Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-05-30
TWO SC0URGES OF THE RACE
Has the Problem of Tuberculosis and
Cancer Been SoIvcds--i
teresting Possibilities.

III hhpNiCuSC Win SUI SCI y i Ic tllOi 80
however, of prominent physicians and
scientists in London, Paris, Berlin, and In
New York. Boston. and Chicago. during
the decade just passed. have been pro-
ductive of medical results that. to say the
least are startling in their conclusions.
The individual efforts In this direction,
or the combined efforts Of several groups
of there brave souls, many Of whom have
given the best years of their existence to
scientific medical research, have been,
first n desire to determine the Opsonic
power of the human system, and next to
discover a non mineral huid that, when
administered or taken into the blood,
would attack and annihilate the poison
Gus bacteria now known to lurk in the
blood-the vital fluid of lfe-hut at the
same time to increase the Opsonic power
of tho blood. It Is known that the white
Tor hcalt. y blood corpusces are de-
creased in number and power in n system
possessing. 50 TO speak. n constitutional
disease, the result of bacterial poisoning.
Where, however, the strength or tone OF
the system has been raised by the use of
certain special fluids, which destroy the
scascd germs or bacteria, It is possible
for the system 70 regain It's normal con
dtion. with the increased number of
white blood corpusclcs, It can then be
aid to contain it's normal quantity of
1psonic power and is no longer in danger
Of bacterial poisoning.
This brings us to the point whore tho
lay mind grasps the significance Of this
discovery and its utility IN the proven
ton of disease the preservation of the
human system, and possibly the pro-
longation Of human life We can Join
r-f+b pciNntifc nd in,
toicing over tho fact that AT feast a re-
mcdy has been discovered that so acts,
through the blood. upon the Opsonic
power of the system in its efforts to
eliminate disease, of a germ origin. such
as tuberculosis and Malignant growths.
in oil cases where this treatment has
zen used the general tone Of the patient,
the appetite. weight, strength, and color
IF the skin. have all rapidly improved.
all tending toward "A restoration to that
powerful state or condition called
health"
Modern physicians agree that no known
remedial agent in itself possesses curative
power for these cases. The action Of all
such curative methods or remedies lies
in the blood, or to state 1t another way,
through tho reconstructivc efforts Of ma
ture. Nature or the Opsonic power Of the
5lood. performs the important mission Of
'tacKihs ana destroying a" o'r'er''l
poisoning IN 'Ae average normal SHS''"''
the theory p'iHE 'n"' IL - P''S'"'e III III
crease thls power WINE IL IS s'So p'ss'-
p'e' ana AWAY do'', 10 o'co.'e
creased from the "N'r"H"InNh~ lIHuehCe
of the toxins. This principle is the basis
of this theory Of cure and prevention of
many classes OF So-calleu HcuI"pi' us
eases.
There vii! shortly Nc eS'thhShed IN
New A'rk' "lSo IN i''Sl'h' l"l'i"eiP I''.'
and PlttSbrug' an hosp'tal Tor 'hc treat
mont ana furthor investigation 81 'H"
several forms OF mcurahIe diseases now
So prevalent Thc nuld Will pc authii''s-
tered In the same manner as anutoNln-
10y injection. Nlthln the past Ten years
this treatment has Erected results sufti-
cientlN r'markloIe 10 chaHehSo attention
i'm this and other countries. While not
announced as charity, these hsutu-
lions will make a substantial contribution
to practical ho"'N"!"n0' III 'a' G'atu!-
tous treatment Of property accredited
patients to whom the employment OF me-
Gcal attendance or the provision OF the
means Of relief prescribed would be n
hardship. In addition to the outpatient de-
partment, free clinic will he establish
ed. II Is intended that the hospitals and
branches will he self-sustaining ana they
will BE- conducted upon ethical lines. The
results in every instance are to be care
FULLY observed. and clinical details placed
at the disposal Of the medical profession.
The history for the search for 1ac-
terium OF the aforesaid diseases-of can
cor in partlcular-and Of experiments with
remedial agents undertaken in the hope
Of finding a specific would All a larger
volume than would he read with interest
Most of these efforts, while conscientious
and stimulated by an honest desire to
benefit humanity. have in the main hecn
based upon n misconceptiOn Of the nature
Of the disease, which. for half a century,
has defcd the efforts to establish its ma
ture by cultures and been recognizable
nicroscopicaly and by the specimens pre-
pared for he microscopic. OF the hopes
excited in the mind of patients by con-
fdent announcements of great discov-
cries and miraculous cures, about all that
can be said It 10 compare them to the
arge desires with most uncertain issues
.: which the poet tells so sadly. There Is
however, n recent history Of cancer treat
ment which will repay brief review
The first specific to attract worldwide