New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-22
CURING TUBERCULOSIS.
Bright Hopes from Result of Recent
Congress an Paris.
Paris, October 10.


OF the Champs EIysees assures sufferers OF
brighter hopes than have ever yet been he'd
out to them. In regard to the cure of consump-
ton no less than three specific remedies were
considered by the congress- and were. In prlncl-
Pile, approved. These are the remedy OF Pro-
lessor Emil Won Behring, of Berlin. based upon
the impregnation of the living cells OF the
organism with a substance" which he calls II
c." obtained from the virus of tuberculosis.
the remedy consisting Of the ani-tuberculous
serum discovered by DR.. Alexander Marmorek'
the clinical results OF which were reported upon
most favorably by ten French and foreign dele
gates and the method of consumption cure
discovered by the chemist. NJ Francisque
Crotte and successfully administered by DTS
Bertheau, MicheIs and Manars, of the faculty
OF Paris at his sanatorium in the Rue de TURN
for the last four years. and which is tounded
upon the introduction into the organism of
medicinal substances by means Of electric cur
rents which destroy the microbes of consump-
ton
OF these three remedies that of Professor Won
Behring, in which the substance ct. c. is
neither serum vaccine" was for the
first time presented to the scientific world at
Ife Paris congress. where it caused sensation.
and was regarded triumph Of the French
school and the pegation of the theories OF
Professor Koch. Professor Won Behring proposes
b keep the ingredients OF his now famous IT
c. q secret for some years. but he is ready to
Explain his method to everybody as he has
saready done to DR.. Roux and Professor Metcn-
xfkaT of the Pasteur Institute, and Will leave
q TO specialists to apply ii, without, however,
disclosing the elements Of which the ct. c." con-
gtsta Professor Behring expressly states
chat he misrepresented as saying that the
motive for his keeping secret the formula OF
his remedy was in order to profit pecuniarily
by II Such an idea" declares Professor Won
Bshring sis absolutely without foundation. 1t
would be premature and it would be the cause
Of untold mischief I now to disclose the
formula of the ct. c. which has not yet been
experimental with in the case Of human beings.
but only with lower animals. When the next
congress meets In Washington in 1908 1 shall
SO there not only with hopes but with facts
and clinical results to the therapeutic eff
e&Gy Of my treatment on the human organism
However experiments in this direction do not
rsst with me, but with like Roux and
Mstchnikof and with specialists at my estab-
ashment at Marburg. and at other laboratories.
MY preparatory work is ended. and other
sctertists. Just the case with the diph-
theria antitoxin. will develop the remedy so
Rs to permit of its practical usefulness to
kind"
Among French members Of the tuberculosis
Congress who express confidence in Professor
Won Behring's remedy are M Casinir Perier
ex-President Of the French Republic; M. Leon
Bourgeois. former Prime Minister; DR.. Brou-
Rrdel- former dean of the Paris Medical Faculty;
Professor Metchnfkoff. of the Pasteur Institute
and Professor Bouchard president of the Medi-
cal Section Of the Congress. The younger ply
Bicaans and scientists are enthusiastic In their
convictions that the German professor will full
Oh the predictions made in behalf of the
=. C" Doctor Albert Robin believes that
"a portion at least Of Professor Won Behring's
remedy comes from the milk of COWS rendered
immune against tuberculosis by means Of long
treatment In an artificial culture medium"
In regard to the prevention of tuberculosis
TWO distinct currents of opinion manifested
themselves In the congress-the German idea
Of making the sanatorium almost the exclusive
weapon against the malady, and the French
Plan, based upon prophylactic methods of pres
efvat1on by means of healthful dwellings salu-
brfous schools and wholesome conditions of life
The trend of feeling in the congress was that |
although the sanatorium remains for well to do
pense of organizing and maintaining these
establishments is too great and the same
amount OF money might be more effectively ex-
pended In other ways. 1t Is with this view that
NJ Casin1ir Perier and M Leon Bourgeois sub
United to the congress resolution, which was
unanimously adopted, urging the legislative
bodies of all countries to authorize the sanitary