that
l am a consumptive patients have deserted
me. II this thing continues my income
this year will dwindle down 10 one-third
or less of the average. Does that look as
IL I had entered upon a money-maling
scheme? At the same time truly say
that the loss OF patients does not give me
the least concern. My needs are few. and
maybe I shall not have long TO live"
While defending his character against
unjust accusations the doctor worked him
self into a rage. He was now coughing
vielently-the kind of cough consumptives
are subject 10.
death has no terrors for your" put In
the correspondent. after a while.
Neither life nor death has said the
doctor. musingIy. What is life? A soap
bubble that bursts after flying through the
air for some time. My soap bubble. by
the way. is still on the ascent. even though
l was declared by the Pasteur Institute Q
consumptive In consequence of the inoculs-