The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-02-11
CURE FOR CONSUMPTION.
Pennsylvania Reports Cases Cured
by Lime Dust.


clan, reports two cases of consump-
ton among his patients apparently
caused by the accidentally inhalation
of lime dust
/ make no claim Of new dis
coyery," says the physician, "butl
feel that | should report my expert
ence to the profession in hope thatl
| it will encourage investigation along
this line"
Here is the report:
Mr.. A. first consulted me three
years ago with marked symptoms of
second stage of tuberculosis; con-
siderable emaciation, night sweats,
hemorrhages, cough, mucopurulent ex-
pectoration, etc. l made an unTavor-
able prognosis of his case in a very
few minutes put him on the ordinary
routine of treatment, plenty of pure
air, milk, eggs, etc., cod liver oil,
pulmonary sedatives and stimulant
never expecting to see patient again,
as | did not think that he would last
more than three months.
I'm April last man called at my
office and complained of an attack of
grip. I prescribed for the man and
out when he said to me, 4 guess doc
| tor, you don't remember me, do your
| | told him that | did not. He then
| mentioned his name and the previous
call at the office. I was very much
| surprised, in fact could hardly be-
| lieve him. He was much stouter
and from general inspection showed
none of the previous tuberculosis
Becoming interested, | got history
from him, which is as follows:
after leaving me he got gradually
worse, and becoming discouraged,
went to Wilmington and consulted
several physicians. They all advised
me to return to the country. Hel
took the advise and got job hauling
lime. Two weeks after beginning
work he stated that he felt better,
cough and hemorrhages grew less,
and in six months disappeared and
he rapidly took on weight. He stated
that his employers attention was at
hemorrhage, and thought that they
had stopped too quickly and advised
him to see his physician about it.
He did so and was told that the lime
had cured him. Patient went further
to say that when he was working in
the lime his mouth, nostrils, hair skin
dust. This man is still living in this !
vicinity, and see him every day or
SO, and he certainly shows little i'll
any evidence of tuberculosis
NOW the part that interested me
was the fact that he has not had a
hemorrhage or been troubled to any
extent with cough since working in
tie lime The change of condition
of patient is so marked that while
| simply have his word for his history
yet it bears so many marks of truth
fitness and probability that it is apt
to interest one at least.
q. The patient would have Moth i
ing to gain and it is hardly probable
that he would invent such history. !
"2. The actual change that l saw
in the patient myself.
SO. That / have on more than one
occasion seen at post mortems tuber-
culous areas inclosed by lime salts,
the disease having been thus arres-
ted.
"a 1t follows out the general rou-
tine of treatment, the giving OF hypo-
phosphites Of lime, ETC., internally,
aiming at the same result.
Nov | had so much confidence in
this mans case that l ordered a SIM
liar line of lime treatment for anothe
tuberculous patient, Irish-American
bad family history CHS father and
three brothers, one sister having died
of pulmonary tuberculous,) age forty,
temperature when l first saw him
1872 1-2 Hemorrhages twice, muco-
purulent expectoration night sweats,
great emaciation. | ordered him to
place some lime dust in burlap bag
and lift it, drop on the floor rapidly,
then place head inside of bag and
take long inhalations. This patient
has also improved in every way, gain
ed weight and is working. This pa
tient also had an ischio-rectal abscess
which | drained and it became a fis-
tula, which / have not attempted to
cure. The question in this case is
whether this patient has improved by
the free drainage of abscess or byl
the action Of the lime. will not at
tempt to say.
But another case, age thirty-eight,
TALL. spare-built man, with flat, long