CONSUMPTION SERUM

Hokitika Guardian, 4 May 1923, Page 4

CONSUMPTION SERUM

ALL CHILDREN AIAY BE INOCULATED. "The time is coming when children will be inoculated at birth against tuberculosis, as they are now against smallpox. 1 have coniplole faith in our power to conquer completely even this dread distaste." The above statement was made by an eminent Harlcv Street physician to the “Westminster Gazette" in a talk on the Hpaiilnigor cure for tuberculosis by vaccination. “It is as great an ad-

vanco on the sanatorium met bods Tis tiie-e are on previous one:-,’’ be cantinned. "The main fault of the sanatorium is tbai it makes patients morbidly introspective. They find themselves segregated from the active interests of life, and do litile but talk tuberculosis from morning to night, and make them-olvo.-, deucodly miserable.” An cll ii't is being made, ihc special- j i-t explained, lo establish an institute in England for treatment by Ibe Spuhlinger method. It- •■rcai advantage is that, except in very advamrd eases, hospital <:• saiKi-onum treatment is not necessary; the patient <an obtain bis vaccine injreti; n over the week-end, and carry

on hi- occupation during the week. to in'.‘M.| some St grave rases were tivnUd i- tii ccs-fully by the method at the City of l.omh.ii, Ft. George’s, and f'Voneli Hospitals in T.melon. Fines then many eminent physicians, as well as experts of the .Ministry of Health

ami the British Bed Cross Society, have investigated Spnhlingor’s work at Geneva—among them Sir Hubert Philip, Professor of Tuberculosis. Edinburgh. the late Professor Ritchie, the Edinburgh Bacteriologist, and the late Professor Dean, the .Manchester Pathnlogi-.t. ft was mainly on the recommendations of these exports that the British Red Cross decided to devote C:in,('i;i() for the treatment- of eases in England. The sera and vaccines, which are the fruit of years of patient research, have cured even acute advances cn-.es. spa ri hi x< ; (•: i; i a trover rsi i ed.

Three to four years are required for their prepanilion. and great expense is involved in- the maintenance of farm and laboratories, and the pro vision of horses. This has previously been borne entirely by Afr Spalilinger. and an English friend who introduced the remarkable discovery to this country.

■‘Spalilinger has so impoverished himself by lii.s magnificent work,” explained the specialist already quoted, “that he finds he cannot go on producing the necessary sera and vaccines without substantial help. JTe will wot publish his formulae because be knows very well that unauthorised persons would exploit them, with the result that the method would be discredited.

“All our present systems of inoculation will have to lie revised on t-lin basis of the principles underlying Ids work.”

To remove immediate embarrassment ami establish an institute in England, some CIOO.OOO is required, and ALajor General Sir Frederick Abiuriee, Archdeacon ALacAfiHan, Afr David Hayes, and Afr R. If. ITydc-Thomson, who have consented to act as trustees, are appealing for funds.