T.B. SERUM.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17940, 7 December 1923, Page 9

T.B. SERUM.

SPAHLINGER CURES. !

FRENCH SURGEON'S TESTIMONY. (BT CABLK —?BJ>3S ASSOCIATION" CO?IRIGHT.) (ATJITRAiIAK AMD V.£. CA*X,« ASBOCIATIOW.) LONDON. December o. The Geneva correspondent of tho "Daily Express'' states that Dr. Charles Gesset, a Professor of the University oi. Paris, who is recognised as one of the greatest surgeons in world, pays th-j highest tribute to Dr. Spahlinger's serum.

Ho gives details of a series of remarkable cures in cases of tuberculoid bono glands, which «ire usually treated surgically, and in which tuberculous lesions are replaced by perfectly healthy tissue.

Ho says that these are quit© sufficient to prove the efficiency of the serum in cases of surgical tuberculosis. Itwould be- absolutely criminal to hinder its general adoption.

The Spahlinger serum, he says, mustbe used on a large scale in hospitals. \vheix> every doctor can observe the changes in the tuberculous lesions, but it must be remembered that it takes Dr. iSpahlinger four years to prepare the aerum, even if he gets efficient help. AUSTRALIAN ENQUIRIES. BEAR NO FRUIT. MELBOURNE, December G. Major-Gener;:l Sir Neville Howse. Director-General of the Australian Army Medical Services, referring to the report that the New Zealand Gov - ernment was negotiating with Dr. Spahlinger, said that he had carefully investigated the evidenoo submitted to him during his recent visit to the Continent. He was unable to recommend the Commonwealth to spend any money on tho treatment. [Sir-Neville Howse holds a.Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons, England. He served in the South African War with the New Army Medical Corps, and was awarded the .Victoria Cross for bravery during the action of Vredefort. He was on active service for tho whole period of the Great War, and waa appointed Director-General of Australian Army Medical Services in 1921.] NEW ZEALAND SCHEME. LITTLE SUPPORT OFFERING. (special to "tee PRESS.") WELLINGTON, December 6. The statement made (according to "The Press" cable, message) by Dr. Collins, and the generous impulse of tho New Zealand High Commissioner in regard to the Spahlinger treatment, have evoked little, if any, enthusiasm here, and it will not be easy to raise the •£ 56,000 which Sir James Allen asks for, unless the Government sup-plies-a large sum. And to this there is likely to be objection, owing to the financial position of tho country and the uncertainty in regard to the alleged cure. It is also pointed out that neither Sir James Allen nor Dr. Collins is an expert, and that the Government should have sent an expert if it wished to make independent investigations. The opinion here seems to be that, at present, the £56,000 which it is proposed to give Dr. Spaliiinger would be better spent in the purchase of radium for New Zealand. In .addition, the report of Sir Neville Ilowse,, "V .C., i very shrewd and able man who will be remembered by iNew Zealanders who were on Gallipoli, seems to have acted as a cold douche insofar as the enthusiasm of the New Zealand Commissioners is concerned.