The Florida star. (Titusville, Fla.) 1880-1917, 1909-05-07
yH!IE PLAGUE CURE
Engllshman's Consumption Dis
cOvery Told Of BY W. I. Stead.
SIMPLE, sHOR1 TREATMENT.

PsuIties With chIorids Claimed 10
Draw uisSass Prem AHsetsd Organ
or Membrane Dad cass Cured IN
Ok haontha cfHeial Test Planned.
What PROMISES to be one Of the most
Valuable discoveries IN meaAaI science
amounts to nothing less than a speedy
and cheap cure for tuberculosis.
/ The fortunate dlscoyerer Is William
Doig. head OF a noted publishing com
pany IN London. Mr.. Doig retired
from business several years ago. de-
voting himself entirely to bis hobby
medical study.
He FIRST discovered he could cure
tuberculosis OF the bone. and only In
recent years be has found a method
OF applying his discovery to the cure
OF consumption. The treatment Is ex-
tremely simple. A ponltice containing
aeite and chloride (the exact prescrip-
ton has not yet been announced. but
there = no intention on the part Of
Doig to keep II secret Is placed on
the body Of the patient as near as pos
sible to the organ or membrane that
has become prey to the tuberculosis
bacilH. In about a week an ulcer is
formed. connected by what Is called a
ray OF Inflammation with the diseased
organ. This forms a kind OF duct,
through which the muco-pus Is drawn
out Of the system.
The ulcer needs to be carefully dress
ed twice day with a salve. which is
also the discovery Of Doig. II this Is
neglected the ulcer spreads. becomes
black. and the patient dies. But II 1t
Il properly attended to the ulcer stead
ily works on all diseased matter from
the hung until I'm from four to SIX
months complete cure Is erected.
William Doig has brought his dis
covery before the American ambassa-
dor. who was much interested. II was
determined. however, to postpone re-
porting on the subject until the nnal
series Of tests has placed the efficacy
OF the remedy beyond all dispute. DoIg
declared that in his practice he has
never had single failure.
As a test case Doig was challenged
to undertake the cure Of a youth sew
enteen years old. who was certified to
be suffering from advanced tubercu-
losis IN both lungs and also from tu-
befculcsib OF the glands Of the throat.
which rendered Il Impossible for him
20 speak except In hoarse whispers
The youth weighed about 100 pounds.
and In the opinion OF the physicians
his death within two years was fore
gone conclusion. Nothing daunted.
Doig undertook to cure this unpromis-
Ing case. To the amazement Of every
one. the lad IL now quite cured. He
has put on flesh. he sings merrIly at
his work. and all trace OF tuberculosis
has disappeared.
Before the discovery is oflcially rec
ognized final test on a larger scale is
to be made. Six patients, certified by
physicians to be suffering from un-
mistakable tuberculosis. are to be
placed in a private hospital and sub
Jected to the Doig treatment. under
close supervision by scientific experts.
who will carefully watch each case
from first to last Doig is confident
that within six months. barring acct
dents. he will have cured all six suf-
ferers. The cost Of the experiment is
estimated to be $4,000.
The treatment Is not painful, al
though somewhat troublesome. When
the ulcer is started q dressing twice a
day is all that is required. No inter-
nal medicine is administered. nor do
patients need to lie abed during the
treatment. In the case Of the youth |
whose cure has been described he re-
manned at work all the time william
T. Stead. London Correspondent New