The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-10
"A Real Consumption Cure at
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Some weeks ago we had something TO
sas about a. new tren tlnei,t for cons,ln'-
lion which, SO far as It had been tried,
Had proved Remarkably promising Eleven
patients who had been Subjected to 1t
tot d period OF only six mouths were
discharged from, tic hospital ms appa-
rently restored To health. Though Dr.
1,ussells treatment involved no element
more novel than M addition OF n certain
vegetable preparation to the patients
dict. the apparent sllccessfuless Of his
discovery attracted widespread attention
and comment. Now, on the heels of Dr..
Russcll's announcement comes ono from
another source Of aSJtopelessncss anu
postiveness little short Of startling
This new promise OF the cure for which
mankind has so long valnly sought comes
from no less eminent u scientist than
Professor Emil Behring, the dscovcrer
Of the dlphthertic serum. Professor
Bchring Is h personal friend of Kaiser
wilhelm, and was delegate to the In
ltcinational Tuberculosis Congress in
Paris under imperial appointment. Ills
explicit statement that he has discovered
nj, element that will not merely cure
consumption, but will render tho body
forever immune from its attacks, as vac
cl1atlon renders It immune from smallpox,
is, therefore, entitled to tho profoundcst
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"r solemnly avow,'' n Paris special to
the New York World quotes him MS say
ing my entire conviction In the thor
oughnoss and nnnllty Of this cure, which
Is the eliminating point of many years
OF labor. Before another year has passed
the world will be IN possession Of a secret
which will speedily rid it OF one Of tho
greatest Of plaques" Z, It
Many disnppontments In The past over
this very hope have Inevitably associated
consumption Cures In many minds with
tho unworthy enterprise Of the medical
lo1larlatan and uuack 10 confound Pro-
lfessor Behring's positive announcement
with the spcclous claims Of these pseudo
medical vampires IS, OF course, not TO
be thought OF. TO believe that so distin-
euished an authority would, without en-
.ccllent reason. make so startling q state
lnent upon n matter Of such tremendous
import to humanity everywhere is equally
When a man OF his attain
inlcnt and position declares In the most
5uneu,iivocal terms that he has discovered
Il medical preparation which will speedily
rid tho world Of tho most destructive
and distressing malady 1t now knows. 1t
Is impossible to believe that he Is mis-
leading, and most difficult to believe that
no is mistaken.
That no specific existed for the cure
OF tuberculosis had become an axiom
with the profession. Despairng OF ever
1rding one doctors indeed have long
since turned their researches to improving
methods Of hygiene and dict on behalf
of the consumptive patient. Tho whole
structure Of theoretical sanitation, long
drawn out, expensive and uncertain IN
practice, which they have gradually built
up about this dreadful scourge will, II
Dr. Fl3eHrlnS 3 hopes nre EVeTlllcu III ldct,
now be overthrow. The eminent German
will administer his new element to the
patient, the paclllus will be destroyed.
and the sufferer will not again be suscep-
tblc to its ravages. How simple, how
direct, how cheering and inspiring of hope
where science had SO long left us hope
less.
For his own reasons, Professor Behring
will not make public the particulars Of
his discovery for another year. Until
hs theory has been fully exploited in
many actual cases OF tuberculosis, judy
ment must, of course, be held In abey-
ancc. In the meantime those people who
have suffered most under the scourge
Of the white plague would seem to have
III Professor Behring's promise greater
reason for hope than ever before, and
| they are more than ready. should the
event make good the promise, to hail
Professor Behrng as among those i'm
mortuls who have conferred upon suf-
ferlng- humanity their greatest and most
| perennial boons.
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