Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1905-12-08
SEA WATER AS CURE.
IN THE EARLY
STAGES OF CONSUMPTION.
According to French Investigators
It Contains All the Els-
ments Of the Hu-
man Body.

Paris.-A broad philosophical con-
ception, corr0borated. moreover, by
physiological research, has enabled M
Quinton to regard sea water as e
veritable normal center for living be
ings. So that according to the mos
recent analysis our organism resem
bles simple salt water aquarium.
wherein the cells OF which 1t Is COM
posed continue to live under conditions
OF aquatic origin. The idea Is all the
more interesting from the fact that II
II based on minute analysis and close
chemical studies. whence 1t appear:
that all the elements of the human
body, even those Of which only traces
exist, are to be found In their integri-
ty In sea water.
These views. which were developed
by NJ. Quinton last year In a bulky
volume, were the prelude to their ap-
plication to therapeutics. which, as
sisted by Robert Simon. he has just
commenced. These two sayants, pass
ing from theory to practice, have at
tempted to use sea water In the treat
ment of certain conditions character
lied by the decay Of the system. begin
ming with the cure of tuberculosis, the
healing OF which Is. ell the more
urgent alike from Its widespread ex-
tension and the powerlessness Of SCI
ence to combat It,
After reducing sea water to isotony,
that Is to say, reducing Its free saline
by contact with pure water to Z per
1,00O-the only proportion in which the
tissues of the body can bear contact
with it without eterIoration--they
sterilIzed 1t "a froid" and injected 1t
beneath the skin once every four days.
in doses ofa50 to 500 cubic ccntimsters.
This treatment applied to Is tubercu-
losis SUBJECTS within the last few
months gave three failures and Is
cases of improvement.
The rapid improvement that result
ed began with the general condition.
the injection of isotonic sea water re-
vived the appetite, restored sleep az
well as the vital force, and diminished
the coughing. splitting and night
sweating. At the same time the le-
sions were improved to such an ex-
tent as to be discernible by auscula-
tion and percussion. Another proof
Of restoration was the diminution Of
bacilli In the saliva.
Finally :he weight of the patient in-
creased from day to day with regular
lty-on an average OF n grams per
day. In some cases the gain was
more, averaging 38 and
ls grams, aud even as much as 81
grams.
The beneficial results obtained by
he sea water cure even In the middle
If the winter. in patients free In their
several of whom went to
work, compares favorably with the
Inc results OF the sea water cure. at
Irachon. for example. where out OF
9 cases selected from 1872, In which
was recorded, B. Lai-
sque certified that the average gain
a weight was S2.61 grams per day.
Such really encouraging statistics.
vhich were communicated TO the :,
academy Of Medicine at one OF Its re- /
ent meetings. give ground for hop I
ag that the treatment may become
,ore general and that we may soon Z
now whether sea water In the hands /
I other practitioners will give results
D be compared with those already At I
lined by Rene Quinton and Robert
imon. In the meantime It will be :
rudent to reserve judgment. for 80
,anv Treatments h-v- %-c-- "-- =
me appeared on the medical stage.
living rise to the greatest hope, but
have met with only An
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