The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-06-14
BY H. E. C. BRYANT.

L \ gases United States Army ex-
perts in chemistry have reached these
conclusions:
ID Instead Of producing tuber-
culosis the dangerous gases had a
tendency to check it.
(2) Chlorine gas immunized SOL
diers from influenza, grip and colds.
(3) Arsenic compounds are bene-
fetal in the treatment Of paresis
and locomotor ataxia.
ca Soon heads Of schools and
commanders Of troops everywhere
will treat influenza outbreaks with
chlorine.
60 Mustard seed gas can be used
effectively to combat the tubercu-
losis germ.
Army experts are working on a safe
md proper way to administer the
gases, or while they have reached an
agreement on value, they have not yet
found method Of application.
In the war gases they believe they
have a sure check on pneumonia, and
they have found that, used in proper
proportion, the gases actually prevent
influenza, colds, grip and other respir-
atory Affections; curb the ravages of
the white plague and cause paresis to
yield to treatment.
The loss Of $4,000 men from pneu-
monia during the world war caused
the Chemical Warfare Service to study
the results of poisonous gases. Six
teen thousand deaths resulted from
other diseases.
Pneumonia Caused Largest
Percentage of War Deaths
''We found that 40 per cent. Of all
the deaths sustained by our forces"
declared Gen. Amos A. Fries, chief of
the Chemical Warfare Service, were
from pneumonia, and we started out
to find what we could do to reduce the
toll of this disease. We gave consid-
GRAFTON to all respiratory troubles.
We wanted to know first how the
poisonous gases affected persons, and
second, how powerful they were.
Our experts were instructed to
learn how the other fellow could use
tho gas how to combat It and cure its
Effects"
Early experiments showed that the
gases were a protection against respir-
atory and other diseases. ENCOURAGED
by these findings the army officers
pursued their preliminary studies, and
in his annual report for 1920 the Sur
seon-General asserted:
"One hundred and seventy-t three
cases of tuberculosis occurred during
1918 among the 70,552 men who had
been gassed in action. OF this num-
Der, seventy eight had been gassed nv
gas, kind not specified; eight by
chlorine; sixty-five by mustard and
twenty-five by phosgene. The num-
Der Of cases Of tuberculosis for each
1000 men gassed was PAS. Since the
annual rate Of occurrence for tuber-
culosis among enlisted men serving in
Europe in 1918 was $50 and in 1919
AGO per 1000, it would seem to be
apparent that tuberculosis did not
occur any more frequently among the
so!diers who had been gassed than
among those who had not been"
Gen. Fries and his assistants con-
slider the foregoing facts most remark
able. They point out it shows that in
the year 1918 there were one and one
half times as many cases of tuber
culosis per 1000 among all troops in
France as there were among those
gassed, and in 1919 there were more
than one and three-quarters times as
many tuberculosis cases per 1000
among all troops as there were among
the gassed troops.
This means that if the casing
We're not an actaul deterrent to tuber-
culosis, the small percentage of tuber-
cular cases among the gassed can
only be accounted for through the
care those patients received in the
hospitals" it was explained.
Leut.-Col. Edward B. Vedder of the
Army Medical Corps, and DR.. A. S.
Loevenhart of the University of Wis
consin, have been experimenting at
EdgeWood Arsenal, Edgewood, Md.
Dr. Loevenhart is ian authorized
consultant' for the Chemical Warfare
Service During the world war he
treated gas effects, giving special at
tentlon to Lewisite, a compound of
arsenic and acetyline gas. REPORTS
that ne had stated that Lewisite could
be introduced into the human system
with wonderful beneficial results were
denied to-day. But, it is a fact that
ne has found arsenic in other COM
pounds very useful in proper amounts
DR.. LoeYenhart has been expert
menting with certain arsenic COM
pounds in the treatment of paresis
These poisons can be introduced into
humans in small quantities. Out of
forty cases treated twenty-one were
dismissed as cured. Others are I'M
proving.
Premature announcement
Made by General Fries
DR.. Loevenhart did not intend that
his discoveries should become public
at this time but Gen. Fries. enthuscd
over what he had heard about them.
told a meeting of Washington women
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