Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-07-04
SAY EARTH'S SALTS
CURE TUBERCULOSIS
French Doctors Offer Theory
Backed by Eight Years
Experiments.
SATISFACTORY RESULTS
Local Forms of Disease Re-
spond Rapidly to Treat
ment.
ny Dns. GnENEr AND DuouIy.

ny DRS. GRESEr AND DUOUIN.
PARlS. July 3.-wc do not claim
10 nave found Il cure for all ataa.s of
consumption. But experiments con-
quoted since 1912 seem TO prove that
tuberculosis can he cured. If taken in
time. or mt least that its effects can
be mitiSated. by injections OF salts ut
rare or cerlc carths
Dr. Frouin. OF the Pastcur Institute
OF Paris. in his experiments with the
tubcrcular bacillus. found that the
latter lost It's vitality when subjected
TO such salts. DR.. Rcnon. the emf
nent French physician. In experiments
inG with guinea pigs. found that the
injection OF rare minerals brought
about mononuclcosls. 1t seemed worth
while, therefore. to try to determine
the influence OF these salts on human
beings suffering from tuberculosis.
After obtaining satisfactory results
In local tuberculosis. 1. g. tuberculosis
OF the skin. GanGllons. bones, etc. We
determined 10 experiment with puI-
monary tuberculosis.
EfIicncy Proved.
The efficacy o. the trcntmcn, seems
to have been proved
we have dealt with cases OF CON
'h'u ptis.~ INrpgglyDt
the treatment wc have excluded all
other Inducements. All changes in
the patients condition hav. been
risidly controlled and vnrIncd, all
notifications carelly noted. The Stuiy
OF nfty-t;yo patients treated durIui,
the last S3ar leads to the following
remarks:
Generai condi,ion.-Thc patients
appetite Increases. he sleeps better.
F"cltIfK AT night ltz "a
increases
CouShing.-wh!ie a, tho very be-
ginning OF the treatment coughing
nomenon-whch Is rarc-usuaIly
ceases after few days After that
coughing d!'nnishcs rapidly. e1pcc-
,oraIon becomes less nurul"nt. then
less abundant Gradually the patient
CEASES ceases cGu6hlng. except. perhaps a
Itt!c In the morning. upon waking up.
Decrease of UncIiII.
Bacterio!oglchl examination The
haci!!i contained in the spu,um un-
nctso rapid changes. which becomes
noticeable almost ~ the beginning OF
the treatment. The number OF Ia
cl1!i decreases. while the v!rulcncc
OF tho germ d!in!nishes as the treat
ment progresses The bacter!o!oglcal
examination of The sputurn frequently
months.
Noises in the chest gradually cease
INC improvements registered by the
stcthoscorpe and shown bacter!ologi-
ca!!y are also confirmed by N-ray cH-
atn!nations OF tho lungs
Inc patients We treated were not
subjected To any special rest cure
Usually the treatment was given
while they continued their work or.
as In Two cases where the disease had
come 10 such n point that "A res, was
necesshrE-onc being that Of a b.t!icr.
the other that or "A glassblower-ths
patents were able TO take UP their
usual duties after very shor; time.
some patients Improve very rapid
~ Others must continue the treat
ment for several months But in any
case the patient should remain under
the PHYSICIANS observation for periods
running from six TO eight months
IL Is evident that the greatest care
must be taken In applying the treat
mcnt, which consists in intravascular
injections OF a solution of - per cent
oil su!tate Of samaritan. ncodyuium or
praise odymium. These three rare MIN
cral salts. whose action is very SINH
lar II not Identical. may be used un-
IN varied proportions. Injections
should be made every day or every
second day. and the dose carried pro-
of the solution.
About twenty consecutive injections
are given Then they are stopped for
about twenty days After that sec
tered. followed by another pause in
the treatment. which is completed nv
third series OF injcctions
unfnr"rnblc Reaction Rare.
The treatment does not as a rule
produce any unfavorablc reactions
The evening OF the first injection thr
patients temperature may rise slight
~, that Is, about two or thrcc-tcnths
or degree. and he may feel slightly
iatigued for the first two or three
days. Then the fatigue passes away,
IlttcntS whose t,,fI
ceptionally weak are more liable 10
fatigue than others. but even in such
cases case this feeling disappears during
given. e o Weak AMEN na no injections are
should be given a smaller dose.
Al me present time the treatment
should not be applied to patients who
are feverish or hemoptoic Fever is
counter indication as, subiects
inclined TO fever react less ravortuiy
10 the treatment than others
Treatment Despite Fever.
However, under certain conditions
ana ny taking many precautions, in
1ections may be continued in spIte Of
! FEVER, as in the case >of n young man
VINO had been suffering for about n
year from consumption. He showed
all outward symptoms Of the disease
and was growing rapidly thinner.
first injection OF rare ea,,s
caused n chill. followed by fever
n whlch disappeared the following day.
nc nay dIlcT we gave him several
injections of very small doses srhasa
had no evil effects. while his general
condition Improved and splitting
stopped almost entirely. But this
technique must not be considered n
general rule. The greatest caution
must be exercised whenever fever sets
In AT that same time 1t is possihic
That small initial dosing will permit
more general application Of the
treatment. '"'
Must Regulate Treatment.
The greatest care must he taken TO
control the patents thermic reac-
ton. AT tho present stage dosing IS
matter Of practise and cannot be
rigidly prescribed. II must be regu-
lated gradually.
1ntrnvascular injections OF salts OF
ceric earth or rare salts, when an
piled to pulmonary tuberculosis. un-
doubtedly occasion. however, n gen
erai Improvement OF the PATIENTS
condition. decrease and usually dis.
appcarance OF coughing and expec- {.
toration, drying mp OF LESSONS com
pleted by psychological ALTERATION
ana dlmtnjSniNs' Virnlnnco &c IT,