The Detroit times., 1909-06-17
CURES BY DELAYING.
FLOW OF THE BLOOD
Sufficient Delay Enables the Affected
Parts of Body to Extract the
Curative Properties.

ST. LOUIS. June l6-The theory
that fever and Inflammation are mere
~ natures weapons To tight maladles
Is the basis of an interesting new med.
ical system which is being applied in
81. Louis with results that have as-
tonished the expeTimenters.
In acting ON the new theory regard
ing fever and Inflammation n method
frst devised by Or. August Bier. IA eel
eDrated German surgeon, Is used DE-.
"A. Siebort. OF No. l6i7 South Jeffer.
son-aVe., Is convert TO the new the
DRY and believer in the Bier meth
Cd. which he is using daily.
The method consists in holding the
blood In an affected part--thc lungs,
the brain. or "A gangrened finger-long
enough To permit the diseased tissue
To take up all the nourishment I'm the
blood. This is done at frequent Inter
walls and is accomplished by means u
bandagcs and yaCuum-producing de-
/ vices. The artfcially produced con-
gestion is known I'm medicine as ny
peremle'
DR. Bier designed his system for use
In surgical cases. but DR.. Siebert has
extended its use TO so-called medical
eae
When a reporter asked Or. Siebert
10 explain his use Of the Bier method.
be said that one OF his cases is that
OF n young man who had suffered from
epilepsy for years. experiencing one or
more seizures daily until the treat
ment was begun. This young mans
head has been bandaged twice daily,
the bandage being SO arranged as 20
force the blood To remain In his head
and permit the brain To take up the
Hourishment from It, In 5 months the
patient had not had seizure and Dr..
Siebert believes he will be we'll In
year and a half
The young man was struck on the
4 head with baseball bat in boyhood,
The lesion OF the brain produced cpl
lcpsy. Ills case was supposed TO De
incurable, or at the best. durable only
through a dangerous surgical opera
ton.
The use Of the bandages about the
\ head and neck in this case in its rela.
ton 10 the new reasoning regarding
fcvers is explained as follows:
Starting with the hypothesis that ma
ture puts forth no useless or uninten-
Nonal effort. IL was deduced that few.
or. which Is present in almost all dis
] eases. was only an increased activity
or the blood in natures effort TO throw
of the disease sort OF hyperemie OF
the entire body
From this IL was argued that arti-
flcially induced hyperemie or conges-
ton of blood in an affected part would
accomplish the same result that ma
ture sought To accomplish by causing
fever, that is, supply the affected pat
T-with sufficient nourishment and blood
force To overcome the affection.
That ordinary circulation of the
blood. so far as an organ In an abor-
NAL or diseased condition is concern
ed Twas aFgaea, -is-iike- setting
plate OF food before n hungry man and
then snatching il away before he has
Had time To eat. The part that needed
nourishment IN the battle with disease
could not hold the blood long enough
TO get the required nourishment from
IT,
A girl who was suffering from gan
creme of a finger was taken to Or. ST.
bert. He placed her finger in glass
case. which was made into vacuum.
also binding the arm above the wrist
so as 10 hold the blood in the hand.
The hand "puffed' out in the vacuum.
permitting "A larger flow Of blood. ana
the bandage above the wrist retained
the blood in the hand. The Dandage
was left on only few minutes at
| time, but the hand WAS Kept In The
vacuum In time the increased guam.
titIy of blood produced new tissue and
the finger healed. though gangrene act
ually had affected the bone.