The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-01-18
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First Report on DR.. Mehnar-
tO's COntratoxin as Aid i'm
Fighting tuberculosis.
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clans Testify to Efficacy
Of the Discovery.
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c1etU tOVvsspoVoeHct 70 Dun.
foNpoS. Jan. s---Scne months ago
there was printed in THE SrN the first
account Of the discovery by a young Ger
man bscteriologist named Mehnarto Of =
wonderful serum which It's discovercr as
serted was cure not only Tor tubercu-
iosis but for various blood diseases
AZ that time DIR. Mehnsrto had not re-
vealed his secret to the medical world nor
was he willing to publish detailed par
ticulars OF the cases then under treat
nent. In fact he did not wish to make
any public statement about his serum. on
the ground that time alone would prove
the success Of his exper ments
The serum has now been In use In Eng
land for nearly a year and notes on the
treatment OF q number OF cases Of tuber-
cuosis are now available These have
been drawn up In a preliminary report by
j, Campbell Mcclure. N. D.. ply stefan to
out patients at the French Hospital. Lon
don and physician to the Margaret Street
Hospital for Consumption. supplemented
by reports from D. VI. Barefoot. NJ ~.
and q. Crewdson Thomas " H.. both
physicians 10 the Margaret Street Hos.
pttal.
Dv. Mehnarto SIN Guards secret,
Not yet, however. has Dr. Mehnart.
published his secret to the world. Talk
Ing to THE SrN correspondent in his lab
Oratory yesterday DR., Mehnarto said:
1T has been asked why I am SO ad-
verse To giving the formula To- tho world
will some day. but not At present
Certain OF the medical papers decline
10 publish my reports because | will no.
furnish them with the formula Of my
serum. cortratoSin. but my answer is
that X ! do ! would have no means OF
standardising II. as ] have AT present.
BY manufacturing the contratoxir
myself ! am able to maintain 1t at an alb
solute standard and the results can there
fore be accurately judged either Tor good
or bad. II every one had The formula Il
would he impossible to prevent people
from altering rs constituents--of course
in an endaavor To increase its efficacy.
But then n THIS altered composition failed
10 do its work the blame would unjus.ly
be thrown on contratoNln and not ON
the people who altered Ns constituents.
When tts use In It's Standardized form has
become sufficiently general in the medical
world to leave no doubt a. to it's efficacy
then I will willingly give the secret to the
world
AT presen, I prepare It in gas. srnpul.
Theoretically sealed. each containing sum
c'ent contrstoxin for a full strength in
lection. At present am sending out
from two 20 three thousand OF these am
pulls a month.
offered serum to 4. =.
II have offered tine United States Gov
eminent a sufficient quantity of the serum
free OF charge adequately to demonstrate
its efficacy or non efficacy. The offer Was
made through the United States CON
sulate In London three weeks ago and ds
YET J have received no answer 10 the
The reports referred to above deal with
the period from January II to September
10, 1913. and are confined to cases OF
Tuberculosis o' various kinds. Within thS
next few weeks Il" M.hnarto hopes TO
have prepared further report contain
ing statistics showing the success of
contratoxin not only IN the treatment
Of tuberculosis proper but in that OF
tubercuiar and rheumatoid joints PERM
cious anamia, muco-colltis and other
diseases. He hopes by then TO supplement
adequately the results obtained at the
Margaret Street Hospital with those OBJ
tanned At the st. Nincent's Cripples Home
At Primer, near London; at Dr. Pirrie's
Sanitartum at Hamburg, Leaminston Spa
and the Ochiil Hin sanitnriurn Nina
thorp. Scotland.
DIR. Mehnarto does not hope i'm
mediately to be able TO give adequate data
upon the efficacy of contratoxin in
leproey. but experiments In this disease
with contratoxin In the few cases that
have been treated have been satisfactory
The experiments on ieprosy have been
conducted in London by Or Harburd
while Col. Thompson OF tho Indian Medl-
cal Service has been using the serum for
leprosy in India
Uses o. COntratOAts lIiimitable.
The doctor. however. WAS willing ia =,
10 far as 10 saw that uses of ,ontr,,oNiu
seem to be iliimitable. And he feel, th,t
the claims mn fnr,,.rd in tho s,., ar,iaI
that aupeared I'm Tur S,N. that il WA. n
cure for sl..ping sickness ,nuro.colitis
Dernicious an9mia. rhe,,natoid ar,hri,i.
malaria black wafer fever chroni, con'
stipation and insomnia have h.,n thor
ouEhly Justified.
IL is perhaps in II, ,,se in c,ses NJ tubor-
culosis that particular attention ia being
directed TO contrttuxjn, Dr. Mchn,rto
asser,s that il has effected cures where
tuberculin and other remedies. have failed
and that In cases lying side by side those
trested With contr.toxip have sboun 70
markedly favorable results in comnarison
with those treated with other serunls and
remedies
In the effort 10 get satisfactory results
With 2 new tueereulo.i. remedy" said