The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-05-25
kENOsHA THIRD IN PATIENTS
Only Two Other Counties of the State
are Getting Greater Use of the
State Institution Than This County
Does.

received from Wales the biennial re-
port of the State tuberculosis SAM
forum and the figures in the report
indicate that Kenosha county has tax
en- greater interest in the institution
than any other county in the section
of the state. But two counties in the
state, Milwaukee and Dane counties,
have had as many patients as Kenosha
county in the institution. The growth
is shown by the report. DR.. J. w.
Coon, the superintendent of the institu
tion in his biennial report says:
During the two years, 365 patients
have been treated and discharged. Of
this number, however, 81 remained less
than one month, and, for that reason
have not been included in the compu-
tations, as it is generally conceded that
in SO chronic diseases as pulmonary
tuberculosis, no treatment will show
any well defined curative effects in less
than month and any lack Of good
results, therefore, should not be charg
ed to the system of treatment. De
Quoting the IS cases, there were 307
cases to be reported upon. Of this
number only 81, or 101 per cent, were
classed as incipient, while 232, or 1855
per cent, were moderately advanced,
and, Notwithstanding the efforts not to
receive far advanced cases; A, or 14.4
per cent, of the cases treated should
properly be classed as such. In num-
Der of instances these were admitted
with full understanding of their con-
dition, and for the reason that no other
provision for their care seemed possi4
BILE. In still other instances, owing to
misunderstanding as to the class of
cases it was desired to admit, patients
in a far advanced stage Of the disease
were sent from a distant. part of the
state, and it was thought better to
allow them to remain than to subject
them to the fatigue Of a long return
trip.
By reference to the following medi-
cal report it will be seen that of the
307 cases in all stages of the disease
ON admittance, there were apparently
cured 1888 per cent, arrest of disease
in 27.36 per cent, Improvement in 1886
per cent, a total of 1929 per cent,
benefited, while 2O.52 per cent were
discharged unimproved, and GIG per
cent died, total Of 26.71 per cent that
failed to receive benefit.
A striking illustration Of the value
of early diagnosis and treatment is
afforded by the fact that 93.55 per
cent of incipient cases were benefited
while 1912 per cent of moderately ad-
yanced cases received benefit and only
1854 per cent of the far advanced
cases received benefit, and 70.46 per
cent of the last class failed Of i'm
provement,
The average residence of patients
was 21.5 weeks. 1t is worthy Of note
that the beneficial results of treatment
in all stages is in direct ratio to the
time spent under treatment.
Of the 307 cases treated 29.1 or 94.S
per cent, were between the ages Of Is
and Is years, the most productive
period Of life.
Of the AZ cases treated for more
than thirty days with tubercuin, 43
or 91.5 per cent were discharged i'm
proved, while but 70 per cent of the
remaining cases were discharged i'm
proved. 1t is realized, of course, that
the number of cases treated by tuber-
culin is much too small to admit of any
positive conclusions relative to bene-
it's from it's use, but so far as results
can be judged they are entirely in fav-
or Of the use of tuberculin in suitable
cases and under careful supervision.
In all cases the remedy used was Tu-
bercuiinum Purum (Endotin), a form
obtained from pure cultures of tubercle
baeili of the human type, exactly as
Koch S old tuberculin, but in the
further steps of it's preparation it is
subjected to successive treatment with
alcohol, ether, chloroform and xylol,
the effect Of which is to remove the
severe and sometimes dangerous reac-
lions which sometimes occur with o. T.
but which in no single instance have
been noted in the large number of in
jections given during the past year at
this institution.