THE AMERICAN 



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MICROSCOPICAL JOURNAL. 



Vol. XII. APRIL, 1891. No. 4. 



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Koch's Cure for Tuberculosis. 



By FREDERICK GAERTNER, M. D., 



PITTSBURGH, PA. 



[With FRONXtspiECE — Koch in his Laboratory.] 



Joyous acclamations resound throughout the whole world, and Ber- 

 lin it is whither the pilgrimage turns its way. Thither they hastened — 

 the sick and wretched, who at the watering-places in vain sought restora- 

 tion of health ; thither they hastened — the physicians of all nations, to 

 learn from the pupils of the master the great art of healing consump- 

 tives. 



Koch, the conqueror of the bacillus tuberculosis^ has spoken and 

 has again wrung from the world amazement and admiration. Science 

 celebrates again a triumph, .^o great, so unexpected, that the achieve- 

 ments of many contemporaries sink into comparative insignificance. 

 Few, very few indeed, were able at the first moment to appreciate the 

 magnitude of this triumph of science. 



We have already told the history of its growth and of its battle with 

 the human organism ; we also have sent forth Robert Koch's announce- 

 ment that he was fast nearing the goal, and that he was about to find a 

 remedy for tuberculosis. 



We have already proclaimed the existence of a method of cure by 

 which consumption in its first stages may be combatted with good re- 

 sults ; a remedy, very tedious and long protracted, by which the human 

 organism is assisted and strengthened in its battle against the tubercle 

 bacillus and enabled to free itself and cast ofi' the enemy. 



We have now a remedy which works directly against the progress of 

 tuberculous disease. This alone is a triumph of science without con- 

 sidering whether or not the remedy is infallible in every case. Robert 

 Koch, the discoverer, gives it to us, but at first he did not like to tell 



Copyright, 1891, by C. W. Smiley. 



