New-York tribune., 1911-04-09
No More Shooting in the Dark

IN Il word. this increase Ci knowledge VIII
1 mark difference between shooting wildly
IN the dark and taking deliberate ann IN I'd,
light. We have already succeeded IN con-
batting many infections diseases success
f11llv: but our success has been the result ol
long. laborious, and dangerous cXpGinnenl'
and we are still rather hazy regarding me
steps that have brought il about. We kno"
that vaccination wards Of smallpox bu' We
also know that now and then man VINO mas
been carefully vaccinatcd takes smallpox
and are unable 10 say Of any gwen man 'Il"'
he is absolutely immune 10 the disease Bul
when DR.. Wright method is perfected ,hi-
last. believe. will be possible. We shall be
able to face smallpox with q clear know!edge
of invariable facts. instead Of with an Moon
plcte knowledge Of probabilities. ana We
.ba11 face other infections discascs-~ea ~earlc'
fover ervsipclas. yellow fever, TYPHOID
measles, diphthcria. hydrophobia, -crtice-
mia. pneumonia. meningitis, ana al INC resi-
in the same manner.
Again. in diagnosis, the opsomc lnc'% u ~
great value. Suppose, for example lid. q
man presents himself 10 physician VIII
svmnioms that seem 10 indicate tubCrculo..
is Of some abdominal organ. BY me olo
methods it is exceedingly difficult 10 ma I,',
with anv certainty whether the man Icdi.
hos ,,,hcrc,,1ocis or not. and this unCcr'alhl.
of course causes costly delays.
But bv taking the patient opsolno lHuc"
for tubcrcle bacilli-supposing' Of coufsc'
that il Is done accurately y-unccrial amy -
dnccd or removed. If his index Is normal
i sbows that he has the disease ana ihdt MS us
ub;tc cornuscles are being defeated IN ,h1r
a,tic ',' u;,b tbe germs. II his index Is above
normal. it proves that he has inc aiscH9G,
hnt also that his white corpusclcS ID 'Hc'i
battle with the germs are ~innih8; ., H..
In other words. il will be possible t'e
onann;c method is developed 70 cXac'ncS9; 10
Irtcr,o;nr with accuracy whether a man H49
!. disease or not. and, if he has, Whclher Hc d
letting worse or getting well. II '- a.. "a
fbc modern physician docs niue Dcy "'r! d ','(i
mo Nature with proper rest and prolcl IoTu ,'I
If the former, he proceeds al once - I.'.i,I
=, vaccine or 10 build up the rcsiS'iis P'"N'
of The BODY in some other way. .h;.
If have been obscure in paris "i .ii9
Iona exclamation. can plead only th@i 'ii( ~,
l,h1;ec, ie one that does not readily lcnd i'Scl
~ Honular exposition. There are 'hGusdI'' ,'.'.
xxx that might be explained; but H%fo
hod ~ naes them bv without remark. Wy
,,,,rroer has been merely 10 show 'h"' - q
p III, of DIR. Wright's work and the WYih 81
his assistants in all parts 81 'n( dsT ToI become
ln cract science ike mathematics ids ''' -
,,,'e,Iv increased. That ne has qls'"\,,ii'' - 81
rnodcrn nhilos0phcT's stone when VIII "''
| n,.,,a, al The secrets Of the human olH
~, ite e;mnlc touch. is far from my iA'
| A.. The reader will observe, he mas i'@'iJ
rnyrred nothing new All lie has poli'' -, -,
bricf has been 10 collatc the discoI ,i',o ',o,,
other men notably lenner, kofn' r",'TuI reran
K;,ansIo ElfasI r"n nPf Pfquet and hcobad sm5 81,
md 10 show their relation one u" hnr, nr(
other; to point out means Of n''l]''iE ''' '
in the cure Of diseases. go o,c1 q.
This service is perhaps not 50 q, si'%;, ~ Il. T
aG56ie5 eLi5g Il s It is When The fd 'Is1 sJ
p;cal processes have been perlcSlc&p' CO.. ''' nynrr;
sonal rqnaiion diminafed, and '4f me 'cil World
men'I hrpn i1" comblcted On the physician, take
!, - Will; be- able in countless instance iiy H.