, 1905-11-02
tA.;RiNG'S DISCOVERY
Famous Physician Confident He
Has Cure For Consumption.
EXPERIMENTS PROMISE MUCH.
ny New Method of Treating IL
aering Animals and They
Can Probably Re Cured when the
Disease IL Fally Developed.

Disease 1. F.lIy Developed.
Whatever may be the practical value
Of DIR. Behring's new treatment of tu-
~berculosls. the announcement of his
discovery has created n sensation both
In scientific circles and with the Ren-
eral public, says n Paris cable to the
New York Herald.
THE exact facts are that l have been
studying for n long time n new meth
cd Of treating tuberculosis and think 1
have broken fresh ground" said DIR.
Behring in speaking of his discovery.
There are certain animals which con-
tract this malady with great facility
and have hitherto proved refractory TO
all attempts Mt vaccination.
II have finally succeeded in rcnder-
Ing them Immune as regards the bncil-
lus and probably can ever cure them
when the disease is fully developed in
them.
Experiments on mankind have not
yet been made. but there is ground for
hope in this respect. the path am fol-
lowing being totally different from
those explored up to the present"
Or. Behring went on to indicate that
he found the germ of his new depar-
turc In works on pathology written by
the French scientists Bayle, Lncnnec,
Lebcrt and Robin in the early part e
the last century.
He noticed that they classified tuber-
culosis In two categories. one charac-
terized by gray transparent grnnula-
ton, known ms Bnyle's gra%nulatloD.
and the other. which developed toward
suppuration. Nirchow's discoveries
have created n tendency to class both
categorics rs one and the same thing.
DIR. Bchring says this tendency is err
roneous. His studies have convinced
him that the old distinction established
by the French Psychologists Is well
founded and may be fecund In results.
He continues:
"Bayle's granulation does not contain
. microbe. 1t is not accompanied by
suppurntion. The other species of tu-
berculosis. on the contrary. swarms
with microbes. A minute investign-
ton on the evolution of both species in
the lungs and spleen has led me to
wonder whether the cure of the NAL
ady might not be found in the malady
itself.
Ply means of Il process which l
shall explain later l utilize Bayle's
K%ranulation to eradicate the evolution
of the other form of lesion, the one that
Ia really dangerous. the IL that con
tains microbes, suppurates and re
suits in purulent consumption of the
lungs"
Discussing this matter editorially the
medical editor of the European edition
Of the Herald says:
Every one was struck by he sen
~sational communication made to the
Mntin by Professor Behring. The mat
ter In question is nothing less than th.
discovery not only of the means of
prevention Of tuberculosis, but of II
cure for that disease. DIR. Bchring will
not make this discovery known before
n year has elapsed. He reserves for
himself the right of exploitation dur
Ing II certain period which will enable
him to prosecute other researches.
This news IS of Il nature TO bod out
marvellous hopes to unfortunate con
sumptivcs in the future. But how SAT
for the present sufferers, who know
that n decisive remedy will be mad"
known Wncn tncy can no lOnScf IToIt
by it.
Immediately after DIR. behring's
communication the Herald made an in
quiry. Without going SO far as 10
make an affirmative statement, for tie
reason that what it knows has bectl
learned through indiscretions. it is in
4 position to state that IL portion at
least of DIR. Behring's remedy omc
from the milk of cows previously rem
dered immune against tuberculosis. As
1t is scarcely probable that this mill:
can be used In its natural I'm there
is some reason for believing that scruri
alone is employed and it could scarcely
be utilized in any other way than that
of subcutaneous injections"