The Washington herald., 1912-01-14
NEW SEA WATER CURE
A MEDICAL SENSATION
AccompIishes Wonders When Poured Into Human
Veins by the Hypodermic

where there is q concern that has q &c.
cret process for obtaining II In q pure
state. The objection to sediment IL that
Il Is foreign matter at best. and may
possibly contain germs.
The injections are given refers hly IN,
the lower part Of the back (the buttockB).
or else just below the angle OF the
shoulder blade. As a preliminary, the
skin Is cleaned with alcohol. and tina
needle Is driven its whole length per-
pendicularly to the skin surface A hypo-.
dermic needle Is extremely fine and sharp,
and so little pain Is caused that q child
viii hardly notice It II supplied with
BIT Of candy to distract attention. For
an infant the ordinary dose Is one-third
of an ounce to q full ounce: for older
children, half an ounce to two ounces.
The treatment is given ordinarily three
times a week, but both doses and treat
ment must necessarily vary with tbs
character and circumstances Of the case.
ComposItiOn OF Fluid.
Sea water Is a much more eomplsa
mixture than Is generally imagined
Roughly speaking. IL consists Of 20 IL
per cent OF fresh water and Ia per
cent of mineral salts. Three-fouFths OF
these salts are chloride Of sodium (com-
mon table salt). and the next largest
constituent is chloride OF magnesium.
sulphate OF calcium, suIphate OF potash.
bromide of magnesium. and carbonate OF
calcium There are also in sea water
minute quantities Of iodine. phosphorus,
arsenic. and number of metals. IN
GLIDING gold, silver. and copper.
II Is interesting to observe that nearly
all Of these substances-partioular So
dium, magnesium. calcium, potassium.
and phoSphorus-are conspicuously rep
resented in the makeup of the bones
and other tissues Of the human body
Blood and sea water, II appears. ara.
thing This remark applies, however
only to the watery part OF the vital
! fluid, In which the tiny red corpDscies
(which give II color) float about IN null
| titudes. II a small quantity Of blood be
drawn from the veins OF a man or other
lanimal and allowed to stand for few
hours in a glass receptacle the red cor
lpuscles will sink TO the bottom, so that
the clear watery serum can be poured
Ion separately.
Blood serum and sea water contain
lexactly the same chemical constituents
and in approximately the same proper
tions. Thus II will be understood why #
is that sea water can be introduced with
such good effect into the veins OF hu-
man being. to take the place Of blood
THAT has been lost in large quantities
during a surgical operation or through
accidental hemorrhage.
The red cOrpuscles have no life OF their
own. II is quite otherwise with the So
called white corpuscles Of the blood >,
which are individually alive. The latter
are. In fact. q living population OF the
blood stream. But recent experiments
have shown that they VIII continue to
live and to move about in ordinary sea,
water for a number OF hours. finding IT,
a medium in which, for a while At least.
they can get along very well.
Use OF Hypodermic.
All OF these facts have a direct bearing
upon the utilization OF sea water for the
cure OF disease. II has long been known
that We are in a sense aquatic animals,
inasmuch as every living cell In our
bodies Is surrounded by water. Further
more. the water is salt water. Hence &c
Is that the human body may be called
a marine aQuarium"-this term being
applied to It by DR.. Robert-Simon. one
OF the most distinguished Of the French
scientists and physicians Of to-day.
Science tells US that animal life on the
earth first appeared as q simple cell in
the ocean. And (says DR.. Robert-SimoD
there Is always a tendency In animals
consists In the aquatic marine conditions
| of their origin"
Sea water Is now counterfeited- with
such exactness that the most delicate
marine animals, such as anemones, are
kept alive IN the imitation duid for many
months. But for medical purposes the
real stuff is wanted. and fortunately
there is plenty OF it, though some dim
culties in procuring It in an absolutely
pure state have to be overcome
The hypOdermic syringe used for givins
the sea-water injections Is a huge affair,
compared with the ordinary ones, hold
ing twenty cubic centimeters, or about
two-thirds OF an ounce Its barrel Is OF
glass. and marked graduated in such a
way tha. the operator can adjust the
dose to a nicely. But sometimes two or
even three ounces are administered at a
time requiring a series of punctures and
the repeated reilling OF the instrument.
RENE BACHE