Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-27
NEW CURE CREDITED
Physicians Have Faith in Or.
PfannenstiIl's Discovery.
BELIEVE IT PRACTICABLE
Simplicity Marks Treatment IF tn.
berculosis Of Larynx.
LOCAL DOCTORS INTERESTED
Thought to Have Been Tried in
This Country in Slightly
Different Form.
BELIEVE IT PRACTICABLE
LOCAL DOCTORS INTERESTED

Have the patience. the skill and the un-
dying efforts Of the Swedish physician
who modestly announces some results Of
a new treatment for tuberculosis Of rhe
larynx Melted q tremendous advance OF
modern science against at least one form
OF the white plague. II 30, then Dr. A.
s. Pfannenstili, who tells Of treatment
by swallowing sodium iodide and inhalins
ozone. will. perhaps, take place among
the men who have marked milestones on
the road to the ultimate overthrow OF
the greatest plague which medical men
have to cope with.
Washington physicians, usually reticent
about expressing opinion CT q cure or
treatment announced in newspaper dts
patches. say that the treatment il prac-
ticable on it's very face The simple
chemical formula appeals to them as be-
ing entirely practicable, and. even with
out having seen 1t tried. many Of them
say that they find nothing in It which
sounds forced.
Throat Generally Affected.
tuberculosis OF the larynx is not At
all an unusual form of the disease. In
many cases the throat is bound to be
affected sooner or later. Physicians
recognize that in some cases the throat
is certain to become affected. Hence n
treatment which would affect a cure Of
the throat is an important one.
DR.. Pfannenstilrs theory Is that swal-
lowing sodium iodide and inhaling
ozone results in chemical action
which liberates iodine. 1t is power
full antiseptic which in this way is
spread over the infected portions OF the
throat. The announcement OF the dis
covery was made In a dispatch printed
in The Star yesterday. The Swedish
physician read about his discovery at q
meeting Of the Medical Society Of Lund.
Sweden. and the report OF his expert
ments and results was cabled to America.
New in Present Form.
At the tuberculosis Hospital it was
said today that the treatment. in
the form spoken Of. had never been
heard Of in the District OF Columbia.
and, as far as known. would be entirely
new to the United States.
The Swedish discovery, 1t was said ut
the hospital. bore the signs Of a careful
study, and the simplicity Of the treatment
was evidence that 1t is q good one. The
chemical results were spoken OF as not
only plausible. but very practicable. II
was suggested however. that the treat
ment had been tried In America. and
perhaps In Washington, In different
form.
The hospital authorities were asked. -
they would make experiments with this
new treatment. The answer wAa- that at
present there was no immediate prospect
of this.
Dr. L. w. Glazebrook. who recently re-
signed as deputy coroner OF the District
Of Columbia, said last night that he had
not read the dispatches telling OF the
discovery by DR.. Pfannenstill, but when
the formula was read to him he said II
was entirely practicable, although ne
had not known Of its being tried In
America. In discussing the probable ef-
fects DIR. Glazebrook outlined q condition
which Tailed exactly with the detailed
which originally printed the paper out
lining the cure.
Thinks It Practicable.
DR.. L. II. Reichelderfer, secretary Of
the Medical Association Of the District
of Columbia, heard of the announcement
of the treatment with great interest. aid
his opinion as to Its probable efncacy
tailed with that Of other physicians.
1T is practicable he said. iodine is
so good an antiseptic that 1t Is bound
to have q curative effect upon the pa
tents throat"
The patients suffer no Inconvenience
from the treatment, according TO the
dispatches. The one drawback noted 50
far is that the ozone cannot be applied
during the patients sleep. because OF the
simple fact that the ozone apparatus IL
noisy. Could the patient inhale II sleep
ing, the physicians say there would be
great advantage gained. The ozone Is
necessary, but when taken alone. not
with the sodium iodide, IL has no effect,
according to DIR. Pfannenstill.