Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-18
DISCOVERS CURE
FOR L0CKJAW
COUNTY HOSPITAL DOCTOR
HAS REMEDY
EXPERIMENTS WITH EUcANE
Efforts to Save Life Of Patient Prove
That Remarkable Results May
Be Obtained When Taken
In Time
EXPERIMENTS WITH EUcANE

the 9-year-old boy who was sent to the
county hospital a week ago suffering
from lockjaw, the physicians of that
institution believe the way to cure
tetanus has been discovered.
For the second time in the history of
medicine beta eucane was used in the
treatment of this disease. 1t was in
jected into the spinal canal of the boy
in the hope of saving his life. The
eucane solution was administered twice
in this manner, each time with marked
Improvement in the condition of the
patient, but owing to delay of applica-
ton to physicians the boy died Satur-
day morning.
Eucane for Lockjaw
DR.. J. Harvey Hall, who has made
particular Investigations in the use of
eucane as a remedy for tetanus, says
that there is no doubt that the use of
this drug will in short time relieve all
the terrors Of lockjaw and eliminate the
long list of fatalities which now follow
each celebration of independence day.
"Hippocrates, the father of medicine,
in speaking of tetanus $500 years ago.
said that person attacked with lock-
jaw would recover if it were possible
to keep him alive for four days." said
DR.. Hall in discussing the case at the
county hospital.
"A few months ago DIR. Osler said
that he agreed perfectly in what Hip
pocrates said, and if any means could
be discovered by which the patient
could be kept alive four days after the
symptoms of lockjaw developed he
would recover.
For twenty-five centuries physicians
have been trying to find the necessary
factor which would keep the lockjaw
patient alive for the stipulated time.
believe that it has at last been found. in
beta eucane, which in my estimation
will be practically certain if properly
administered"
Used Once Before
The first time eucane was ever ad
ministered in the treatment of tetanus
was a few months ago when DR.. Muir
ply of Rush Medical college, Chicago.
used it successfully in case in Chi
cago after the Fourth of July celebra-
tions.
While the method of administering
the drug in the case of Chadsey was
that mapped out by the Chicago ply
sician, DR.. Hall believes that the method
should be changed somewhat and more
of the drug administered.
Method of Treatment
In treating the case with eucane, a
quantity of the fluid from the spinal
canal is withdrawn Ly the use of
hypodermic and half that quantity Of
eucane injected in it's place. This pro-
duces spinal anesthesia, which con-
tinues for about four hours.
According to DR.. Murphy's method it
is necessary to do this but two or three
times, but, according to the theory al
vanced by DR.. Hall, there should be
fresh injection of the drug every fou,
hours so that the patient will be under
the influence continuously of the
eucane.
Death in the case of tetanus is caused
by exhaustion of the muscles. If the
spinal cord can be kept under an anaes-
thesia a sufficient length of time the
muscles will remain relaxed, and if the
relaxation can be kept up for four days
the patient is practically out of danger.
While the use of this drug in such
cases is entirely new and its true worth
not yet fully demonstrated, indications
favor its success, say physicians, and
it may be that after $500 years re-
search DR.. ]. Harvey Hall has at last
found the essential factor and its
method of administration which will
place one more supposed fatal disease
in the list of only inconvenient
maladies.
UNHAPPINESS DISPELLED
Men and Women Unanimous AhOut IT