The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-16
HOME HEALTH CLUB
skEdited by DR.. DavidsH. Reeder, Chi
II cago.)

IEdited by DR.. DavidsH. Reeder, Chi.
g cago.)
q Facts Concerning Epilepsy: (By DR..
William Held, 7th installment.) 1t is
that such results should have
given rise to the fond hope of being
S&ble to use the same serum in the
Treatment Of epileptics, but we were
&oon face to face with the fact that
sNhe serum when used in the human
Subject, proved locally and systemat-
Ncatly so irritating that it's employ
netn became Impractical. 1t was nee
ssary to weaken, alternate or do
something that would render the Sc
yum not only beneficial but also abso-
&1tely harmless. 1t was tedious labor,
injecting one animal after another,
managing concentrations Of solutions,
8rawing spinal fluid from patients and
making various combination, and nat
rally was very discouraging when the
Anally produced serum, in the absence
NE all irritating characteristic, was
&ound to have no curative value.
Fl The description of man1pulat1ons
Which followed this state of affair ap-
eals only to the trained mind OF the
laboratory physician, for which reason
is omitted. The fundamental prin-
aplc WHICH leu u SuCSSSS WoS IAO law
hat the specific and responsible fer
iihetn was extracted from the serum.
he anti-epileptic serum SO produced
bmbines absolute harmlessness with
roven efficiency +o supplant the OBJ
+ bctionable bromides and other drugs,
3 long and so disastrously used by
Npileptics. Under the serum treatment
he mental faculties of epileptics
Heared with noticeable promptness as
ne - the first symptoms of the treat
8ent was extracted from the serum.
Drmerly enveloped the patient, had
Neen lifted
1.-THE steadily increasing evidence of
f4e serum's efficiency is heart cheer
Ag message. He who now speaks OF
Tie prognosis of epilepsy can no longer
Pronounce the horrible disease incur
Hble with the same ring of positive
ess which formerly characterized his
announcement. The present genera
ION Witnessed the production Of "a
Xpecif1c anti-epileptic, the long looked
&or remedy, rising from the laboratory
bf present day workers. Epileptics of
the present generation will be able to
receive treatment with the same
chance of success as is now obtained
by the modern treatment of syphilis
and the coming generation will not be
In position: to realize the greaA boon
placed at its command; they will be
less keen1y affected, for they will not
have, as is the case now, harbored !
epileptics for prolonged periods. They
will not have known the pangs i'm
barteh by the knowledge that some
day death will compel them to leave
their epileptics in the care OF stran-
in IN nf N nSVnon9thPfio.
world; they will not have travelled
from one end of the country to the
other in vain search of relief; they
will all in aIL.saccept recovery from
epilepsy as matter Of course without
having! ffxneEje 9fed tAAy heartaches of
those who now care for epileptics. 1t
is only by such comparison that the
supreme Importance of present day
achievement along epilepsy research
can in a measure be realized.
When you are told that a serum has
been discovered that will effect cpl
lepsy more benef1cially than any other
form of treatment and that there are
now former patients who after years
of affliction and after having had
from many attacks daily to several
weekly and monthely. that such pa
taeTfs have actually been free from
attacks for months and years follow
Ing the serum treatment, while others
have been enabled to leave. the asy-
fpm and return to normal and useful
occupations, that they have regained
their normal faculties and that none
o. the serum patients has received an
atom Of suppressive drugs, you may
wonder why, when there are $4,000
epileptics in this country, why thou
sands of these epileptics do not rush in
TO- avail themselves of the treatment
which has in every respect proven
capable to accomplish more good
than any other method thus far
known. The reason for this is that
we have always some people who
delight in throwing stumbling blocks
into the road or progress. True the
efforts Of all adversaries to real
neritorious innovation cannot pre-
vail forever, but for while they inn
Rede progress. In scanning the pages
~ history you invariably meet in
stances where every new discovery
was met by antagonism of the dis
coverers' contemporaries, but which
were later generally accepted.
& All such difficulties with which the
road of progress is beset, have not
distracted from the efficiency of their
remedy nor from the credit which is
now universally given these scientists.
so we stand to-day on the threshold
which leads to the only logical and
practical treatment for epilepsy, the
only because it is like no other, based
upon the specific cause Of the dis
ease. At no time before this has the
real cause of epilepsy been so thor
Rpghly Understood as now and never
efore have we been able to direct
keatment to the cause Of the disease
With as much benefit and absence of
harm and never are the event Of the
anei-epileptic serum have so many
epileptics successfully been treated"
VIM. HELD, M D.
4 This remarkable series of papers
on Epilepsy is practically a simpli-
fed review Of paper which I heard
him read before the society for Medi-
al HeseAreh. Z His offer5t treat free
a expense 100 patients for the Home
health Club was made at that time.
The only stipulation required being
the privilege to make full report
Of each case to the, society 80 that
the results may be verified by per-
s0nal Investigations