Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-10

| parents, rich and poor throughout Christer-
uoin. Back of 1t all is sentiment which
| Appeals 10 all who are to be benefited Ia, HI.
work In the Johns Hopkins laboratory.
Nheh the nfant grandson OF John ID.
Rockefeller died, two years ago of s,,n,-
mer complaint, the precise cause of which
! was not ascertainable, the multimill; main.
opered his heart and his purse ana ,..,I,-
llshed fund for the Investigation of .ba
malady. One OF the results of tbi. MISC
oenefactlon is the announcements tia, = rar5
s sea "ficn mas heretofore baffied the re-
search OF psychologists the worl o,,,.
mas been triumphanuy isolated and / = ma
hgnant tendencies amply proven
Inc exact nature of this micro-orgauisp,
mas not yet been made known but W. must
be satisfied for the present 10 ls3rp ~, -
IS identical with the one found as m. in
IeCtihs agent In similar ailments i'm tn.
duult. Inc dysenteries in man are how
ever. Que TO two different species Of germ,
one an animal parasite known as tn, sp,a,'
pa and the other to bacillus or y4cot,bI,
organism. 1t is quite probable thai ,bs
az NV germ belongs TO the former class and
is the same that produces the infecti,.s in
testlnal troubles which have prevailed in
Porto Rico. anu ia
In any event. the discovery is destined "a
open an entirely new field for scientific
research and end in the adoption az tbnss
preventive and curative measures which.
must De necessarily based on the pr.cfsa
hnoWledge of the causative factors an ,,-,,,l-
Ihls was the case in diphtheria ANA tbor.
SEEMS 10 DE no good reason why an r,Jtlall,-
eHectlVe remedy with that of antitoxin
should not eventually be proclaimed. Al
ready the distinguished bact,.TioIocistS In
Baltimore have their attention directad 81
such possibility.
mat God viii speed them in their grand
aspirations is now the universal pray,r
III We refer to the recent experiencas is
the treatment of cholera by the use of tn
1a1klne serum We are by no means without
nope. The finding Of the cholera bacillus
was the first step in such a direction ara
the formulation of the present nIan ~ -. -
ment in India, the hotbed of the maIady
was natural and logical conclusion NJ,
pa.IenSe must, however, be exercised be-
fore the question Of immunity an H.
settled. Although there are well-recorniza5
methods OF investigation along such limos
there are countless difficulties I'm the wav
before definite results can be reached r,-i
IDENTIFY, however. no time Is being i,st =,
making a proper start.
From recer. investigations IL is quite an
parent mat intestinal troubles of an sort.
are due to the ingestion of micro-ore.nisnS
OF one variety or another, and fhers ,,,,,.,
De some general rule and some definite nri,,
cipie OF destroying them. BY a PARTY az
howell as;a, ~ .ne most malignant of all
successfully treated by the means maj
cateo, tnere should be the best possihI.
ehance Tor the discovery of a serum for,
tne so-calIed summer complaint
regarding the preventions of these forms
ot uisease much Will depend upon the studv
OF the organism itself how n anters iI.s
pody, what are it's habits, its modes oF
propagation and the particular patboInpicai
PROCESSES II induces We have long known
tnat improper food artificial milk diet hill
temperature, bad water and in,n.,fet
drainage are contributing elements of can
saton, and 1t may now be demopstraIeI
nov, now the new microbe directly or Indirectly
inS,.es .nese factors, and how. also fits pos
sipie elimination may be the pivotal point of
an enective treatment The latter question
can De best answered by the discovery of A
suitable antitoxin. "