Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-21
Cure for Consumption
Ready in a Year and
Within Reach of All

The vaccine for the cure OF tubeRco
Gently announced at the international
congress In Paris by Professor Won
Behring. will be brought within the
reach OF the poorest people ia every
part OF the world within a year. &C
cording to a statement made recently
by Or. L. BischofT OF the firm OF G
Bischoff * Co., the professors Ameri-
can agents. says the New York Tribune.
DR. Bischon Is satisfied that a cure
FOR consumption has actually been dis
covered and denied that Won Behring
is holding back his discovery for the
sake of the money to be gained from
its exclusive use. He said:
Professor Won Behring Is a poorly
paid scholar OF Prussia. He receives
an allowance from the government to
enable him 10 pursue his studies, but
they are very expensive and take every
cent that he can get together. In 1901
he received the Nobel prize of $4,000
for the discovery OF vaccine, called
by him 'bovovacclne.' for the immuni-
cation of cattle from tuberculosis.
Every dollar OF this sum has gone
toward his researches. Whatever he re-
Allies on his present discovery will go
like the $4,000 and the money he made
on his other discoveries-toward fur
thering his Investigations.
He told me in the spring that he
hoped TO have his new vaccine ready
for the public next August. 1t will be
cheap, and any physician can readily
obtain II. Special rates will be given
10 philanthropic institutions and to per-
sons too poor TO pay much Probably
large quantities will be made available
for the very poor without compensa
ton. | cannot say what the ingredi
ents OF his new vaccine are. but / am
satisfied that he would never have an
nounced that he had discovered a cure
for consumption unless he was certain
OF his facts.
AT the congress Professor Koch's
theory that human tuberculosis does
not come from diseased animals was
upset IL has been well proved that
Professor Won Behring's bovovaccine
does cure animals afflicted with con
and does make others i'm |
mune TO tuberculosis. Since 1901 To-
90 head Of cattle have been vaccinat- |
ed with the serum in Europe, and in
the last six months many have been
vaCcinated in America. The animals
vaccinated have continued In fine health
in spite Of aggravated conditions and
have given an increase OF about - per
cent In their milk.
In this state Professor Lehman of
the Veterinary School of the New York
university made the first NEGOTIATIONS
toward immunizlng cattle against tu
berculosis. At present. in order that
the yaccinating be done properly, we
send our own surgeons.
AS a rule. II herd of cattle on IA large
farm, though infected with tuberculo-
sis. may present Il fine appearance, and
IL takes time before any distinct symp-
toms of tuberculosis are shown. Now
aud then a COW coughs or loses flesh.
and shortly the number OF coughing
animals increases, the offspring dete-
riorates. the milk and meat production
decreases, until finally the scourge OF
tuberculosis is plainly marked.
Professor Won Behring's antituber-
cular substance has been tried with
great success in the counties or Hesse-
Nassau, In the grand duchy of Hesse,
IN the large dairy OF Bolle in Kopenik.
near Berlin. These tests aud demon
strations date back number or years,
ana positive results have been obtain
Ell. one hundred head OF heifers were
iuImuniZed at an estate IN Mecklen
burg StrelitZ and 100 head OF cattle at
an estate in SaryaT. Hungary. belong
ing To Prince Ludwig OF Bavaria In
the Hungarian possessions OF the Arch
duke Frederic of Austria calves under
three months have been inoculated.
The cattle of these estates were
highly tubercular, but every one OF the
immunized animals that has been
slaughtered so far proved, upon ex-
animation. TO be perfectly free from
tuberculosis. On account of these and
other results obtained we are perfectly
convinced that we have here method
which will lead TO success aud Will be
OF immense value in suppressing cattle
tuberculosis.
As Professor Koch stated once. The
consumption of tubercular milk and
meat is "A danger 10 human beings.
which. be II great or small. should be
removed Professor Won Behring said.
The main source of the. development
~ tuberculosis in human beings Is the
milk consumed by infants Professor
Won Behring's method of immunizing
calves against tuberculosis became a
law in Hessia, Oldenburg. Mecklen-
burg and the kingdom Of Saxony.
"Bovovaccine consists OF dried tn
bercle bacilli, derived from culture
tested very carefully as to its effects
upon cattle ever since the year 1895.
The harmlcssness OF this culture in the
prescribed dosage and mode Of appIica-
ton has been demonstrated 10y thou
sands of vaccinations in cattle We
can assert positively that the cases of
50 called vaccination tuberculosis
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. reported by some