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Intra-Venous Injection, after thorough tests under
the most favourable conditions, proved absolutely
ineffective. Trachael (_sic_) Injection has
also been tried with equally unsatisfactory results.
Inoculation with lymph from tuberculous animals not
only utterly failed, but frequently hastened the
patient’s death. Antimony, prussic acid, emetics,
blisters, mercury, iron, digitalis, clover, and
numerous other drugs, have all proved useless, for
they failed to have any action upon the cause of the
disease, and only gave the patient temporary relief, if
they produced any beneficial effects at all.
In treating consumption in the past, physicians making
Tuberculosis a speciality have been accustomed to
recommend creosote and its product guaiacol, while
later arsenic has found a certain amount of favour.
These physicians have undoubtedly been honest and
conscientious in prescribing such treatment, for
they were upheld by the practice of years, and the
indorsement of the greatest specialists in each
generation for a hundred years. Yet they were wrong;
just as wrong and just as ignorant of the true remedy
for consumption as the ancients were of geography
before the new world was discovered.
Against the use of creosote or guaiacol, Dr. Yonkerman
speaks positively and emphatically, and his opinions
have now the support of all present-day physicians
making Tuberculosis their special study.
A “Life History of Dr. Derk P. Yonkerman” was also given, from which it
appeared that the home of Tuberculozyne is in Michigan, U.S.A.
The book was accompanied by a long letter, and this was followed at
intervals by others; these were all printed to appear as typewritten,
and dealt chiefly with the terrors of consumption if neglected, the
importance of taking Tuberculozyne at once, and, after a supply had
been sent, with the necessity of continuing its use even if no apparent
benefit results. A few extracts are here given:
You need not be discouraged or believe your case
incurable, even if you have tried all the usual
remedies and found no relief, for hundreds of our cured
patients have had the same experience; after all other
remedies had failed to even stop the progress of their
disease, they tried Tuberculozyne and were quickly
cured.
From the third letter:
We realize that since you were taken ill your expenses
must have been burdensome, and if you feel that
at the moment the cost of a complete treatment of
Tuberculozyne is more than you can readily meet, we
will send you the full month’s supply upon receipt of
but 40s.; the remaining 10s. you may pay at your own
convenience when you are fully satisfied that your cure
is complete and permanent.
From the fifth:
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