A New Cure for Tuberculosis

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 132, 30 April 1891, Page 4

A New Cure for Tuberculosis

■ ' - ■ ■- . : * ...-.■ A rival to Dr Koch, as ft professed •cur«r,.Mf' tuburuulosis in huiuau beings -aiiil (l-.iuW. has appeared in the person Pn..lHsi(ir ; Liebriech, of Be'lin., The ii«*\y Teiiipdy ha 9 iio t reseuihlauce to .■Kodti's 'tubercuHae,. th'ough it" is.sub- . cutaneouarjr injeoW(i It is not a * jjultivfttipn of hacteri, but a preparation 'pi Bqme'.drug or drugs. Professor Liebriftch says it would be a breach r of professional etiquette to make the nature of his discovery public before it has been- communicated to the 'medical faculty ; but when he has .done that he will make the remedy uWreserFeilly . accessible. to all medical liien. It can be prepared by any druggist at a price bringing it within tKe reach of the poorest classes, and • its use is said to be devoid of risk^ - provided that certain precautions are observed in admiuisteiing it. The professor says it will cure tuberculosis 'df the lungs as well as of the throat, and many other diseases.' At present tKe^discoyerer's claims have not heeri tested' by other men!, and -trials may turn out very disappointing, as those have ( done to a : con|ra>mb!le"6xt|nt; hut if remedy ■for;consu'm|pt;wn in . human beings and iu|rjerc i ulds'is' in Rattle has ftpeh found,: Hi 3 will^ indeeol ; be i' si blessing to the world. ■Mi —mm iTnimwi .mnamw .