New-York tribune., 1907-05-12
Il NEW CURE.
Hope for Consumptiues IN Rapid
Notion.
By Professor B. c. Peedy.

Among the many remedies recently proposed
for checking the ravages of the white plague. no
other is based SO scientifically upon sound nledi-
cal and pathological principle that one ad-
vanced by an eminent Russian physician. This
authority discovered that by riding month or
TWO on the cowcatcher OF a locomotive or on the
front seat OF a high speed automobile tuber-
cuIosis patient may be entirely cure1- The doc
tor has tried the scheme himself on the Siberian
Railroad. and finds his general health very much
improved He recommends the treatment TO
the suffering public.
The virtues of passing swiftly through the air.
however have not been altogether understood
by the doctor. He ascribes the curative powers
of the process 20 the fact that the high pressure
of the air expands the lungs to their full capac-
ty. thus stimulating healthily every particle OF
pulmonary tissue. Doubtless this has something
TO do with the wonderful efficacy Of the treat
ment. but probably not much the mental
effect upon the microbes. A microbe is small.
fraiI creature, and naturally timid. He loves 10
live quietly and undisturbed, far from scenes OF
adventure. Rough sports and foolish escapades
find no favor with him. Indeed. he is totally
lacking in nerve and easily thrown into a panic.
When, therefore. he is placed upon the cow
catcher Of locomotive and sent flying toward
the horizon at the rate Of seventy miles an hour
he is frightened 10 death His demise is even
more quickly caused by the Jerrors OF auto
mobile jaunt- Thus it is that undesirable
microbes may be disposed Of by designing doc
tors and patients.
Patients TOO poor 10 employ locomotives and
automobiles will find it 10 their advantage 10
take up residence I'm any large American city.
where skyscrapers and express elevators are 70
oc found in abundance. Where Two skyscrapers
face each other across a street. patients are ad
vised 20 stretch net from building J0 the
othe~ at the second story level and u jump into
il from the roof This VIII scare the microbes 10
death. provided they do no, see the net in al
vance. Jumpers viii therefore DO we'll 10 keep
their mouths sluU prior 20 The leap. During the
winter when lee and snow make the landing
nets stiff and uncomforta able patients may read
lily arrange for indoor drops by having elevator
boys leave open the doors To elevator shafts A
very small net at, the bottom o. a shaft Will do
4 nicely. Care must be taken, though, 10 climb
out of the net before the elevator reaches the
bottom; tn. impact OF an elevator does nst help
in the least TO kill off the microbes hut II Is
very-Hkely 10 give The patient an unfavOra BILE
impression of tbs descending machine The i'm
preston. too. Is often stamped iudelib,v IpUn his
mind, and sometimes even upon his body
Sufferers who find In inConvenisut n move 10
a large city may derive considerable benefit from
practising upon the trombone. Here, zoo. tt IS
not simply the air pressure that brings dis
comt1ture and death To haCiili: the sounds pro-
duCed soon cause the latter to give up their
slender lease on life Whether mere blowing
alone can cure has not vet been determined
Experiments are being conducted, though,
I'm several clubs and corner grocery stores where
fish stories and anecdotes about the weather are
being narrated by tuberculosis patients under
the watchful supervision of scientists Prelim-
mary reports indicate that the men who blow
the most, even in whisper. about the trout
they have caught show marked pulmonary in
proVement after the twenty-eighth narration OF
the same story. PoSt-moTtem examinations or
the microbes killed by this treatment show that
acute Inflammation OF the moral sense caused
their death.
IL it appears that the microbe of bragsadoclo
Americanensis is the antitoxin of tubercular
bacint. shall be paying a terrible price Tor
health Let us hope the majority OF patients
Will he able to take the CowCatCher and elevator
cure instead of the blowing one.