Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-07-27
A NEW CONSUMPTION CURE.

We gave some particulars, a short
time ago of the latest methods for
the prevention and cure OF consump-
tion. Some useful hints and fegula-
lions were also furnished by DR.. Beattle
Of the Board of Health The purpose
In these was to show how tuberculosis
is spread, so that measures might be
adopted against its Increase and to en-
courage the afflicted with the hope and
faith that they might be cured, Of that
which not long ago was viewed as
necessarily fatal disease.
The tuberculosis bacillus is communal
Gated by means Of the sputum expec-
torated by the consumptlve, and there
fore the ordinance against splitting on
the streets and In public places should
be enforced, and the destruction Of the
germs by means OF dislnfectants should
be carefully executed, Living and
working or exercising In the open air
is the great remedy and restorative, as
has been demonstrated fully and this
should be followed by the afflicted with
cheerfulness and perseverance, sun
shine without and sunny feelings with
IN. work wonders In this disease once
supposed to be incurable.
And now comes a new remedy Of local
application which will, no doubt, COM
mend itself TO afflicted persona who
need something more tangible on which
to build their hopes for health, than the
simple means to which we have al
luded. Professor Jacob Of the Berlin
Medical association, who is the head
physician OF the charity department
has a method Of his own for the treat
ment Of tuberculosis, which consists
Of a medicament that he injects direct
into the diseased lungs. He had all
ready tested his method of reaching
diseases Of the brain and the spine, and
therefore reasoned that he might be
equally successful with the lungs.
But he made a number Of experiments
upon animals before he ventured TO adj
minister It to human beings The tech
niQue OF the method is said to be very
simple and It is capable Of being APP
piled by every physician who is famll-
lar with the laryngoscope, After the
larynx and windpipe have been rem
dered insenslble by means Of cocaine, a
small rubber tube Is introduced through
the mouth throat, larynx, and windpipe
directly into the lungs, This operation
is borne very well by the patient Then,
by means OF a small syringe, the medi-
cation Is expelled through the tube into
the lungs, the whole procedure requlr-
Ing ten minutes,
AS TO the solution used it Is stated
that Professor Jacob found the most
effective to be the old tuberculine that
was applied thirteen years ago by Pro!
fessor Koch the medication second in
efficacy being creosote. BY this method
Professor Jacob succeeded in complete
~ destroying the baclll IN the lungs
IN from four to eight weeks, and found
that by means Of his new method Il
was lNn1lblN W hld hii'0N WIN VI AAAllA9
cases Of lung disease. Hitherto, It APP
pears. It has been the practice to in
ject tuberculne under the skin In order
to determine whether or not a person
mas tuberculosis, but even In case the
reaction was positive It was not known
where the disease was situated, Now,
however, II is only necessary to use
the new lung-infuson method to de-
termine whether or not the case Is real
ly one OF lung disease.
II Is greatly encouraging to see the ad-
vancement that is being made by science
in the methoda OF treating those Ills
that flesh Is heir 10, The gradual de-
parture from the drug system, which
has, no doubt, been the source Of much
evil to the human body, the ponderous
doses used having certainly been ex-
cegslye, needless and harmful, and the
adoption Of more enlightened methods
to arrest the progress Of disease and
build up the body that It may last It's
Intended time, mark a rational and rap
I'd advancement In medical knowledge
that must be gratifying TO students OF
all classes and TO every lover OF hui
mainly. We hope the new remedy VIII
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