DR KOCH’S THEORY.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 28 November 1901, Page 4

DR KOCH’S THEORY.

Lowestoft Surgeon Offers Himself for Experiment.

A Lowestoft surgeon, Dr. J. E. O’Brien recently wrote to Dr Koch, offering to submit himself for inoculation, with a view to proving or disproving the latter’s famous theory that tho human subject is immune to bovine tube- cle.

In reply, Dr Koch refused to accept the respons bilit.y of inoculating Dr O’Brien, but advised him, if ho wished to elucidate the subject, to drink milk from a tuberculous cow, and to live on tho smallest possible quantity of food for twelve months.

Dr O'Brien, in answer to inquiries, stated that he is still willing to submit himself to intravenous or subcutaneous inoculation, but that he had not the time at his disposal to submit to this long and trying test. He understands, however, that Dr Gerhault, who made a similar oiler, is going to drink tuberculous milk for the period laid down by Dr Koch, and at the same time ho is willing to have injections of highly virulent bovine bacilli. In the meantime Dr O’Brien, who is a distinguished member of the Irish College of Surgeons, is engaged in deep research into the whole subject.