The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-11-21
INFECTIOUS CASES
CAN ALL Be CURED.
DISCOVERY OF OPSONINS IS GREAT
BOON FOR MANKIND, SAY
DOCTORS.
EXPERIMENT WITH NEW SERUM
Helps White Blood Corpuscles to Over
come Disease-Acts as Chilli
Sauce, Say Chemists.

MADISON. Wis. Nov 15.-lSpc-
ctaLI-A correspondence course OF
-s,r.vr lessons ON the theory of immun-
rs from communicable diseases has just
u,,u mlu1uratcd by DR.. William d.
gg.,. .. the hact"riology department of
#... University Vt Wisconsin for the ply
>...aa> IL rac state. In connection with
> important new extension work 1t
> pla.arI 10 bring the medical men to
.... university for two weeks i'll the tine
e.. ..url.t laboratories Of the bacteria
-..a. department. one week between
-,...~rs-s ia February and one nj the
..>u IL the college year in June.
An important part Of the instruction
u the new course in immunity IS the
study If thp opsonic index theory, one
n f.e most interesting Of recent dcvcl-
uIuauis III tine prevention and cure OF
infectious Diseases. The OpsOnlns llr.
Frost popularity describes as the chIIl
sauce for bacteria, preparing them as
food for the white blood CurpuSc"Is, so
that they may be absorbed and de-
~lroyod. lie has been studying the the
Dry ana It's application to various d!S,,
/ cases To lIt UNIV 'lNlla lh'''lb' u.s. HAi'A
i'm conjunction with Madison physicians
has treated several serious cases. Ills
explanation of the new treatment is
[ therefore authoritative, and its evident
value i'm medical practice makes 1t OF
peculiar interest.
Useful in Many Diseases.
"Ac discovery Of the opsonins and the
relation which they sustain to the treat
mrur Of certain infectious diseases has
created a great deal of discussion, first
among physicians, and lately among the
laIty." say, Dr Frost. by many ii is
considered that no moro important dis
.Uycry has been announced since the anti
tONiuc treatment for diphthcria was Civ
an 10 the world. Certain it is that fol-
lowing the use Of the procedures dcycl-
Opcd i'm connection with this line Of work
very remarkable results have been Sc
cured not only by Sir A. i. Wright Of
England, who discovered the opsonius,
but also my many workers in various
parts Of the world For certain dis
eases it has been found possible to pro-
duce antitONincs, as for example, lock
jaw and hay fever, but particularly for
dIphthcria. For other diseases it is pos
siblc to make antlscrla, which are not
anttOXic in nature but do have the pow
r. of destroying the infectious agent.
For third class Of diseases, however, it
is impossible to secure sera either to
nutagonizc the toxins or microbes. 1t is
for this class OF diseases that the new
hcrapy Is especially applicable Against
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l"'ohS Su'h as "Gh'' various apceSs'S,
-"H"rho"h ana iocaI|oh lhl''uVlS having
general symptoms, Ns tuberculosis ana
ais" such diseases OF general ana acute
nature as blood poison ana pneumonia
MI have been successfully treated.
Chill C,uco for Mic,oboc
-,
- or more jhan quarter OF cen
Jury cont nu'S ~ r0St' Ihe theory
'hAI thn WINE bIu"d cclIS or leucoc!lo5
net IN tine body as policemen who attack
ana destroy lu' invading hllcrG1"N' -, mas
Pee" Pr1,i,' prominently 9'I"Tt Iu' Wor 10, IIaV
l'I' Gems ram 'I,i a" ,'hG Ip ,n,'t III,
is n wnijl,novn fgrt bmt that nix pow"r
lu iu,nst microbes dnpeuds mon tbe prps-
once i'm tIn blood serum of certain suh.
.t.I,rrs ,yus disroyprnd hy Sir f.
Wright Of London i'm 100. These sub
.t.lur.u.. ,,t an tIe uicruhns ana NOT on
.rIn. ,yIitn blood coils They are thn chilli
-pur,' for tho LnC,ri1 urpnlriup thn
I,,,,,,.;, Ill rand ror tLn ,rlit, hInnI coils
and ara hrrcn coIIrJ ungonius from n
attn, ,,,rd ,oronine i Gator to
lhueH EApidlueu.
wright and his associates, further
moro. devised way of measuring guam
titatiycIy the relative amount Of opsonin
which the blood Of given individual
may possess This amount compared
with the normal. gives what is now gen
orally known as the opsonic index 1t
is ordinarily found that an individual
having low resisting power toward
particular micro-organiam has low OPP
snnIr ihdrN. ~" "PS"iic INDEX deter
mInati"h IN ihe haluS OF som" WORKERS.
Is Regarded as Il valuable means Oh as
SIslng DIAGNOSIS. or example III an
Incipltnt case Oh .lun'r'uIoN'N per
SlStruiR low opN"ili' iIu'N aEaiIS, ''le
hacII'hS on IunrF'ul"H'9 NoM'h "uac"te
tNlt the ludINluual WAS suffering lr"h
iun'fCui"N'~.
Making OpSonlns.
..,rLn chief vglur Of thc opsouir index
determinations has been the control of
tIr nrnres. Of Illumination or yacriun-
ion" br Frost poiufs ont. an opso-
nir .tLcropy ,hr yarciucs arr prepared by
t,l.ir,,. no micr,hn caIlsinr tIc condition
A. Lr treated and heating II i'm y wafer
.Lrtb IA = trnIurraturn sufficient HIGH to
iu.t lin flo ,nirrnhn Tho cyart uun-
irr oF ,oirrnbrs in tI,is killed culture or
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