Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-10-16
MAKING TESTS IN
TUBERCULOSIS
Dr.. Perquet Conducting
Experiments In
Disease

Washington. September 30.--Dr. l..
Won Pirquet of Vienna, Austria, the
discovcror Of the procedure of inocu.
lation of tubcrclc bacillus as Il means
Of diagnoses, today inuculatCd more
children at the Childrcn's Hospital and
also one trained nurse, whose name 1t
was impossible to obtain This follow
ing so closely ON yesterdays inocula-
ton of ten children by Or. Dctrc arous.
cd great interest among the delegates,
and was the main feature of the day.
Over 100 physicians, foreign and
American. Witnessed the tests Some
of the subjects were negro children.
It is said that DIR. Detre's tests on
Monday had shown that several Of the
children inoculated had bovine infcc
ton. Others have mixed bovine and
human tuberculosis, while still others
have only human consumption. This
Information Is highly important to the
medical profession.
Tests Harmless is Claim.
sSpeaking of his tests, DR.. Won Pr.
Guet said:
These go,callcd tests are only dag
nosis In Berlin we make them thou.
sands Of times, to find out the tubcr-
culosis subjects. Having found them
out, we separate them from the other
patients.
at does not iniurc them ut all. We
apply II to kindergarten scholars In
Germany and when we find children
suffering from tuberculosis We gcgrc.
gate them"
DR.. Won Pirquet said II was also en-.
ploycd In the public schools of Ger.
many, and he has frequently applied
the test TO his own arm. Dr. G. n.
Acicr. physician In charge of the Chill.
dren's Hospital said that the children
were doing well and had not been
harmed in the least.
Confirms Diagnosis.
This test" continucd the doctor.
rs commonly employed In hospitals
and has been employed In the Chill.
drcn's Hospital from time to time
since the test has been known to- con.
firm the diagnosis of tuberculosis.
There are three tests. one Is
known as the Chalmette test. the tn.
berculln being put in the eye of the
subject. Then there Is the Won Pr
quct test, which was made this after
noon at the hospital. the tubCrcuia
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III Ar'nnr NcWahoImc. ono of the
oiSScSt mehicai authorities In Eng
,ahu aiSo TOOK occasion to say that he
| Knows OF no city where the total pro-
| srahiihe ior prevention OF consump-
! tiOn Is so complete as il is in Now
ip'h' ne said tha' IN England the
up,,c Wou'd NOT yet permit of such
iorc'pie measures MS New York uses.
W. ~ woods Price OF Saranac Lake,
Nc" r"rh' contributed one of the rare
p"pcIs lr'o from terms too technical
~, III" lay hiild' his subject was the
tosaip'''''cS III ihlcctnn from table
u'e,isiis III sahatoriulns. lie said, in
T",I.
Tableware Danger SIinht.
o, rorNS, spoons tea cups and milk
siashcs III constant uso by advanced
,upo'c'lo"'S patients were used for
., mt governments On the first day
! .nlr,y IoF"s ana twenty-five spoons,
nieuia'eiE after ordinary good wash.