The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-05-29
AntitOxin Is FOun d
Which Decreases
Death Rate
M'KEAN TELLS OF
ROSENOW METHOD
MastOid Operation Is
Shown in Annual ID.
c. Nj. Clinic

Medicine and Surgery. In Harper
hospital. Friday morning. by DR.. G.
f. Mexican. OF Detroit. DR. Rose
now. one OF Chicago's leading physi.
clans was on Thursdays program
ont because OF illness could not be
present. Or. Mexican gave his audi.
ence very good idea OF what II had
mirsed through Or. Rosenow's sick
ness.
In 1911, pr. Rosenow treated 81
cares OF pneumonia. OF which IS died
"a record OF 81 per cent. Fifty
cases not treated by his method
showed rs deaths. n mortality OF so
yer cent,
In 1912. out OF as cases treated by
The Rosenow method, IL died, per.
centase OF "a. or IS cases not
treated In this manner Is died. or
IL per cent.
In 1913. out of ~ cases treated by
DR.. Rosenow's method, only seven
died. or 1913 per cent. OF 50 cases
treated In some other way. is died,
or % per cent.
Among the captains OF death
among men. pneumonia is tho great.
sat-" said Or. MoKean 1T Is by
no means TO the credit OF the medi-
cal profession that We have failed
10 reduce ~ death rate. With
quiet. with fresh air. with proper
pourfshnent. the patient afflicted
With the mild type OF pneumonia
gets wsp: but what about the malig.
uant cTss! What are we TO do with
ths1
40. Hosenow has discovered that
lie toxIr part OF the pneumococcus
IL yo;rble In salt solution II the
pneumococcus Is allowed To stand
In this solution OF several hours. the
toxic part OF the germ comes away.
IRE detoxicated or dead germ has
marked protective powers against
pneumonia II has much more pro-
tective power than the germ killed
by rest-preceding Rosenow's dis.
covsry. the ordinary method OF OBJ
tanning the detoxicated germs.
IN. Rosenow uses vaccine con.
tanning 10000. 100000 OF these de.
tox,cated germs TO th. cubic cent?.
neter. and injects them in doses OF
10. Is or 20 billion germs. A great
part OF his non-success is due 10 the
fact that hospital cases OF pneu.
monia are largely alcoholics or
fr. Lot
trance OF recovery. but as II Is, he
has made a remarkable showing"
DR.. Mexican favored the use Of
h, pochlorite OF quinlne and urea, in
combination with DR.. Rosenow's
treatment
He also cited four cases OF dim.
cnlt diagnosis OF pneumonia. One
VAS that OF woman who was oper-
ated OF for appendicitis. and whose
appendix was found TO be normal
-he next day. pneumonia was found
Or. McKean insisted that II was not
poet-operative.
1T was a case OF pneumonia that
could not be detected at first" he
said. There are plenty OF cases OF
appendicitis operations where the
real trouble Is pneumonia"
In another case. that OF child
Of six, the appendix was found
slightly innamed on operation. and
vas removed six days later. the
child was found 10 have an
rmpyema (pus accumulation filing
his entire right side.
"The patient had pneumonia all
1.-The time" said DR. Mexican. The
sxam!ns ',tn sas insufficient, due TO
lack OF time and the cor ,.tion Of
! the patient"
Another .asC was that cf 10y
70. Six, who vas at FIRST thought 10
have meningitis. Examination OF
The spinal luld did away with that
Lonjecture. however; the case was
lAtsr found to be one Of pneumonia,
and the patient made a good recov.
cry. j. fourth case. that OF girl OF
eight. ravo negative indications up
| % the eth day. :iIen II wa decided
that she had pneumonia. with ty-
lphoid Indications.
Or. Don NJ. Campbell performed
Two operstions--one for strauismus
rcross .eye), OF the right eye. on a
little child. the other for sclerosis
4 the mastoid bone.
"Nhen ono eye IL turned for a
inber OF years. vision often dete
DYstes said DIR. Campbell. 1T Is
portant to correct the cordition
soon ss possible"
The operation was short and en-
ply successful.
mo other operation was long and
lcult, involving the removal OF n
a. deal OF sclerosed bono. Tie
pble started with scarlet fever.
years ago. Tnhamma; ION follow.
lnvor,hg the mastoId bcac and
)ng up o cnronic discharge iioiA
baf Growths OF polypi were
ed. They were removed. but
ned again. Gradually the cells
> msstoid bone-the cellular