Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-28

ing's discovery VIII prove or grea
| value In the treatment of consumption
! His claim that he has found real con
sumption cure inspires the more conf
dence because il was he who discover
! ed the antitOXin now used so widely
and successfully in the prevention and
cure OF diphtheria. In giving to the
world this remedy for dreaded diph-
! liberia he conferred great benefit
upon mankind. The debt Of the world
| to him would he heavy indeed should
his consumption cure prove as success
| full as expected, thus making It pos
| sible to write down to his credit two
OF the most important discoveries of
the age in the world of medicine.
There has been some criticism of Pro
fessor Won Behring because OF his an
nounced intention of keeping the char
acter of his consumption cure a secret
from the world at large for a year In
order that he may reap pecuniary bene-
tit from his discovery. In explanation
of this course 1t is stated that his ex-
periments in the prosecution of his re-
searches have been very costly. He is
a poorly paid scholar of Prussia. re-
ceiving from the government an allow
ance to enable him to prosecute his
studies. 1t takes every cent he can
get to carry them on. In 1901 he re-
ceived the Nobel prize of $4,000 for
the discovery of a vaccine for the i'm
munizatlon OF cattle from tuberculosis
1t Is said that every dollar of this sum
went toward his expenses i'll making
In fpr "a
the secret OF his antitoxin. for diph-
iberia he was able to make money to
apply in the same way. 1t is also urged
In explanation Of his course that he de-
sires to keep the use Of the cure under
his own observation for a time in order
that confidence in its value may not be
impaired by premature general use.
Representatives of the professor in
America say that the new cure will be
ready for the general public by next
August; that ii will then be cheap, SO
that any physician can obtain 1t, and
that special rates will be made to
philanthropic institutions and to the
poor. A wealthy citizen Of New York
has offered Professor Won Behring $50
COO If he Will announce the secret of his
made a part OF fund TO be contrlbut-
ed to the Paris physician, and the only
qualification TO the offer Is that the |
treatment must first be pronounced |
successful by a committee OF competent |
medical men. There is talk Is Paris Of |
making up popular subscription to re- |
imburse the professor If he will make |
his cure public. and IL is said II the |
remedy is a success he will come into |
possession Of an income OF 10000 |
francs from the Prix Lacaye reserved |
by the French academy for the con
queror Of tuberculosis and viii also get |
10000 francs set apart for the same
purpose by a wealthy Brazilian.
. Professor Won Behring was born In |
1874 at Hansdorf. Prussia; studied /
I'm Berlin and in 1880 became
an army surgeon. In 1884 ne was ap- /
pointed professor at the University /
Of Halle. He was called in 1885 to be-
rome director Of the HYGIENE institute
at Marbury. He is now a professor OF
the University of Berlin and personal |
friend OF the kaiser and lives on n
large medical farm near Marburg |
The farm comprises some 40 acres,
and ON 1t are about 100 cows and sew
eraI hundred horses and other animals.
IL IS said the enterprise requires for
u support about $4,000 a year. His
experiments have already accomplished
/ great deal In the direction OF eradi-
.ating bovine tuberculosis, which. ac- 1
.ording TO the opinion Of those at the
.eee.t tuberculosis eDn9ress. is trans