THE SPAHLINGER CURE

Hokitika Guardian, 28 August 1923, Page 3

THE SPAHLINGER CURE

A WORD OF W \ RXI NG. W ELLINGTON. August 21. [it a eoinmunicalion to the Heq ita. Board. Dr. Yalintine (1 lireetor-Geuei id of Health) details the efforts made 1 y his Depart to obtain the Spahlmgor prep irafiou -, for the treatment of Lubeimiosis for use in the Dominion. "The Government •" *"‘ Mali'.-, •-ties left no St,one unturned in its olVerts 'to obtain these -.reparations for New Zealand. The High Commissioner e-Tel -hilly has devoted a- gieat deal of lime and trouble to the que-t. If. i- a matter fur IP'oii lv - lvt ll:lt premature publication of M. Siablingor’s investigations has aroused Bd-c hope- amongst those siifierm:: inmi tuberculosis. Tor this, liowetei, *>n Department is in no way to U-me. | . \ aliiitiia* mentions that recent adviies have been reeeive I r.t a special vaccine prepared by Professor Drover, of Oxford. This | rcpar.dion has been re! cried "P 1 1" ""’" l emouiaging manner. The Department ha- already i-t.Mi-il lor siipi-N '' lu>|' ,l SMI extended trial of its use. Ih- M-o qinites from "I he Medical Ollieei, -.1 March 21 lasi- explaining that Sir R" l '- ert Pliifip. the spcaki r there repot te.l. is one of the he-t known uil.ermlo-.s -peeiali-ts in Great Britain, and any utterances of his must command O’.i* utmost n-sjcct. I* ollowing i- D’i 'X tract: "S*,caking at the annual mccUllg nl tlie Koval Yietoria Ho-)iit d Tuherm-|,,-i- Tni-t hehl recently at Edildmrgh. Sir Roehn Philip referred in mif-poke" tone.s to the unfoifunati* l’i'i— agitation going on in favour of a partieular treatment carried out in Geneva. Hi* ventured to cay. r.s one who had looked into this very etmduMy. t there was no treatment. 'I h.e ueatment. .-{Kiken ol was itiehotUe. It rather a possibility of treatment Plan im actual method of treatment. Not ,mlv s„, |,m the institution regarding which thev were met at the request ,*T ldgb autlio: ity. olfere-.l eighteen lbs ago l * make 01.-ervaticns m com,eel ion with ibis rarlieuler method treat.nelH. They "ere promised {.reparations f.on, this hilmrM-uy which were to reach them a year ago. but they nail net appeared. It was light licit, tin* puHi' should undcr-tand taat t;ii- ircai meiu. *•'isicn wa- i-iciy ni - and again being boomed alrosh. wan’ot an existing avaihihh* mi*t!m:l of treatment. So far as medical m, n nude!stood, it wa- not a new method of treatment. It tested i-sontially ,*,„ La-es which were quite familiar to tiiem all.