New-York tribune., 1903-04-12
DIR. PAUL GARNAULT HERE
HAD LOC1L CONSUMPTION.
Satisfied That Tubercle from Co1C
Infected Him.

There arrived in this city yesterday DR.. Paul
Garnault and Nine. Marie Radde. whose efforts
TO restrain and stamp out if possible the raw
ages of consumption in Paris have made then
prominent in the medical profession of the Old
World, particularly in the of DR.. Gar
nault. DR.. Garnault last June inoculated
with the germs Of tuberculosis, taken from
cow, to prove mis- theory as opposed TO DR..
Koch's that tuberculosis cannot be transmitted
10 human beings from animals. DR.. Garnault
is satisfied that he was locally infected with
tuberculosis
Nine. Radde is noted on the Continent for her
philanthropy in aiding the sick poor She has
been particularly active in founding Institutes
from her own means where tuberculosis is
treated by administering electricity through the
pores of the skin. and has established such in
stitutions in France and Belgium She comes
here with like purpose in view.
DR.. Garnault arrived here yesterday the
Campania. He has come to study the liberal
movement in the Catholic Church and the effect
that free institutions have had in bringing 1t
about. For this purpose he will travel all over
the country.
For few weeks DR.. Garnault will stay with
friends at No. 3S1 Bainbridge-st Brooklyn.
When seen there last night by a Tribune re-
porter he was more inclined to talk of his re-
ligious Investigations than of his experiment in
medical science, foT as ne Saio, that is a tnlflS
Of the past"
DR.. Garnault now considers that he is entirely
free from the germs of consumption with which
he inoculated on account of his perfect
health and tremendous powers of resistance
Indeed, any one looking at the French physician
would not pick him out a subject for tuber-
culosis. He is picture of health.
That a very dangerous theory of Dr.
KOCH" he said. discussing the reasons why he
submitted TO the experiment, "and in an at
tempt to disprove it 1 thought that it would be
better to experiment on a strong man than a
weak one, for whom Il might be dangerous L
decided to submit myself to inoculation.
The experiment was conducted at the Pas
teur Institute in Paris. under the direction Of
DR. Roux the srperintendent. Late in June of
last year 1 was inoculated by having some tu-
berculosis virus from a cow rubbed into a
scratch on my left forearm. Several weeks later
the wound was opened and a tubercle from lhe
liver of a consumptive COW was placed under
the skin.
In five or six weeks / had every symptom
of local infection, a good sized tubercle having
formed on the arm. l never had any symptoms
Of general infection. however. but attribute
this to the power of resistance of my healthy
system, and have doubt that had Deen a
weaker man the infection would have spread
and become general. That my local infection
was true tuberculosis, however, there can be
doubt. as guinea pigs that We're lnoculaIed
from nv arm developed tuberculosis and died
Owing, however, to my powers or resistance
as l have said, the disease could not spread IN
me, and the tubercle on my arm gradually grew
smaller. until about November IL last Nheh
one of the doctors il the institute cut II on
''As for myself, consider the experiment COM
pleued, ard that the germs no longer remain IN
my system. DR.. Roux, however, Is OF a dlIer-
ent opinion He says that nobody can say
whether or not general tuberculosis may de-
velop in in the future