Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-17
SEA WATER A MEDICAL AGENT
French investigators Demonstrate Its
Value a. " Cure for Con-
sumption.

A broad philosophical conception corrobo-
rated. moreover, by physiological research,
has enabled NJ. Quinton of Paris 70 regard
sea water as veritable normal center for
living beings. So that according TO the mist
recent analysis, our organism resembles a
simple salt water aquarium, wherein the
cells of which 1t Is composed continue to
live under conditions of aquatic origin. The
idea Is all the more interesting from the
fact that it is based on minute analysis and
close chemical studies, whence It appears
that all the elements OF the human body
even those of which only traces exist, are
to be found in their integrity in sea water.
These views, which were developed by
M. Quinton last year in a bulky volume.
were the prelude to their application to
Therapeutics, which, assisted by NJ. Robert
Simon, he has just commenced. These two
savants, passing from theory to practice.
have attempted to use sea water in the
treatment OF certain conditions Character
lied by the decay Of the system, begin
ming with the cure OF tuberculosis, the
healing Of which is all the more urgent,
alike from its widespread extension and the
powerlessness Of science TO combat it,
After reducing sea water 70 isotony, that
is to say, reducing its free saline by contact
portion which the tissues Of the body can
bear contact with It without deteriorating
they sterilIzed It "a froid" and injected It
beneath the skin once every four days, in
doses OF 80 to 800 cubic centimeters.
This treatment applied TO eighteen tuber-
culosis subjects within the last few
months gave three failures and fifteen
cases OF Improvement.
Tho rapid Improvement that resulted be-
gan with the general condition. The in
jections OF isotonic sea water revived the
appetite, restored sleep as well as the vital
force, and diminished the coughing, spit
ting and night sweating AT the same time
the LESSONS were improved to such an ex-
tent as 90 be discernible by ausculatIon
and percussion. Another proof of restora-
ton was the diminution OF bacilli In the
saliva.
Finally the weight of the patient in
creased from day to day with regularity
on an average OF twenty-seven grams per
day. In some cases the gain was consider
ably more. averaging thirty weight and forty
three grams, and even as much as nifty
three grams.
The beneficial results obtained by the sea
water cure. in the middle OF the winter.
in patients free in their movements, several
OF whom went to work, compare favorably
with the fine results Of the sea water cure.
at Arachon, for example. where out OF
twenty-ninl cases selected from l32 In
which Improvement was recorded, b. Lal-
esque certified that the average gain In
weight was S2.6 grams per day.
Such really encouraging statistics, which
were communicated to the Academy of
Medicine at one Of It's recent meetings,
give ground for hoping that the treatment
may become more general. and that we
may soon know whether sea water In the
hands Of other practitioners, win give re-
suits TO be compared with those already
attained by MN. Rene Quinton and Robert
Simon, In the meantime IL will be prudent
20 reserve Judgment, for so many treat
ments have from time to time appeared on
the medical stage, giving rise 10 the great
est hope. but unfortunately. have met with
only as ephemersi sueoess.-Paris Herald.