Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-09-27
X-RAY PHTHISIS CURE.
Denver Doctor Says Treatment Will
Eradicate Plague

Scientific application of tine N-ray
treatment bias proved SO efficient in the
treatment OF pulmonary tuberculosis
'1hag /. IS 0cssibie. by providins a spec
ially constructed apparatus for every
community and as killed physician 10
operate it 20 eliminate virtually dearta
from pulmonary tuberculosis from aue
vital stetistirs in ten years
This assertion was made yesterday
by Or Jefferson ~ Gibson. of Denver
IN his address before the seventh au-
nual meeting OF the American Assoeia
tion oi Clinical Research az Hahae
mann College. Philadelphia
DIR Gibson who is president Of the
association reviewed the rapid advan
ces made by his profession in its vorE
of arresUnE disease but placed spec
'sl emphasis ON the use of eleCIriyits
Cor the treatment OF tuberculosis Flec-
,ricity as a medium OF combating dis
ease was praised hy several other pnv
sicians. particularly by Drs G. Bcttou
Massey and Leon n Ashcraft both
.of Philadelphia
Although neither asserted that tile
much sought specific for cancer had
been found they asserted that cousid id-
cradle progress had been made m the
treatment Of the disease and that ta-
ken in It's early stage ii could De cured
without resortiue % surgical suara-
tious Discussing his E-ray treatment
el pulmonary tuberculosis. Dr. Gibson
explained that in 600 cases cover5nn
twelve years he had iost only per
cent of fhc patients
"Of course" began Dr. Gibson. enc
time must be lost by the physician m
making q diagnosis Tho N-ray which
is used as intensified sunlight must he
concentrated upon the affected tissue
-cientd~alIy and that neeessitatcs tile
training OF physicians along that par
ticular branch. Tho N-ray. in tor min
utes. produces more chemical light than
cam be forced through the lung in many
months by subiecung the patient TO the
sunshine The effect of the N-rav is to
increase or TCgenorate the vitality Of
inc tissues affected, and also to check
.hc reproduction or the germs Nat
Urally the treatment must he assoCi-
ted With the general dietetic. medic
NAL and hyeienic management of the
case
"it IS particularly important f0 @et
tho cooperation 81 the patientand That
moy DE obtained by @ liberal use OF the
heel chair Patient must be wheeled
bout thus anordiue. them sn oppor
uuity of viewing natures wonderful
photo play such action diyers she
attention of The patient from the lis
ase and stimulates AN interest in life
Discussion Of the new disease. pan
areatitis which Is causing as much in-
crest among surgeons as did appendl-
rjtis. many years ago, was continued at
the siXty-dfth annual conference OF the
pennsylvania Medical Society in sess-
ION at the Bellevue-Suatford The
leath of pr. Harley Anderson. Of Pitts
burg ten DAYS ago as the result OF pam
creatitis has attracted the particular
attention of medical men The disease
has not been successfully dealt with bv
surgery. so far but the cases are rare.
DR. John e. Deavcr and DR. Earnest
ia Place two leading SURGEONS. say
that pancretitis Is of equal Importance
with appendicitis They led the dis
lssion of its increasing Importance.
The treatment is not set standardized,
)r. Deaver said. because OF lack Of
powledge Of it's cause and the mech
uiem Of its production He advanced
he belief that it was due to am infec-
Jon of the pancreas the abdominal
alivary gland OF to am obstruction in
he duct which carries the pancreatic
nice into the intcstines
The convention sidetracked an SO
ort 10 pat the State society ON record
gainst iutoNicauts as beverage Dr
Lida Stewart Cogill Of New York in
reduced a resolution against whiskey
brandy and other distilled liquors al
beverages The committee which acted
ou the resolution reported that fol
lowing careful consideration and while
recognizing the evil effects of the ey-
cessive use OF distilled liquors as
beverage. We al the same time con
slider 70 be outside the duties Of The
society TO enter The political field for on
against liquor legislation.