The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1921-05-26


convincing evidences 81 the value of
the chHulmoogra oil treatment.
How Oil Is Administered.
"The injections" to quote from this
report, are usually made at weekly
Intervals in ascending doses. The int.
tial dose is commonly one cubic ccuti.
meter, aud this is Increased to the
point OF tolerance. Much difference
exists among the eases as To the
amount Of the mixture which they
are able to take. In some cases u
Few cubic ccntmctCrs produce marked
reactions In the LESSONS, accompanied
10y fever and cardiac distress Some
times II Is better to reduce the amount
Of the dose and to inject at more fire.
qucut intervals The object sought 10
to ~ regulate the dosage so as to pre-
vent reaction Of too violent a charac-
ter Quicker results are also appar-
emily obtained when II Is possible to
inject the mixture into large leprOus
deposits, or 10 divide the dose by in
icctng II into number Of smaller in
vibrations"
Experience 50 far leads 10 the infer
rnce that with additional study the
prospects seem fair for greatly i'm
proving the conditions obtained ut
present
The conclusions OF Dr. Helscr were
reached in 1914. and therefore In
quoting them ut this time 1t should he
borne in mind that more convincing
results have been obtained. He was
not inclined 70 believe that the dcvel-
opmcnt Of the treatment as he oh
served II in the Philippines warranted
the claim that anything Ike a specific
had been found.
Experience does show" he contin-
ued, that chaulmoogra oil gives more
consistently favorable results than any
other that las come Ia our attention
II produces apparent cures In sorae
cases, causes great Improvement In
others and arrests the progress of the
disease In almost every instance. We
have on hand nj least twenty per-
sons who have been mlCroScOpically
negative ever since they have begun
the treatment The treatment is ap-
pRrently equally eiiicacious IN all
forms Of disease. Experience shows
the great dcslrabllIty OF further trial
In the hands OF other workers In DIFF
feremt parts Of the world, with the
hope that improvements may result"
one of the most interesting groups
Of cases, consisting Of twelve FiiIplnos
Of various ages and sexes, shows that
there Is fighting chance NJ least for
the average leper. II the deductions
were applied an large scale from
these figures IL would be shown that
only u per cent 0f the patients showed
merely slight improvement, The ma,
'ority registering apparently clinical
recOyerics 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 hut that
the Improvement was progressive.
Known to kneients.
Few realize, until they have turned
back into the world history, how wide
| spread leprosy was az one time. Al
/ though there has been some confusion
| MS Ia the exact nature Uf some Of the
! cruptivc malady So designated. thcr,
J Is no doubt that the scourge is q
very ancient one. The records show
that the carly Egyptians knew all
about II. The Greek writer's. such as
Aristotle. were familiar with IT, al,
though IllppOcratcs Father Of Mchl
| cine does not mention II.
LcproSy has existed for many years
| IN tropical countries aud seems "a
nave been especially uurturCd by
warmth and foul living habits. II
heavily scourGcd Europe, however IL
the Middle Ages, especially IN France
England, Spain aud Germany. lt'
presence is recorded at Canterbury II
1896 II rnvagCd Europe FOR centuries
and even IN the aimteenth century
there were many cases in Scotland
There Is leprnSy in Norway and II
Iceland, for, strangely enough, cole
as are those countries, there are Ger
tain portions Of them IN which The
disease has 4 stubborn fOuthnld.
The effort to stamp out l"prusy 81
the European continent caused IN,
erection Of many lcprr houses in th'
cities and villages. There are sale
Ia have been 10000 Of these instltu
ti0nS erected
Lcprosy ut IN" present time Is
known In many parts or Asia, Africa
South America aud the West Indies
Very often cases Of It appear In IA,
United States, and not infroQuuutl!
the Board Of Health has removed N,
sufferers from the terrible diScaS,
from tenements Of New York city.
Although leprosy Is classified rs ~
exotic affllction, It Is often far neare
to us than we realize. The fact tha
so efiicacIouS means ~ fighting II n
chaulruOOgra oil has been found Is In
deed Il boon tO the entire world.