The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-09-17
An important Discovery.

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The Baltimore Sun states thaS lG is
able to announce WITH authorsty q
discovery thas ranks m importance
with that Dr.. kocai g: Bndng and
isolation of the tut,ercle baclllus, ten
years ago. g IIs IIss is the discovery OF
The organism Responsible Tor lntessInaI
disorders infants, which mis-
many thousands OF graves every sum, 1,
mer. IhonsaRds OF graves Is lnaeeo
a moderate s5atemenskM the Fumper,
as it is probable, or, rather, more 5nan
probable, we believe, that q greater
number Of human beings perish as the
resnlt Of such disorders, than from all
others combined In three months
last year, the Sun notes, 546 chlidren
died from this cause 2 baiGlna naore,
Ehile only 9 third as many persons, OF
all ages died from consumption. and
the Baltimore rate is not an excep-s
tional one. The same fatality MARKS
the disease IN all cities; and towns.
The story Of the discover IS inter
esting John d. Roekefeler's grief
ever the loss OF z faForite grandenlld
two ysars ago Is IN part responsible
5 Horz 81 10. la.nealageiy M Ioloslng g1e
cnllos5 aeasn gs,t sss east.ae
4 szU0, llA5 TOT a bnoIouggn research inso=
causes OF oaseases among snem s5sS
Wh5ch proves IaLal 10 50 may caiio-
zen and comnaonly known n as as ul1-
Iner complaint. Dr. imam 2: 2
WEIGH, the dIsG1nguIsned paJnologlsgt
OF Baltimore, was selected sas.Jhe hsad
of the Rockefeller Inst tute or Medlcal
Research, and It's Work has been con
Quoted systematic liz under his super.
vision. he Investigation which re:
suited IN the asoiaeion OF ta g germ OF
sslafan5lle dIarraoea was 2 part OF the
research wore osssae inst3FuSe isa, and was
conducted ID tns iaDoIasoFy OF bne
Thonas ilson .Sanltalrl'u'ira fog Chli7.
eren, near Baltimore, by Messrs.
Charles DRyal, OF Annapolis, Mo. q.
student at tae University or Fennsyl-
yaina Medical School, and victor ii.
Bassetts OF Aledo, lll,sa student. OF the
Johns Hopkins Medical School ana
pashologIst 10 the Sanltarl unl. E Io
r DuYal is due the credit OF lso-
lating the speclhc germ IN tne lrsS. M
case successfully examined. he
organism Is loen ticai y IN JaaG Whaehi sa {.
causes acute dysentery In adults.
Out Of fifty cases the specific organism
was found IN ~. It was observed that
The blood Of the patient had the prop
erty Of 8 chimping the germ lsolased,
inst as blood serum in typhoid acts on
The Syphoidb llussand thiswas great
help n identifying the germ, as the
blood Of the patent aHected no osner ay
organism ID a similar manner. lae es
cases Investigated represensea al ya1i- = q
ties Of rae summer olarrnoea s. OF IN. IN.
fants, except cholera lnIansum, OF
which there were no cases IN the SAM
Earium, and all cases the organism. lo
soEnd tes-be present IN the secreglons
was the same as snae Wh1cn produces
acute dysenJery In aouits. 9dsny
persistent efforts haEe oeen mace IN
sfis county ana IN 5Irops l 2 20 nlu a., an
organism Wnlen eouto gpe ssioMI 5, w pe
the cause OF sne olsease. AL Al, Snese re-
searches nave Ialieo 20 20 reSsai any SIN
gle causai germ, lSs aisaough many nave
been described py various inVestlgae q
Sors inaeeoy u was !ne oplniol paaasal:.ea "
many OF Sne lnost ptoni speciat,ses
il chlldren's s oaseases 5nae no one, oae
several, organisms were copceEheo e,.. IN
sfaegs mataoles; saaS is, LnsG Gney rep
seo really dIHerens LII si DISEASES. :,,
. ;nfantiIe naladies because the
,st ;nteIlioent efforts towards pre-
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