SPAHLINGER TREATMENT.

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 105, 4 May 1923, Page 11

SPAHLINGER TREATMENT.

QUESTION IN THE HOUSE. \ lißlTlsll IinVF.HNMKNT SATISKIKU.! j IjOXDON". Man-h 11. ! Tin , Dominion will take mure than' i passing interest in a question askeil in j I the Hmiw of Coinmonß yesterday, when! Dr. Watts asked the Minister of Health i whether any investigations hud l.con ] made by his department a« to tlic value ! of tlic Spahlinjjer treatment for tuberculosis, and if no investigation lias vet been | made would he take steps ut the earliest ! possible date to have a thorough in-j vest iga.t ion made, as has already boon dom- by the t'nited. States of America and other foreign Governments. | Mr. Chamberlain; in replying, said: - -All the evidence available as to the j value of this treatment has been investi- ' gated by my department, and one of | the medical officers of the .Ministry i visited (Senera last year, mid through! the courtesy of M. Ppahlinger was enabled 10 examine certain cases of; tuberculosis wlibh hart been treated hy j this method. The conclusions arrived I at were that although it is not yet possible to express an opinion upon the ; scientific value of M. Spahlinger's work I from the bacteriological standpoint, the I clinical results already obtained fully warrant further investigation as soon as ' a supply of the complete serum and vfleeine is available. Tt is -understood i that no definite date can yet be fixed by j M. Spahlinger for the production of a'■ further supply, even for 4he purposes of I scientific investigation. I am most j anxious to encourage a further trial of I the remedies in this country under expert observation 'as soon asa supply is available.