The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1907-05-29
New Series-Vol. XVI. No 45
CURE FOR DYsEN'TERY.
Successful Experiments With French
Doctors New Serum.

Successful Experiments With French
Doctors New Serum.
Paris, April 10.-At the last meet
ing Of the Academy of Medicine, DR..
Vaillard made the welcome statement
that he had discovered a specific Sc
rum for the cure of dysentery. The
discovery is exceedingly important, as
the disease constantly causes terrible
ravages, and DIR. Vail1ard was highly
complimented by the learned mem
bers. He and his son-in-law, DR..
Dopter, have experimental for a year
with the serum, and they have treat
ed 243 cases. Their report states that
the effects Of the injections Of the Sc
rum are wonderful Out Of the 243
cases, 90 were very dangerous and 25
were given up as hopeless. Fifteen
out of the 25 given UP us lost were
cured. This shows to what low per-
centage mortality from dysentery
can be reduced. The serum of DR..
Vaillard is procured from horses,
which are inocu1ated first with dysen-
terry bacilli. The action of the remedy
is apparent soon after the first injec-
tons. The patient is rapidly relieved,
and in few hours abdominal suffer-
ings are calmed. The general state Of
the sufferer improves at once, and a
complete cure is the result, after a
small number Of injections.
DIR. Chauvel, Dr. Vincent and DR..
Vidal confirmed the observations of
DR.. Vaillard. They are. well known
Partisan practitioners, and DR.. Vidal
is one of the professors Of the Medi-
cal Faculty. He cited the case Of a
young man who had contracted the
disease in Marseilles, and had been i'll
already for one month. His general
condition was very bad, his eyes were
SCdl lily OQI VI IIlSl4 SOShCIS, IiS vas
emaciated, and presented every ap-
pearance of cholera. None Of the US
ual treatments had any effect. Five
injections Of the serum were admins
tered in a few days, and after Is days
he was restored to perfect health. It
appears that there is no danger in ad-
ministering the remedy in very high
doses, and in giving repeated injec-
tons.
DR.. Willard has been assisted in his
researches by DR.. Dopter, his on-in-
law, who, with him, shares the merit
OF the discovery. It is well known
that dysentery is Of exceptional grav-
ity in the case Of persons affected
with insanity, and for this reason
special experiments were made in
several lunatic asylums. The results
We're not in every instance as rapid
or as conclusive as IN other cases, yet,
on the whole, they were satisfactory.
and it was apparent that the serum
was not without effect. The observa-
tions prove that the earlier the in
jections are administered the more
rapid and certain is the cure.
DR.. Vaillard is military doctor,
and an inspector of the army. He is
director of the Military Medical
School in Lyons. He has long been
experimenting, together with his SON
in-law, DR.. Dopter, who is one Of the
professors Of the Val de Grade Mill
tary Hospital The bacillus Of the
dysentery common in temperate cll-
mates was first discovered and isolat-
ed by DR.. Chantemesse. It was with
the bacillus that DR.. Vaillard and DR..
Dopter made their first experiments.
They inoculated horses with it, and
afterward used the serum thus OBJ
tained in the treatment Of certain
cases, and found it Immediately sue
cessful. The experiments were then
carried on at the Pasteur Institute in
Paris, with excellent results. The in
stitute at present prepares the serum,
and has supplied that used by DR..
yaillard in the cases discussed before
the Academy of Medicine-London
Telegraph.