The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-09-21

became known that I am Z consump1ive
patients have deserted ne II this thing
continues NY income VIII dvindle down
| 20 one-third or less Of The average
And death really has no terrors for
you9 put in The correspondent
Neither life nor death has" said the
-sctor nus-ngly. What is life \ sop
bubble that bursts after flying through
the air Ny soap bubble. by the way. is
still on the ascent. even though / was
declared consump5ive IN conseQu
OF the incubation by the Pasteur Insri-
tute. Its authorities agreed that the
bacilh had taken and the disease was
there 10 stay unless ousted by surgery."
The correspondent inquired Il GarnauIr
intended 10 submit TO an operation
1t all depends on the decision Of the
medical faculty If the faculty deems il
necessary for me purpose in view that
! 20 through al the stages OF consump-
ton, why. / viii die in harness. II not,
my friend Tussier. the great surgeon.
| viii cut the infected flesh OUT OF my arm
and cure me
The doc-0r exhibited the spof where
he fani@ at-d the ~t .rou rH5errs-
ioes cow lr 49, rn-rsae rs r. SER -h-
-izs ~ a trsac piece ol hfs Ioeer srra and
there were small yellow eScraseeacss Ar
I around. These. said the doctor are
( the baciIli with which the guinea pigs in
/ the Laboratories are inoculated-
An inch or 20 above this scar was
I another and all around the flesh appeared
swollen This is the place where the
tubercles were introduced under my skin
after being CUT from the meat OF con-
sumptive COW explained Gsrnauit.
At the doctors suggestion the CORE
/ spoudeur laid his hand on the swellings
I The tiny tumors could % plainly felt
rs there any danger that the virus
mixes with the blood and thus infects
YOUR whole orsa nism2.'
~of course there is replied the doc
tor. unless the tubercles are speedily re-
( moved But whether that viii be- done
or not is YET undecided am IN the
hands 81 science and II there Is the
slightest danger that the result Of my
experience be Jeopardized Icy an operation
] viii resist any attempt 20 remove The
poison
The experimenter was very earnest.
but absolutely refused 20 take credit tor
his heroic act II am "a philosopher, he
said. accepting with equanimity every
thing that comes along
The correspondent after his personal
examination ~ DIT Garnaalt went
specially TO Berlin 20 lay the result OF
his Investigations before Prof Koch
The great specialist received the cor
respondent m his private residence No
y Eurfuersrendamul-
1T is innossibie that DIT Gsrnaut
should have become a consumptire by
incubation with PARTICLES OF the flesh q
a cousumnttve beef said the professor.
such a fatality could have ensured only
if the inoculatian had been performed
ID, tubercle haciH as prepared in che
laboratories.
The professor spoke in his usual dc
tatorial fashion. as If science as inter
ported by him. had the right-of-way
But interposed the correspondent I
have seen The infected arm myself and
The Pasteur Institute moreover. recog-
nized the swellings as due to tubercu-
iosis
The reference ~ the Pasteur Institute
seemingly made no more impression up-
on Prof Koch than th- observations ~ a
mere Iaymau ike myself.
-Ir cannot be- b. said. If rhe rhysi-
clan were infected with Consumption De
would he consumutive All throueh-the
disease would not Pc localized under the
skin ot TEE arm Besides the shortress
NJ the time intervening between the
alleged irocul zion and the present con-
fiets with the statement
The rhins from which Garnauit reaIiv
suffers IS an af7ictiou to whIeh butchers
7uF veterinary surgeons handling rrla-