Arizona republican., 1903-09-29


 scribing their experiments with the system of treating tubercular disease by the inhalation of the combined fumes of eucalyptus. sulphur and
 charcoal. These experiments have
 aroused the interest of the foremost six months. Concisely stated. the his tory and nature of the new method are
 as follows:
 During his extensive travels in Aus tralia. Robert Schneider a German merchant with practical knowledge of chemistry, noticed that the natives of the northwestern part of Australia used a decoction made by boiling the leaves and roots of the eucalyptus tree as remedy for consumption, which is a prevalent disease in many parts of that country. He further observed that
 the natives living in districts where
 the eucalyptus tree grew abundantly were generally immune from the dis ease, and that natives suffering from tuberculosis frequently came from other regions to live in the eucalyptus district and with generally favorable results.
 From all that he could observe and learn by inquiry. Herr Schneider con- cluded that the effective remedial agent was the eucalyptus, which is a germicide and an antiseptic of recog- ho 1id nf a physiological chemist. he prepared a | combination of flowers of sulphur,
 powdered charcoal and the pulverized eucalyptus leaves, impresnate with es-
 sential oil of eucalyptus. This mix ture has been named sanosin and is
 the material that has been used in the recent experiments.
 Since the time of Galen, the fumes
 of sulphur have been known to exert
 a curat tive effect upon sufferers from phthisis. and it appears that the com
 bination of sulphurous acid with cu- calyptus and carbon has a peculiar effective potcrcy in attacking the bacil- ! Jus of tuberculosis. On account of its extreme volatility, sanosin is put in
 sealed glass tubes, each containing a dose of about two grammes (31 giains). When used, the tube is broken and it's conterts poured on an earthenware
 plate heated by spirit lamp. The volatile eucalyptus quickly cvaporates. and, in combination with a small quantity of sulphurous acid fumes generated, medicates with an aromatic.
 penetra ting odor the air of a closed room, in which the tubercuous patient
 lives and inhales the curative influence
 in an easy, natural way.
 The new remedy was brought in Sep
 tember of last year to Berlin, where
 after due consideration, it was taken in hand for elaborate scientific tests and practical experiment. Professor Sommerfield, who is a member of the faculty of the University of Berlin
 and leading authority in pulmonary
 specialist, took charge of the experi-
 ments, and special clinic or hospital ward was opened for that purpose in the Mcabit quarter.
 Other physicians were assigned to the various details of the work. One
 made regular and frequent examina- tions of the sputa of the patients un-
 der treatment. keeping careful record of the changes in each case from day
 to day. Another made daily inspec- ton of their general condition. temper
 ature. pulse, appetite, etc. so that the collective record in each individual
 case is the work of several expert physicians.
 The patients were taken from the
 poorest class of sufferers. many of whom lived in damp unsanitary dwell ings. Each patient. before being ad-
 mitted to the new treatment, was re- Royal Hospital showing that he had been treated there and was suffering from progressive tuberculosis. Many
 when admitted had reached d stage
 at which hope of relief by ordinary
 means had been practically abandoned.
 Thus far 130 patients have been treated of whom, it is stated, more
 than 30 per cent. have been discharged as cured. Some have been able, while
 under treatment and sleeping in the hospital at night, to spend parts of the day at their usual occupations. MT. Mason says that it is not within | the province or purpose of his report
 to venture an opinion as to the effec- | t:veness or permanent value of this
 new remedy. So many sensational cures have been announced in recent years for phthisis. cancer and other widespread human diseases that the
 average laynen is constrained to re- ceive the announcement of further dis | coveries in the same fields with a cer- | tain incredulity.
 | At the same time. MT. Mason says, | it must be conceded that, in view of | the dominating importance of the sub