New-York tribune., 1902-09-11
THINK sMALLPox GERM CAN BE FOUND.
THvEsT1GATIoNs NOW IN PROGRESS IN CHI
cAGo-MoNEY NEEDED.
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Chicago, Sept. i"-Chicago physicians are prac-
r-sllv unanimous in supporting the suggestion of
,7e health ofaoer Of Cleveland 1hs. the smallpox
-errn is discrrersble- Investigations 10 this end
have been =! progress here for years among hscfer
clnz1gts as they have been all over the world and
they are in progress to-day. according - local
srrhori-ies with rhe result sun uncertain FD1
the aesrchers after the germ are sanzuine that
eventuslly definite result viii be achieved What
IS wanted mostly by those vho following these
researches are material and financial resources
They point out that in the present CAY 2 poor
sctentigt cannot afford 1o spend his tinna delzing
after the secrets OF nature which viii give only q
roor return - the disccverer. 4 his efforts are
zaIceessfuI and especially he cannon afford it if
;here is nothing provided for him % i've on pend
INK result
II Il the common theorz that all communicable
diseases are germ diseases, and the germ has
been discovered in number a them II Is held tha
eventually i; can be dis, orered IN smallpox the
true nature of the disease made known after II is
found not 70 he . germ disease pr Herman
spaldin- chief medical officer of the Chicago
Health Department said:
The more money spent m scientific Investigations
The better The research for the smallpox germ has
@ BEEN d detsermirsd the s',ppostio Is that it is
ern zs aise@s si fi boTld he also If Is Tis,t ne
and proper resources in money, money TINE and ID. brains
sideraton.
Or. ". X. Jacques. bacterologist Of tho Chicago
Health Department said:
Every bacteriolosist Of any experience has made
an effort 10 discover the smallpox germ. but for
some reason il Is Yet determined. This he
csle 10 faulty methods Of technique 10 other
tuberculosis baCilli eScaned detection
uHtfl Professor Koch discovered a peculiar method
Of staining which caused ihS long sought germ to
hec0 visible Science * making rapid
strides appears proba be that any little ac-
,-ident variation in methods may make the dis
roverv OF The smallpox possible. Really. the
field ~ bacterioloEy is only scratched the sur
face and the work Is limited 10y the resources OF
hacteriologists. Every increase in this respect is
liable 10 bring forth definite and valuable results
Every scientist cordially welcomes the tendency
Of rich give Of their wealth for the
patient scientific investigation necessary reveal
The organisms Of disease II such Investigations
were made with similar financial and material re-
sources as the great corporations have in their
IN medical science as IL the Investigations
~ such corpora tiolS. refer particularly TO the
lsbora tories o the packing industries in Chicago
.sn6 TO the wonderful work accomplished by the
cie,,tiss in the employ OF the Standard Oil Com
,spv and tbe progress im the steel business the
sources would give great results in the more
humane field of the investigations OF disease to
which is heir
Other physicians talked ia similar strains. con-
curing in the generally expressed belief that the
discover. OF the smallpox germ only question
of g,esesrch under proper conditions.
BELIEVES GERM WILL BE FOUND.
Jersey city physicians generally decline to ex-
press any opinion the views OF Health Officer
Ei.edrlcL :catng - sflaiinox germs I'T. Edward