The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1921-05-19
convincing evidences " the value Of
the chaulmoOyra oil treatment.
How OIL 10 Administered.

How OIL 10 Administered.
THE injections" to quote from this
report, are usually made at weekly
Intervals In ascending doses The mi
iial dose is commonly one cubic cent?
meter, and this IL increased TO the
point NJ tolerance. Much difference
exists among the cases as to the
amount Of the mixture which they
nre able 10 take In some cases
few cubic centlmcters produce marked
reactions IN the lesighs. accompanied
hy fever and cardiac distress Some
times II is better to reduce the amount
NJ the dose aud to inject at more fire.
qucnt intervals The object sought Is
10 so regulate the dosage so as to pre-
vent reaction of too violent a charac.
Ter. Quicker results are also appar-
entity obtained when II Is possible to
inject the mixture into large leprous
deposits, or 20 divide the dose by In.
Icctlng II into number Of smaller in
dltrationS."
Experience so far leads to the infer.
ence that with additional study tile
prospects seem fair for greatly i'm
proving the conditions obtained at
present.
The conclusions OF Dr. HcIser were
reached In 1914. and therefore IN
quoting them ut this time It should I've
horne IN mind that more convincing
results have been obtained. He was
not inclined to believe that the devel.
Opment OF the treatment as he oh.
served Il In the Philippines warranted
the claim that anything like a specific
had been found
Experience does show" Ne cOntln.
ued, that chaulmOogra oil gives more
consistently favorable results than any
other that has come to our attention.
II produces apparent cures In some
cases. causes great Improvement In
others aud arrests the progress OF the
disease In almost every instance. We
have on hand ut least twenty per.
sons who have been mlcrOScopically
negative ever since they have begun
the treatment. The treatment is ap.
parently equally efiicaciOus in all
forms OF disease. Experience shows
the great deslrabllty Of further trial
In the hands Of other workers In diff
rcrent parts OF the world, with the
hope that improvements, may result"
One Of the most interesting groups
OF cases. consisting Of twelve Fllipinos
Of various ages and sexes. shows that
there Is n fightlng chance at least for
the average leper. II the deductions
were applied on a large scale from
these figures II would be shown that
only II per cent OF the patients showed
merely slight Improvement, the ma
Iority registering apparently clinical
recoverles Or marked Improvement,
The studies OF the typical cases
there presented reveal that often the
negative. condition Of the skin was
not reached for two years. but that
the Improvement was progressive.
Known to Anoients.
Few realize until they have turned
back into the world history. how wide
spread lcprosy was at one time. Al
though there has been some confusion
as to the exact nature OF some OF the
eruptlve malady 81 designated, there
Is no doubt that the scourge Is n
very ancient one. The records show
that the early Egyptians knew all
about H. The Greek writer's, such as
Aristotle. were familiar with II, al
though HippDcntcs, Father OF Medl.
cine, does not mention IT,
l.cprOsy has existed for many years
IN tropical countries and seems To
have been especially nurtured by
warmth aud foul living habits. II
heavily scourged Europe, however. In
The Middle Ages, esGe'lally In France,
England. spain aud Germany. Its
presence is recorded at Canterbury IN
1905 II rpvagcd Enropc for centuries
ana even In the nineteenth century
there were many cases In Scotland
There Is leprosy In Norway and In
Iceland. for. strangely enough. cold
ms are those countries. there are Ger.
uin portions OF them in which the
disease has stubborn fooihold,
The effort to STAMP out leprosy on
| llif isNipii"Au N'iiNtilNH'A NNNN'l Wv
erection OF many leper houses In III,
cities aud, villages. There are said
TO lmyeab been 1900 OF these inStitu
lions erected.
l.eprosy at the present time Is
known IN many parts Of Asia, Africa
South America and the West Indies
Very often cases Of It appear In III,
United States and not infrequenily
the Board Of Health has removed th'
sufferers from the terrible diSeas,
from tenementS of New York city,
Although lcproSy is classified rs M
exotic nalictlon, II Is often Tar nearrl
TO Us than we realize The fact 'ha
so ehicaciOus means of fighting II a.
! chaulm0Ogra oil has been found Is In
deed n boon Ia the entire world.
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