The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-01-25
Many Cases Of Graves Dis
ease Completely Cured.
EACH SUFFERER BENEFITED
Preparation Is Originally Obtained from
Diseased Human Thyroid Glands,
Then Injected into
Rabbits.

New York. Jan. 25.-The following
story is wonttrful enough TO be highly
ii it were not youched iol
by several Of the leading physicians q
tins city. 1t chronicles the discovery q
d method BY which certain yirulent
preparation can be made, which when
Injected into a human being acts only
on d certainsgland in the neck and cures
II 81 dreaded and fatal disease. III
u practically the first application to dis
case az i new class Of antitoxin-lilSe sub.
stances which act only on the cells q
particular organs and leave the rest Oh
tie body unaffected.
Several remarkable results have pre-
viouslv been achieved by these sub
stances in experiments Oh animals. a
serum has been prepared which acts only
or the kidneys, another on the hver.
Animals treated with the former are
found at the post mortem to be healthy
except for their kidneys; these organs
have been practically destroyed by the
serum. Ii il thus possible to prepare
specific cell poison which acts only on
one organ.
FIaCLlChlAy 1uIuldbtc GAoNNSNs
The first application Of this discovery
to medical practice has resulted from
the work of several doctors connected
with tie Cornell Medical school, an insti-
tuition endowed and largely supported by
! Col Oliver A. Payne. At the Loomis
laboratory, connected with this instltu'
1 ton. DR.. y. r. Beebe began hunting
/ for a serum to treat cases Of u rare anc
curious disease called exophthalInie gol
/ trp. on Graves disease. Hitherto thu
complaint has been practically inenrahle
4 except By operation, and net Away
then.
Dr. Beebe, who Is chemist. got hol'
81 large diseased thyroid gland iron
4 case 81 eSopbthalmic goitre and mad
some serum from IT, DIR. John Rogers
4 secretary az the Cornell Medical school
i tried some Of it on case Of the disease
The patient Immediately began to i'm
prove. and to made long story short
4 Their have been, up 20 date, FIVE complet
cures accomplished by this serum, an
number oil cases greatly benefited.
40 that now, thanks largely to IN
work Of Drs. Beehe, John Rogers an
Gilman Thompson, the latter protesso
of medicine at the Cornell Medics
! school, remedy is available which vi
absolutely cure at least one. third OF u
cases, greatly benefit the second thir'
. ana somewhat improve practically a
, sufferers. Although the work Is d.
scrihed bv the doctors III charge as sti
only in an experimental stage, and 4
this reason they refuse To give detail
I regarding cases, enough has been learns
J to Justify the statement that q yei
wonderful achievement has been add'
10 the already long list Of eonquests
the serum workers.
Graves disease is q peculiar aifectiC
characterized by a number Of rare sym
toms. among which may be mentions
Great bulging of the eycballs, and g
lareinc Of the THYROID gland in Y
front 81 the neck. Il is the latter sym
tom which is supposed to be at t
bottom Of the difficulty. The hype
trophicd gland seeretes too much Of
regular flpid, or else, owing to it's d
eased condition, Il makes some poso
which infects the body, and finally lea
to death Possibly il does both Of the
things.