The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-17
CURE FOR LEpROSY
May Be IN SIGHT
DR.. Heiser. Rockefeller rou,.
dation Physician. Reports
on New Treatment.
OIL USED

DR.. Victor q. Heiscr. director ,o- -.
East. International Health Ccnun,ss,o,
Rockefeller Foundation. who has e,,r
Insd more than 10000 l-pers. saws .
the current Issue OF tho New W..
Medical Journal that cha ulmo,.ra y,
. product Of the seeds OF an Eas, 4,
dian plum tree. gives NOR CONSISTENT,
favorable RESULTS in leprosy than a,,
other treatment that has come in ny
notice. HIS article on Recon, t,.y,t,,
ments In the Treatment Of i,cprosv",,.
unusual Interest to the laytuau I'm vio-
Of the testimony before the i'n..
States Senate Committee un puh,
Health and National Quarantine M.
there are at least 1000 cases In -.
United States. OF which only al.ou, e..
are under supervision. and tina, there a.
probably fifty lepers walking The s,re,,,
Of New York city Unaffected and NJ,
molested.
The treatment Of leproSv tv ~.
hypodermic use of q chaulmoorr. a
mixture. a. described in the LINN,
states Public Heolh Reports for ur
tOber Is. 1914. is now being ,ri.d ,
the Straits Settlements. Fedei ated NJ.
lay States. India. Hawaii. Ceylon an
In Institutions In the United states I,
Heiser says. I'm ali the ,ounirie. d,
which the treatment has been used 70,
o than a year Favorable report,
have been received as TO its eftcac,.
1T would sessn likely II the ,restus-
VA employed by many workers In couf
tries in which leprosy prevails iu,hs
Improvement might result. WITH IN.
hope Of stimulating and promoting fu,
Their Advancement the iui.fna,ions
Health Commission has recently orersd
10 compile the experiences which md
cal men may submit"
Concerning ube treatment ". iielss
says: "a review Of the literature ,hod,
that the oil has been Used lylpd, m.
cally. but In our experience u usual,
failed TO he absorbed after It had 10,
injected. In order to overcome tn
difficulty Il was suggested ,hat chan!
moogra oil b. combined with ether o.,
CamphOr. Our experience showed tia
camphor vas the most satisfactory.
Tho Injections are usually made .
weekly intervals In ~ascending dos.
The initial dofe Is one &C. and III,
Ia increased TO the point OF ~tolcr4nc.
The object sought is 70 reS7ilate n.
dose to prevent reactions OF too violer,
a character.
The present stage Of ire d.vasp
ment OF the treatment doe NJ" VI,
ran a claim that anything Ike .
specific for ieprosy has been found D.
Eeiser says in conclusion. "hu. cxpsn.
ence does show that chsulmooVra o.
gives moro consistently favorable -e.
suits than any other trvatment TIA
has come to our attention. and holds o.
the hope that further improvement ira,
be brought about. II produce sppa''
n cures in some cases, causes Sr~a'
Improvement in mary others and ARES,
the progress Of the disease n slrnc~
every instance. The Treatment Il ar
parentiy equally eficarlous in all fo,r'
Of the disease: that IL. .thc 'uoeruia'
or hypertruphtc. the anastho,ic ard &c
mixed.
before further deductions are dras,
IL seems we'll TO await the results Oh
ta!rcd by workers In ieprosy in o'N.'
parts Of the world. To bring This ahoc.
steps are being taken by n. 'n'e-ns'
tional Health Commission 70 circulate
details Of chauimoona oil treatirer. +,
all countries In which leprosv oc'r'
and II IL hoped that the study of 70
records may point tho way to- fcrtA~
advancement IN finding a compete c10
for leprosy."