The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1907-04-09
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LcAN SAILOR.
On/y Two Causes for Death When
Proper Ant-toxm Treatment
E, IS Evolved, Says a Baltimore
;83rke Doctor.

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cident reported IN the mail just re-
ceived at the Insular Bureau from
] the Philippines is that as one of the
boats belonging to the gunboat Ell
!. Cano was being rowed out to the
chip In Manila 1Harbor, February
10, the plug came out, and to pre-.
vent the boat from being swamped.
J. J. Dunlap thrust his forefnger
| into the hole. The finger was inn
mediately bitt.n off by q shark.
4 The sailor will have to be retired.
Baltimore, April 5.-According
to DR.. Il. Burton Stephenson there
should be only two unpreventable
causes of death-accident and old
Iage. p
He believes that all germ diseases
are durable by anti-toxins, and
that the production of anti-toxins
ought to be the first thought of the
medical profession.
While some anti-toxins can be
secured from animals, there are
I others, that can be secured only
from human beings. By way Of
suggestion he asks why not give
persons convicted of crime the al
! tentative Of going to prison or sub.
mitting TO become anti.toxin fac
tories. The possibilities of fatal
/ results, pr. Stephenson says, are
] very remote. VIZ 7zsS4.. e<F7 :.
Says DR.. Stephenson: IA toxin
is, the poison Of, a disease germ.
When such a germ enters the body
;" nature, to combat it, provides il
the blood substance which eatral
= ICES the action of the germs poison
This subatance is termed an anti
toxin. f
$ Eve say Of diphtheria that |
runs Its course In seven days, II
Typhoid fever that it runs it's cours
in twenty.one days. We mean b.
this that with diphtheria it require
lseyen days for the body to form
1.-THE anti-toxin which renders th
germs poison harmless, and will
Typhoid. it requires twenty.on
daya. By the injection Of anti-tox
in In the early stapes>of diphtheri
the poison is conteracted at once
the disease does not have to rul
! it's course, and the attendant dan
gers are done away with. / -
Gas a result Of this great discoy
cry mans allotted threescore an
4 ten will soon cease to be q myth
H 1t will make disease a harmless in
Il disposition and make death by a,
Il cident and old age only. Surger!
II 81 electrotherapy and Roentgen ray
Il are daily demonstrating the fas
Il that hitherto unconquerable di
II eases are yielding to treatment, an
Il serum.theraphy is becoming
Il reality. e
II "The theory upon which serum
II theraphy Is based has been prove
II to be correct beyond a doubt. tt
Il chiet difficulty In the way of i
Il more general application Is the ia
II that such anti.toxins as have CON
II into common use are obtained fro
Il the domestic animals. and only
Il few of the domestic animals are su
Il ceptible to the diseases which b
II man beings are heir to. f...
II s'The anti-toxin for diphtheri
Il for instance, is obtained from horse
II The process is this: A horse Is inc
II culated with diphtheria germs. E
II gets the disease. More and mo
Il germs are inoculated. until final
II they produce no effect. No ,sigl
Il Of the disease show themselve
II That condition proves that the a
- - II. toxin HAS been manufactured
= the horse = blood sufficient to ma
him immune. Then an amount
~ ~ The horses blood is drawn and Il
tsernm eeparated from ii, for it is
.aSS The serum that the anti-toxip, lie
This serum ii en2ready for inc
q fcu1ation infh fhumanabeings aflict'
]. with dip liberia. % Il
n o,W this i'll all right for dip
Il ttheria, but Vt ii 5not SO for mai
81 tother diseases. The horse is q
sf Susceptible to them.
This great obstacle, nsVerth
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