New-York tribune., 1905-08-25
CURING WHITE PLAGUE"
REPORT BY DIR. RUSSELL.
Has Brought Fifty Consumptiues
Back to Health. He Sous.

treatment which ii is believed offers a cure
for consumption has been devised by DR.. John
L. Russell after many years of experimenting
so lar nfty cures have been effected 1t is de-
eiared- For the last seven years Dr. Russell
mas been working under the auspices of the
New-Fork POSTGRADUATE Hospital The treat
ment he has discovered Is applied entirely to
the building up of the patients physique on the
strongly supported theory that the body can
overcome the tuberculosis EaciIli if only the
blood is normal
The first cures-called by the doctors zap
parent cures, on the assumption that relapses
may occur-were made in July Of 1898 Dr.
russell was then only beginning with his
treatment. Since that time. he has continued to
perefect it. and the results that he has attained
astound medical men. The hospital authori-
ties have set aside several rooms at their clinic
No. 322 East 19th-st.. where DR.. Russell treats
his patients. He has his patients call twice a
day. He supplies them with his emulsion and
other remedies. and requires that they eat the
best of food. that they keep their windows
open continually and that they do not overexert
themselves Few persons have taken his treat
ment at their homes. The doctor has done all
gratuitously.
His latest addition to his treatment he has
just made public in report. This is liquid
made from the juices of vegetables. Its use
would seem to reduce the time required for
treatment greatly. Since he started using it on
January he has made eleven apparent" cures.
against thirteen in the whole of last year His
report goes to June 80 He has fifty patients
under treatment now, though the clinic is closed
for repairs.
The new element of diet seems of peculiar
value where the LESSONS in the lungs persist
after the ravages OF the disease have been ap-
parently checked and the general health Of the
body restored attested by increased weight.
Most of the fresh vegetables in the market
enter into the composition OF the fluid In his
report DR.. Russell describes the method Of Its
preparation follows:
Equal parts by weight Of raw vegetables are
scrubbed with a brush in fresh water, then
mixed and chopped until the particles small
enough to go into the receiver of a grinding
machine where the mass is reduced to pulp.
The pulp is collected and the juice is squeezed
out through coarse muslin cloth.
The vegetables first used were the potato.
onion. beet. turnip. cabbage and celery. Later
added the sweet potato. apple pineapple.
carrot. parsnip. and later still rhubarb Cpie
plant). summer squash. tomato. spinach. rad
ishes. string beans and green peas with the
pods.
This juice is prepared every day at the hos
ptal and is kept on Ice. Each patient receives,
two ounces twice day after meals.
II am convinced" the doctor says that the
vegetable fluid is valuable addition to diet, but
feel that six months observation is not sufficient
period OF observation to justify me in speaking
positively Of It's full value AS an investigator
merely, It would be more agreeable to walt until
the end OF the year; but do not feel justified in
withholding longer an account of It's use in these
experiments. because the results so far are so
favorable, the number OF persons suffering with
S,,loa r,tTlA lActS DO
need for relief Is pressing.
II has been demonstrated that food and fresh
air are the main factors IN the cure of con-
sumption, but most physicians must feel that
much remains to be done toward the perfection
OF diet before we can approach the treatment OF
all patients with full assurance. The problem
Of weight gaining is being solved.
There is no longer difficulty in supplying the
proper quantity of proteids, carbohydrates and
fat; but is there not something additional need
ed to lift the blood and tissue to that high
estate perfect health, for which Psychologists
have not yet found name?
For a number OF years l have been searching
for this unknown something its source OF
supply and vegetable juice is the final out
come
Drs Thomas w. Bickerton. No $50 West End
ave, and Donald NJ. Barstow. No 521 Madison
ave, were appointed by the hospital authorities
to observe and report on Dr. Russells expert
nents.
One of the reasons for acquainting physicians
with the new treatment was the conviction Of
Dr. Russell that the treatment of consumption
must be taken up by the general practitioner
and not shifted to the specialist.
1T is the general practitioner" says DR.. Rus
sells communication to his fellow doctors. who
is first consulted, advises and in most cases de-
terrnines the course pursued by the patient. The
disease is widespread. and the general practi-
toner is daily shaping the destinies OF thou
sands It is not alone necessary to show him
that consumption is durable. but that the details
of it's successful management are as easily with
in his command as the details of the manage
ment of any other common disease typhoid
fever, for example,
HELD FOR HIGGINSON BURGLARY.