The Washington times., 1920-08-15

Blake drowned her little son. To-day, after
seven months in the Trenton institution,
she has been discharged as cured and sane.
The removal Of a few teeth checked the
flow OF poisons that interfered with the
normal functioning OF her mind and rap.
idly her mental powers recovered their
balance, although she had been declared
hopelessly insane by several physicians.
She became once more the clearheaded,
intelligent, refined woman she had been
before her misfortune. Her conscience
and her sense Of right and wrong resumed
their sway. There is one very sad feature
about her cure. She now fully realizes the
terrible fact that she has taken the life OF
her own child, whereas at the time she
had a most imperfect realization OF the
enormity Of her act and no feeling Of re-
morse.
The cure Of Mrs. Blake is true miracle
of modern medical science, the most re-
markable of the many that have been
achieved at the State Hospital at Trenton,
n J. The proportion OF cures of insanity
at this institution is believed to be larger
than anywhere else in the world.
Exhaustive Investigations at this insti:
tuition proved that many cases Of insanity
we're due to local centres Of infection in
the ALPHABETICALLY the teeth. the ton
sils, the stomach and the fntestines. From
these centres Of bacterial infection fresh
supplies of poison are constantly poured
into the blood, wrecking the nervous sys-
tenn and the brain.
Il was found that great majority OF
insanity cases requiring institutional
treatment were due to these bacterial cen
tres-probably as high as rs per cent. The
work of investigation and methods oil
treatment we're under the direction of DR..
Henry A. Cotton, OF the State Hospital
When the underlying bacterial causes
OF insanity we're established a system OF
treatment based on these discoveries was
worked out The object Of the treatment
is to ascertain whether local centres OF in
lection exist in the patients body, and
then to remove them, The eradication OF
the principal centres Of infection is ac'
companied by other forms Of treatment
that help the mind and body to throw of
the effects Of the poison.
II was this system OF treatment Whlcn
moor Mrs. Blake underwent after her first
commitment TO the hospital. The first
step in the treatment was to take an x-ray
OF the teeth The picture revealed several
infected teeth. This appearance was con,
Armed by laboratory tests and the infected
teeth we're removed This step was fol
lowed by an immediate improvement In
the patients mental afflictlon, which was
known as "rnanic-depressive insanity
Many other stages in the treatment we're
necessary, however, in order to establish
the cause Of the disease definitely.
stomach test was next made test
meal is given and ten individual tests are
taken at intervals of fifteen minutes, hve
Of which are placed on culture media FOL
bacteria, while hve are examined to de
termine the amount OF hydrochloric acic
present. One test is also taken from the
small intestine and placed on culture
media.
Following this the tonsils we're ex
amined. II infected, they are removed and
cultures taken and sections are also mad'
and examined in the laboratory for bac
terra. Other intestinal examinations theI
follow An ao6ominal X.ray Is next taken
together with microscopic exposures tn
results OF which are recorded. Specimen