Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-06-07
HAS CURE FOR
Y. TUBERCULOSIS
Physician Declares He Has Found
New Way to Fight
VIZ Disease. n
ATTACKS THE GERM CAPSULE
Increases Power Of Blood to Digest
Wax Of observation-disclosures
Large Record of Recoveries
Even in Advanced Stages.

even IN Advanced stages.
New York, Many physicians OF this
city have shown interest In treat
ment for all forms Of tuberculosis de-
veloped by Or. Benjamin s. Paschall,
formerly of Seattle, now OF New York,
and asserted by him Ia be more effec-
tive than quinine Is for malaria,
tuberculosis is not thrown off easily
by the body as many other Infections
are, according to Doctor Paschall, be
cause the germ manufactures for IT.
self n capsule of wax which gives It n
high degree of protection from the
natural powers of the blood to digest
and destroy germs and other foreign
substances
The problem which confronted him
ut the beginning of his research in
1907, according TO Doctor PaSchall,
was to find method of increasing the
power OF the blood to digest the wax
of tuberculosis germs.
The theory which Doctor Paschall
finally adopted was analogous to the
use of iron as Il tonic. The blood does
not digest iron. But iron, treated with
certnin acids, makes compound
which the blood can digest. Doctor
Paschall set out, he said, to combine
the wax with chemicals into a sub
stance which the blood could absorb.
oh t1, L, -,
manufacture digestive juices which,
after absorbing this compound, would
remain in the blood to break up and
expel the wax of the tuberculosis
germs.
Doctor Paschall, then, according to
his statement, devoted himself to the
study of wakes and sent all over the
world for different typos. The analysis
OF the tubercle wax showed that a
great many substances entered into it's
composition.
Asserts sclf-cure.
He produced his first treatment in
1908. After various experiments on
guinea pigs and other animals he be-
came satisfied that he had discovered
a valuable therapeutic agency, and his
first human patient was himself. He
had been sufferer from tuberculosis,
and ne believes that he cured himself
with injections of the compound which
he had then made.
The theory on which the treatment
was worked out resembles that on
which salvarSan was developed, al
though differing IN some particulars.
Doctor Ehrlich, who announced his
discovery in 1910, found coal-tar
compound which stained the parasite
which he sought to destroy, but did
not stop its activity. He combined
that chemical with arsenic constitu-
ents. This compound, in staining the
parasite, released the poison which
destroyed its action, without hurting
the human body. This process IS re-
vcrsed by Doctor baseball, who pos
seSscd the latent enemy Of tuberculo-
sis in the wax, but had to find chem
ical combinations which would make
1t available. His "mycoeum" differs
also in that it is combination of
chemical and meteorological products,
whereas savarsan is union of
chemicals only. And while salvarsan
attacks the parasite directly, the my
Coleum Is supposed to excite the blood
to make the attack.
He at first used the treatment only
in the case of persons in advanced
stages of tuberculosis, who asked for
It, Even in the advanced stages Doc
torsPnschall claims large record of
recOveries.
Success Attained.
Doctor Paschall had scores of let
ters from former patients and ply
siciNns on the Pacific coast testifying
to the successful use of mycoleunA
One Is from a physician who said that
he was cured within a week of tuber-
culoss of the eyes, which had threat
ened to destroy his sight, after n long
treatment by other methods. In this
case Doctor Paschall asserted that he
had treated the man when he was in
hospital, almost blind, and when
surgeons We're preparing to remove
one of his eyes in the hope of saving
theSother. On the following afternoon,
according to Doctor Paschnll, he found
thesman on the outside of the hos
pital cranklng IN his automobile and