The Washington times., 1913-06-09


1 have made every effort to guard
against the engenderIng of false hopes
in the mfortunates who in their des-
peration, under failing health and
strength. are ready to grasp at every
straw and to make unjustiffable sacri-
fees for obtaining that which, unfor-
tunately, is not for man to give In the
present state of medical science.
Many such unfortunates already have
arrived at Nashville, and for the great
majority Of them cannot see a shadow
of hope, for even temporary improve
ment. There is no alternative but to
send them back to their homes, and j
apprehend that the fatigue and ex-
haustion caused by their journey and
accentuated by their disappointment
cannot but shorten the time they may
still have to live.
Government Investigating.
In all interviews 1 called attention
to the fact that the ordering of an
investigation of my vaccine by the
medical service of the United States
Navy and by the United States Public
Health Service does not at this time
necessarily and in itself mean an in
dorsement of the remedy and that the
medical officers engaged In the in
vestigation require time Tor their ex-
periments and for other researches
bearing upon the subject in order to
arrive at a proper conclusion concern
ing the value of my vaccine.
It is therefore somewhat premature
for persons desiring to take advan-
tage of this remedy to ask for 1t now
or until a report has been submitted
TO the surgeons general of the two
services intrusted with the tnvestiga-
ton While I shall accept the verdict
of this report as final, I may say that
j should not have sought and asked
for an investigation IL had not felt
very certain of my position and II l
had not first applied every possible
control and test in order to check and
verify my work
Denounces Reports As False.
In various newspaper accounts / am
represented as stating that expected
TO cure not only far advanced cases OF
tuberculosis, but even those that were
diving of the disease. / need hardly say
that such reports are absolutely raise,
and that l have never been guilty OF
making such absurd assertions or OF
saving anything whatever that mlght
by any stretch Of Imagination be con-
strued as suggesting such claims or that
might warrant such differences.
A misconception appears to exist con-
cerning the vaccine referred to and
certain preparation which / have been
giving out from my laboratories since
1897 under the name Of watery extract
or Tubercle bacili.
Vaccine Recent Discovery.
The vaccine, which is a much more
recent preparation, has so far been sup
piled only to a very few physicians,
chiefly for the purpose of prophylactc
administration, and II would manifestly
not be proper for me to give II out with
out restrictions until the official inves-
'tigation now In progress shall nave oeen
completed and until the reports have
been submitted to the proper author
tiles.
the formula for making my vaccine
would be supplied to any one a askihg ~;
anybody having the proper facllitles.
What I did say in regard to the formula
IS that In the first report from my lao-
oratory the method Of preparation OF
the vaccine was published anG that me
Information given there VIII enable
others 10 make an identical prepara-
But Il should be understood by the
public that not everybody Is in 2osi,
ton to produce a preparation ioehucai
rnands competent bacteriologist and
chemist and requires special laboratory
facilities. All conditions given, II takes
al least one year TO prepare the vaccine
II my. published method Is followed
Bacilli Of Human Origin.
Concerning the nature Of this vaccine,
/ may say that II Is made from 4 cul-
ture of tubercle baciIli of human orr
gin. which has continued avirulent for
at least ten pears past-that is. II lacks
the power of producing tuberculosis In
experiment animals The growth and
subsequent treatment OF the tubercle
bacilli by extraction and the isolation
of the necessary constituents Is
tedious process.
The finished product when filtered
through unglazed porcelain is abso-
luteiy free from any whole bacllh or
from fragments, but IL presents the SUD-
stance of the tubercle bacilli which are
necessary for immrnIzation, chemically
unaltered, in perfect isolation and in
proper proportions.
This preparation, which ] first an
nounced In May, 1912. was intended pri-
marily for protective vaccination against
the acquirement of tuberculosis, and
believe to have demonstrated its value
and practicability for this purpose be-
yond any reasonable doubt.
Successful As Vaccine
In the early application of the prepa-
ration. in a single dose. for the purpose
of securing protection or immunity
against the requirement Of tuberculous
disease. trials were made also In chill
dren and adults, who gave evidence
that an infection had already taken
place, and in others in whom this had
already given rise TO symptoms and
signs which are common to the earlier
manifestations OF incipient or of slowly
progressing tuberculosis of the lymph
glands, the lungs and Of other organs.
Suhseouent ohseryatfons and the study