Milford chronicle., 1906-04-27
APPENDICITIS.
whe Use of colInngoI TO Take the
Place OF Surgery.


EH Consul General Guenther Of Frank |
fort Germany, reports to the depart |
- rnent of commerce and labor the sue
9ssTly cessful treatment Of appendicitis by
Entsrs means Of "collangol,' a silver solution.
,so socon ss He writes:
,sersFea .liuch has been written on the treat
asn .s.- ~ ment Of appendicitis, principally Win
TIE reference 70 lhe lues.i'H ~, -
.,.,s,e, given case an speration must be per
- IN formed to save the life of the patient
sa,s oN 1t would doubtless be a great boon II
w 81 remedy could be found to make an op-
cR GRAFTON unnecessary Such a remedy
II Is alleged has been found under the
T,rs name of 'cOllango' Collangol IS a
-, form OF pure silver soluble in water.
puolls Chemical manipulations for rendering
DelaW silver. quicksilver and some other met
Comp ais soluble in water were alSeoFepfI rSo Sptil
tniliy semitic property Of silver has long been
ances. known. as, for instance, in the form OF
the 81 lunar caustic which has also been ad'
ninistered internally. Its use, how
from ever has been very limited. Based
these upon this knowledge successful eXper-
with iaelts have been mace oy SO sSle to o,Lu s"
and in pyseloT irtnt'1g 1tor and T nonpOisonous sill
yer in suppuralive diseases, as, for III
Ia stance. in the dreaded puerperal fever
and 81 and other suppurative fevers.
Franc; ..Dr. AIoos1rucger Of Leutkirch has
now used collaugA in appendicitis, as
and nj well internaily and externally This
brothe treatment. accoi ng to his statement
4t, tn tbe Munich Medical Weekly Re
view, has yielded extraordinarily good
able L results. Within two or three days aft
vore, AMER treatment decided improyeEi 1nI
,,,;ll he avas noticeable in incipient cases. In
-, ,..:,ses where an inhammation OF the
nc ulsuih itoneum had already taken place Il
under auspie was. however, very siow-oIteh
coo;et. S,d,y' 'after~%eeks of treatment both in
ternallv ana externally. Excepting
station two very severe cases out of the sew
entv-two which came under his obser'
So vation and treatment all were cured
aecerfs without any surgical operation He
claims that this treatment is very
Monu' much superior to any other and tha'
done ne is justified in stating that every
Drospe case Of appendicitis if early diagnosed
it ever so acute and malignant can
ware be cured with collangOl without re
gale o sorting to the knife.
b,,t III aIn view Of the otherwise favorable
experiences with this remedy it is very
DeOW probable that his opinion will prove
short correct Int after ALL it will yet re
aa, ouire great deal of very critical OBJ
aervation before it will be safe to DIS
Hom pense with a timely operation Wnlen
ton CT UstcapaDe or saving many HNS9' LIN
Sr,,,asdo,, thflished statements Of DR.. Moosbrug
are not explicit enough as to the
ced to go tory Of the cases to make rea
there is but icism possible At all events, bis
e. ements deserve careful attention
Oi Hee%ius the other hand. it cannot yet be
ed how long the cure will last
''Wl Tlght cases Of appendicitis can be heal
taVs2 "a for a time. as is well known. Th'
question. however, is for how long
hne o. Further experiments will be awaited
with t with great interest, says the Didas
Renubl kalia"