Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-09-23
convincing evidences OF the value Of
the chaulmoogra oil treatment
How OIL n Administered

The Injections" 10 quote from this
report. "are usually made at weekly
Intervals in ascending doses. The ini-
hal dose is commonly one cubic cent?
meter, and this is increased to the
point of tolerance. Much difference
exists among the cases as to the
amount of the mixture which they
are able to take. In some cases a
few cubic centimeters produce marked
reactions In the LESSONS, accompanied
by fever and cardiac distress. Some
times II Is better TO reduce the amount
OF the dose and to inject at more fire.
quent intervals. The object sought Is
to so regulate the dosage so as to pre-
vent reaction OF too violent charac-
ter. Quicker results are also appar-
emily obtained when 1t is possible TO
inject the mixture into large leprous
deposits, or to divide the dose by in
jecting 1t into number OF smaller in
fltratlons."
Experience so far leads to the infer
snce that with additional study the
prospects seem fair for greatly i'm
proving the conditions obtained at
present.
The conclusions of DR.. Heiser we're
reached in 1914, and therefore in
quoting them at this time It should be
borne In mind that more convincing
results have been obtained He was
not Inclined to believe that the deyel-
opment of the treatment as he OBJ.
served 1t in the Philippines warranted
the claim that anything like a specific
had been found.
Experience does show" he contin-
ued. that chaulm0ogra oil gives more
consistently favorable results than any
other that has come to our attention.
1t produces apparent cures in some
cases, causes great Improvement in
others and arrests the progress of the
disease in almost every instance. We
have on hand at least twenty per
sons who have been microscopIcully
negative ever since they have begun
the treatment. The treatment is ap-
parently equally efilcacious in all
forms of disease. Experience shows
the great desirabiiity of further trial
In the hands of other workers In diff
ferent parts of the world. with the
l.
One of the most interesting groups
OF cases. consisting of twelve Filipinos
of various ages and sexes. shows that
there is a fighting chance at least for
the average leper If the deductions
were applied on a large scale from
these figures 1t would be shown that
only ] per cent of the patients showed
merely slight improvement, the ma
iorlty registering apparently clinical
recoveries 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 leprosy was at one time. AL.
though there has been some confusion
as to the exact nature of some of the
eruptive malady so designated, there
Is no doubt that the scourge is
very ancient one. The records show
that the early Egyptians knew all
about 1t. The Greek writer's. such as
Aristotle. were familiar with 1t, al
though Hippocrates, Father of Medi-
cine. does not mention II.
Leprosy has existed for many years
in tropical countries and seems to
have been especially nurtured by
warmth and foul living habits II
heavily scourged Europe, however, in
the Middle Ages, especially in France,
England. Spain and Germany. Its
presence is recorded at Canterbury In
1896. II ravaged Europe for centuries
and even in the nlnteenth century
here were many cases In Scotland
There is leprosy In Norway and In
iceland. for. strangely enough, cold
as are those countries. there are GER
ain portions of them in which the
disease has stubborn foothold
The effort to stamp out ieprosy on
the European continent caused the
erection of many ieper houses in the
cities and villages. There are said
TO have been 1900 of these Institu.
tions erected
Leprosy at the present time is
Snown in many. parts Of Asia. Africa
South America and the West Indies
Very often cases Of 1t appear in the
United States, and not infrequently
the Board of Health has removed the
Sufferers from the terrible disease
from tenements of New York city.
Although leprosy is classified as an
exotic affliction, II IS often far nearer
TO us than we realize. The fact that
so efiicacious a means of fighting II as
chaulmoogra oil has been found is In
deed a boon to the entire world.