The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-09-02
FINDS HOPE IN FAT
Nebraska Physician COmbats
Disease with Fenugreek.
MAY CONQUER TUBERCULOSIS
Seed Used by NaIdenE of TuniS to
Give Weight Discovered by Prof.
Fairchiid, of Agricultural Depart
ment, and Experimental with by
DIR. Won Mansfield in Nebraska.

Omaha, Nebr.. Sept. 1.-The eyes Of the
scientific world are right now fastened
upon the little town Of Ashland, Nebr,
where DR.. A. S. Won Mansfeide a promi-
nent physician and well known in medical
research circles. Is bringing 10 close
experiments with new cure for tuber-
! culosis. experiments which promise great
/ things to those who suffer from consump-
ton
DR.. Mansfeldes research work has ex-
tended over period Of more than forty
years. He has discovered a plant having
properties for which he has been search
ing many years. in which search he has
/ been assisted by the Department Of Agri-
culture at Washington and by DR. David
Fairchild, the eminent botanist and agri-
cultural explorer. This plant is Fenu-
greek, and its home is in the semi-arid
and arid portions Of Tunis and other
north American countries. And the prop
erty for which Or. Mansfelde has been
searching so long. and Is possessed by
the fenugreek. is that its fattening pow
ers are so great that. even under the
ravages Of tuberculosis, the patient puts
on flesh and gains strength steadily while
taking IT, Remaining strong. the patient
| then has an opportunity OF throwing of
the germs Of consumption and becoming
entirely well
DIR. FairchiId Makes Discovery.
Although he searched for a plant with
the properties of fenugreek for thirty
years. DIT. Mansfelde stumbled upon the
herb altogether by accident. While read
ing an article by Dr. David Fairehild. of
/ Washington. VINO had been travelling in
Africa. and had written of fenugreek,
/ Or. Mansfelde was struck with the fol-
lowing paragraph:
The seeds of this plaat (feuugreek}.
curiously enough, are eaten by the Jewish
women OF Tunis IN order 10 make them
fat and no young Jew in that region
would think Of marrying a girl until the
use of this grain had increased her
weight to the fashionable figure Of 25G to
800 pounds
That was what Mansfelde wanted
something of great fattening power. So
he wrote TO DR.. Fairchild asking about
| fenugreek. Fairchild had a few grains of
the seed with him and Immediately sent
! them 70 the Nebraska doctor. Then
Mansfelde sent to far-away Tunis for
still more of the grain and also to inquire
how it was taken.
DIR. MansfeIde Records Experiment.
The difficulty in the past, which physi-
clans have tried in vain to overcome in a
| c0nsumptive, is that the fats are not as
simulated. and the patient loses flesh. and
| practically Gies OF exhaustion and weak
ness.
But Won Mansfelde found great GifcuI-
ty in securing enough fenugreek to car
ry on HIS experiments. He had the grain
sent him from Tunis in large quantities,
but found il so badly adulterated as to
be of little use. To meet that difficulty,
he planted some OF the seed in sandy soil
on his ranch. near Ashland. and to-day
is raising g first-class crop OF this plant.
which never grew outside Of the desert
before The doctor hopes that when his,
crop Is harvested. he viii have enough
fenugreek to carry his experiments to a
/ successful end.
DR.. Mansfelde's records cite the case of
young man who. despite incesssnt
hemorrhages. put on flesh and who. he
believes. would have recovered entirely.
had he not strangled TO death during one
of the attacks.
/ Notwithstanding the tragic ending of
| this case DR.. Mansfelde holds that the
experiment was an undOubted success.
and points to the immense gain In flesh
/ of the patient. despite the terrible drain
/ of strength through the bleedings. IF
that strangling spell had not come on. F"
says the doctor, that man would TO-DAY
I have been Well"