Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-22

markabls and most unusual.
'The State Board Is watching the
results of the experimental work Of
DR.. Cotton inc his associates with a
great deal Of interest, principally be-
cause It is the, intention of the board
to recommend to all the other insti-
tutions for the insane. feeble-minded,
epileptic and other subnormals, the
application of the methods of treat
ment, as soon as they become sum-
GENTLY standardized to permit the
medical and dental experts In the In
stitutions to make use of them,' con-
cluded Commissioned Lewis.
maniacal cases who died within a
short time after coming to the hospi-
tai. Formerly the cause OF death
was considered due to
| from excitement, but q meteorological
study In these cases showed all the
] organs practically infected with these
Organisms. We feel that we have
/ established a very important fact as
applicable to general medicine as TO
! nervous and mental diseases. that IL,
that the infection originates in the
teeth and after some years infects
their organs through the lymphatic
system.
1--WE are pleased TO report that the
study of the cause of a large major
ity of mental diseases, from the
standpoint OF the clinical laboratory
has at last proved successful. For
the last three years. we have been
convinced that the etiology and treat
ment of these phychoses would be
solved by the laboratory and we are
now in a position to confirm u theo-
ries regarding this subject. In work.
ing out these problems we have de-
waited from the traditional concep-
ton of the cause In all these psy-
rhnuoe agnnnfolIxu fhnuA ~ Dan anita
Praecox and the Manic Oppressive
Group. In making routine examina-
lions of the blood, especially the fix
alton test for the chronic streptococ-
cic types, we found a great number
OF our patients who gave a positive
reaction showing that they were suf-
fering from a chronic Infection. At
first the teeth and tonsils were thor
oughly Investigated. In many cases
the infected teeth were extracted pro-
ducing gratifying results in some cases
but In the majority no improvement
was noted. Some twenty-five of these
cases had their infected tonsils re-
move and again we noted a marked
improvement and even recovery in
one-half of these cases. The next
point of attack was the gastro-in-
festival infection. Finally In April
of the present rear, we were able to
utilize a method of accurately de-
terminnig the infection of the stomach
and duodenum by making direct Gull
lures from these organisms. This
method was first used by DR.. Martin
w. Rehfus. of Philadelphia in the or
binary gatro-intestina1 conditions and
since we have adopted this method
we have examined two hundred and
seventy-flve cases and found the stom-
ach or duodenum, or in some cases
both. -rere infected with the Comet
lan-King diplococcus, and In O large
number of cases 1t was alse found
that a virulent colon bacillus was
present. BY utilizing these methods
we have been able to definitely prove
the organism responsible for the gas
tro-intestinal infection and by fire.
quent irrigations of the stomach and
duodenum, combined with treatment
by vaccines OF the Connellan-King
diplococcus and colon bacillus. we
have been able ia clear up a large
number of cases.
Speaking of the treatment of in
sanity due to infected teeth, DR.. Cot
ton said: