Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-10-02
TUBERCULlN AS A CURE FOR
TUBERCULOSIS.

In a paper recently read before the
Medical Society, DR.. Lot Snoddy. 81
y. State St., Chicago. says:
Much has been written and many
claims have been made in connection
with the treatment of the national
scourge, tuberculosis. The fads and
fancies of self-styled scientists have
been uniform failures; as result. the
profession and laity have become sus-
picious and skeptical OF anything new
in the field of medicine.
Theodor Koch gained international
fame as the discoverer of the Tubercle
bacillus, which is the exciting cause OF
this awful plague. However, 1t re-
NAMED with Ehrlich to prove that the
blood develops an antitoxin to coun-
teract the toxins or poisons produced
by the activity Of bacteria in the sys-
tenn. The value Of this discovery may
be computed by comparing the death
rates from Diphtheria before and
since the introduction Of the Diphther-
itic antitoxin. These results led Koch
to perform a series OF experiments
with the tubercle bacillus, which final
ly resulted in the production of his
therapeutic remedy, known as Kochs
Tuberculin. This product, based upon
the laws concerning antitoxin formu-
lated by Ehrlich, absolutely fultills
the requirements for the cure of tuber-
culosis. Tuberculin has been used ex-
tensively with varying results. Some
Clinicians are enthusiastic over It's
success; others condemn it as being
absolutely useless.
These variations in results of
treatment which is absolutely scien-
tific, led DR.. Lot Suoddy OF Chicago
to commence, some eighteen years ago,
an investigation to determine the rea-
son Of failure in some and the secret
of success In other cases. His work.
covering personal record OF two hun
dred cases, proved absolutely that Tu-
berculin is the only therapeutic agent
of value. He discovered the ratio be-
tween temperature and dosage, and
has shown that the failures have been
due to inexperience in handling this
remedy and ignorance OF the lnterde-
pendenee Of temperature and dosage.
In verification of the discovery OF
Snoddy, Rudolph and Wertheim. and.
working Independently In the lab
oratories of Johns Hopkins University.
have proven and state without reserve
what DR.. Snoddy claims regarding the
efficiency of TrSerculin. properly used.
n onI INF nl
qualified statement is that Tuberculin
is the only scientific remedy for this
disease, and not only are there a large
percentage of cures, but, what is still
more important, this treatment will
absolutely immunize the individual
against the recurrence of the malady.
DR.. Snoddy presents series Of fifty
unsolicited cases, involving practically
all the varieties of this disease. he
draws the following conclusions:
ID 80 per cent. in the series are
cured; this percentage will be in
creased in the next series of cases, due
to the fact that he can determine ex-
actly the method of procedure in each
individual case.
(2) The patients are immunized
from any further infection of this dis
ease. There have been no relapses in
any of the immunized cases.
(S) DR.. snoddy believes that the ad-
vantage secured by treating the cases
in connection with his Sanitarium will
further increase the percentage OF
cures.-Adv.