New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-01-01
SCARLET FEVER CURE.
BIG SUCCESS CLAIMED.
Doctor Tried Nesp Method Success
fuIu on His O1cn Children.

4 new treatment for scarlet fever which, ne
gays has had a long series of victories ana no
failures in its struggle with the disease Tor
nearly eight years. is now offered as free SCI
entihc contribution to the medical profession DV
Or 7 r G Iuhan of No 900 East 72d-st-
Noticing that most deaths from the disease were
the result of paralysis of the heart he devised
a treatment for the blood and for the kidneys
which prevents ansemia-or destruction Of the
red blood corpuscles-and also prevents kidney
complications.
Since February 20. 1900 DR.. Luhan has treat
ed 129 cases Of the disease. He has had not a
single death though his patients ranged IN age
from two to thirty-fve years. The patients re-
covered IN six or eight days The regular oealh
rate from the disease in infants ranges from
TO II per cent. and is much higher in older per-
sons. Most Of those who recover from the dis
ease have some permanent ailment. Ordinarily
the cases last from three to six weeks. and
sometimes several months because of complica-
lions. DIR. Luhan says that there have not even
been bad after effects in the cases which he has
handled
The physician in speaking Of his treatment
yesterday afternoon. said:
garding cases of scarlet fever that possible, I
decided that the paralysis of the hesrt w5icn Is
was the result OF some chemical action caused IN
~ nt7aI $50 ~, f theno and fo,Ir Of
HEM ny Own weT tae The success ok the method
was Immediately apparent IN 1883 at the time or
army in West Tampa, Fla, treated number
Of poor children there with equal success | am
learned in the treatment of this the worst disease
tt IN Ne@ 4ork ed Die Journa
of January To- 1903 Any reputable physician is vel.
come to It and 10 whatever can tell him. OF
course. I cannot give this information TO people
them. where they are poor. my treatment and my
As TO my treatment The germs Of scarlet fever
excess Of White blood corpuscIes Anema next
sets in through the poverty Of the blood, and par
tive and eliminative IN the first four days Of the
red corpuscIes and brings oxygen into the blood
without impairing the function OF the kidneys. In
tains ali the ingredients Of No / and also another
by the disease germs to be eliminated from the
b4b mn, Js I'M" FTbt 5isess The i extra OK
gen in the blood prevents paralysis of the heart
which is due to the presence in the blood OF carbon
I always insist that, as soon as evidences OF the
6bs Baed the %af and en Paoe
:n the lightest and best ventilated room of his
61fe m b; as Iila u % Ge2rass tbe beaTt Az
ION Il i must be kent in an amber coored bottle
as It IS affected by the light. While there are no
Should be thrown away after the patient is Wei
and renewed when needed again.
DR.. Luflan IS a prominent Republican IN the
Goth Assembly District He counts as one of
the greatest achievements of his career the de-
feat OF Tommy Dunn there a decade ago. He
is an examining surgeon fol. pensioners. and is
the secretary OF one of the three examining
boards IN this city. Since 1892. when he began
practice here. he has been a lecturer of the
University Extension Society. To give lectures
and organize classes of mothers for simple
medical and sanitary instruction. he established
the Bohemian National Hall, in 73d-st.. near
Sd-ave.. and Turn Hail. in 71st-st.. near Ave
nue. A.
DR.. Luhan was graduated from what IS now
the Medical School OF New York University, in
1890 and studied in Prague and Vienna after
ward. He came to this country from Bohemia
when he was nineteen years old and began fife
as q druggist