Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-02-15

but these have been relocated to the
forgotten domain of magic, as with
the similar connections that filed such
wit hes cauldrcns as that celebrats d
in Macbeth But change seems 10
lie s'aGually taking place in our ma,
terra n.edica, owing to the fl ct that
we ere learning how to use for the pre-
Vent IN anG cure of disease the agents
'.ve,opC6 and automaSc aily employ,,d
a t." '~imai organism itself for tn S
very hurICse. This is brought out III
the editor iai article in the Puiletin ct
ancestors, TO be sure, revelled in all
sorts OF messes for curative mixtures,
but these have been relegated to the
forgotten domain of magic. as with
the similar connections that filed
such witches cauldrons as that cele.
brated in Macbeth" But a change
seems to be gradually taking place in
our materia medica, owing to the fact
that We are learning how to use for
the prevention and cure of disease the
agents developed and automatically
employed in the animal organism IL
self for this very purpose. This is
brought out in an editorial article in
the Bulletin of Pharmacy, whose auth
or writes as follows:
The antitoxins are the most bril-.
liant examples of this class of natures
own remedies for her own diseases.
and of them diphtheria antitoxin is
the most familiar and effective. The
ulphtheria germ, gaining entrance in,
to'the human or animal body. and de
Veloplng its peculiar poison or toxin.
causes the organism to protect itself
oy The counterformation of an anti
toxin; and this unless the attack be
a vlrulent one, will Offset the effect of
the toxin without the patients knowl
cage Why, then, not develop this
antl'toXin in potent form in a horses
blood by giving him more and more of
the toxin or poison as he becomes
immune through the development of
more and more of the protectinc
agent? And why not administer this
potent anti-toXin in cases where me
human body has been attacked with
an injection so virulent that il cannon
NselI manufacture enough of the life.
saving agent of nature? These cues,
IONS have been answered brilliantly
~, c7!" with antidiphther.c serum.
out in less degree only with other
serums or anti-toxins. The average
mortality of diphtheria has been re.
dueed from fifty or fifty-five to about
ten per cent, and thus has this dread
disease been robbed largely of its ter
rors.
And then there are, for instance.
the glands in the human and animal
bodies--the thyroid, the thymus tho
suprarenal, the liver and other glands.
Each one of these has some function
necessary to the welfare of the or
ganism. In some instances we do no,
know yet just what this function is
but we see proof of its existence when
the gland is NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ana
disturbance follow. Why, then. no,
discover what purposes these glands
fuii1ll, and then use them Tor. better
still, their active principle or princi-
pies) In exactly the way which nature
herself uses them, and for exactly the
same need?"
vi the above mentioned glands. the
suprarenal, or adrenal, secretes two
principles that control the blood nres
sure, one tending to raise il. the otbe,
10 depress 1t. They usually work har
moniously together so that the pres.
sure is controlled as by the governor
VI an engine; but an insufficient SUP
ply results in condition known as
Addisons disease. The pressure-rais-
ing principle has now been isolated
chemically and adrenalin has become
one OF our most useful curative agents
Because Of its property as a hemostatic
Or blood checker" it has made blood
less operations possible. and IN surg.
clple which. among its other functions.
or another of these glands, the thy.
roid, the writer goes on to speak ms
follows:
The thyroid gland contains a prin.
eiple which, among It's other functions,
Is thought to neutralize certain waste
products and render them harmless.
But II, as result Of the disease, such
as eXcphthalmic goitre, there is more
Of the thyroid principle secreted than
Is needed for this purpose, the excess
causes train of most disagreea5!e
symptoms. Now observe what science
has done. She has found a way to
provide the system with more of tho
waste products in order to use up the
excess of the thyroid agent, and this
is how she has done it: She has re,
moved the thyroid gland from certain
animals entirely, with the result that