CHAPTER III HR-iEbE^aiiFiTS orsr g^vseis (Part 1)

CHAPTER III HR-iEbE^aiiFiTS orsr g^vseis TREATED WITH HISTOGENOL NALINE To the very practical article of Drs Pamart and Parsavant we now add a few medical letters, genuine notes of cases, showing the indisputable efficacitv of Histogenol Naline in the treatment of tuberculous and prae-tubcrculous affections. Hannon (Hord), Fcby 24 1905. Sir, I have just made a trial with one of the two bottles, that containing the Emulsion, vhich you were good enough to place at my disposal. I am positively enthusiastic about the results that I have obtained in the case of a young tuberculous patient, 18 years of age, who had reached the third stage of the disease and in which the outlook was the more serious seeing that his parents being very poor were unable to provide him with the indispensable articles of food for adequate alimentation. I take parti- cular interest in this young patient and I am pleased to be enabled to state that the cough has much diminished as also the expectoration. His appetite, which was wretched, has become quite lively, he has lost the night sweats and feels much stronger, so much so that he has requested me to write to thank you and to ask you to be good enough to favour him with a second bottle. He is so convinced of the efficacity of the pre- paration that I could not refuse his request though at the same time I may say that it is my intention to prescribe the product in future in all suitable cases so struck ami by its properties. As opportunities for pre- scribing it are alas but too frequent in this neighbourhood you may be sure that your charity will not be misplaced. I am grateful to you for having brought to my notice such an excellent preparation. Yours faithfully, (Signed) Dr Masset, ex-clief de elinique at the Faculty of Lille. — 23 — Sir, Marseilles, Jany 24 1 905. Supplementing the notes of the case already sent you I may add that Histogenol lias done wonders for my patient whose right lung was so badly damaged. After the first bottle there was noteworthy improve- ment- which I have already communicated to you. The results of the second bottle surprised me beyond measure. It was almost a resurrection. Hardly any cough, disappearance of all abnormal sounds from the right apex and but the slightest difference in breathing between the two sides. She no longer got short of breath when going up hill, she had entirely re- gained his strength along with her ordinary animated expression of face. I could not get them to weigh the patient but it is easy to see that she has put on flesh indeed it could hardly be otherwise in view of the incredible appetite and rapid digestion that Iiistogenol confers. The young patient, who is a sister of mercy, has resumed her onerous nursing duties. I am making use of the third bottle for a lady 58 years of age who, only four days ago, was utterly prostrated by an attack of influenza that had lasted three weeks. Unable to take food in consequence of complete loss of appetite she was rapidly losing flesh and was unable to move herself in bed. Four days on Histogenol in two teaspoonsful doses daily has completely changed the state of affairs. The appetite retur ned in two days, her voice has been restored and today she has been able to leave her bed for five hours and to go from one room to another unaided. She has even read the papers. In three or four days, I apprehend that she will be able to return to work. I am not exaggerating, I merely state the facts. You are at liberty to make use of my notes in any way you please. I shall be pleased to make known the great value of Histogenol. Yours faithfully, (Signed) Dr Dubois. DISEASES Paris, Feby 9 1905. OF THE RESPIRATORY TRACT Sir, I thank you for having placed a supply of Histogenol at my disposal for the dispensary. I have prescribed it ever since its introduction and it has yielded excellent results for which I hope to be able to express my thanks in person on Saturday, the 18th instant, when I have to attend a congress on tuberculosis in connection with the General Meeting of the Antituberculous Dispensary. Yours faithfully, Dr G. Petit. — 24 — Paris, Feby 9th 1905. Sir I duly received the sample of Histogenol and have no hesitataion in declaring it to be excellent. Hitherto I have employed.it more particu- larly in cases of primary acute bronchitis or bronchitis occurring as a complication of infectious diseases measles, influenza, etc., as well as in cases of pulmonary tuberculosis at the second period. In every instance I obtained a rapid cure or at any rate well-marked improvement. For my own part, having run down in consequence of overwork a single bottle set me on foot again. In short your preparation deserves to be recommended and I shall miss no opportunity of prescribing it, so encouraged am I by the results already obtained. I may add that the Elixir seems to be the most popular form. Yours faithfully, j Dr J. Montagne. ' Paris, March 14 1905. Sir, I have been very pleased with the use of Histogenol employed in the form of intra-muscular injections. I have given daily injections to a young employe, much run down io consequence of overwork and intense intel- lectual activity. He complained of emaciation, loss of appetite, laborious digestion and insommia. After the first injection he volunteered the* sta- tement that « I feel as if I had passed a good night » and this sensation was subsequently maintained. The appetite was restored, digestion was more easily accomplished, he slept well and he gained three pounds in twelve days, i e after twelve injections. I shall be pleased to receive ano- ther box of a dozen bulbs in order to continue my observations. Yours faithfully. 25 — Monte-Carlo , Jany 28 1905. Sir, I have the greatest pleasure in informing you that in the only two cases in which I have tried Histogenol my patients have derived the greatest benefit therefrom. I gave the Elixir to a young woman 25 years of age in the fourth month of gestation, much exhausted by the early months of pregnancy and just recovering from severe pulmonary influenza. Appetite, strength and colour have returned and today — three weeks after taking the first spoonful — this young lady is able to dispense with my services. The Emulsion gave me equally good, if not indeed superior, results. I gave it to a child five years of age who presented the complications of influenza (otorrhoea, obstinate bronchitis and obstinate dyspepsia). I had previously given the child cod liver oil which unfortunately it could not retain and the usual substitutes for the oil were equally unsuccessful. Your Histogenol worked wonders, the child has entirely recovered his health and the merit of this belongs to you. This double experience will enable me to prescribe your product with the quasi-certainty of success. In my opinion it must be classed among the most perfect and best medi- cinal tonics of contemporary therapeutics. You are at liberty to make any use you please of this letter. Dr Leymabie. Neuvy-sur-Barangeon. Sir, I am pleased to add my testimony to that of, no doubt, many others as to the value of your Histogenol. On two occasions your] product have given me surprising results in cases of prolonged influenza in feeble old men. I feel justified in attributing their recovery to Histogenol seeing that none of the other treatments had up to that time given any appreciable result. In future I shall hasten to prescribe your product in all suitable cases. Yours truly, Dr RokIiach, — 26 — Lozere. Sir, Numerous are the medicaments placed at the disposal of practitioners for the purpose of restoring strength to the organism. Some, such as kola, coca, the glycerophosphates, etc., have given good results but owing to individual idiosyncrasies these remedies fail to fulfil our expectations in particular cases. Will this be the case with Histogenol ? and shall we meet with patients who prove refractory to its action ? That I cannot say but there is every reason to think that such cases will be rare for Histogenol is agreeable to take and, acting as it does directly on the red blood corpuscule, it is a reconstituent of the highest order. I have exa- mined the blood of a patient before and after taking Histogenol and the- difference in the number of corpuscles was very marked. After taking a few spoonsful of the remedy the number of corpuscles increased by more- than one half. The effects on the economy at large were naturally well marked. Here are my notes of a patient treated by Histogenol. I sum- marise it in order not to trespass unduly on our attention. Mr C..., pedlar, 42 years of age. He came to these parts last year after the death of his father at 83 years of age, due to exdiaustion following two attacks of influenza. His mother died at the age of 55, in 1887, from some uterine affection. She had been operated two years before for a tumour of the breast. After the death of his father Mr C... fell into such, a state of prostation that he had to give up work. Indisposed to exertion and devoid of strength he was always sleepy yet never enjoyed sound sleep. He complained of slight but constant pain in the pit of the sto- mach, most marked after eating. He then feels as if everything he had eaten had accumulated at the bottom of the stomach and could only get through the j>ylorus with difficulty to pass into the duodenum. Pres- sure on this spot gave rise to little or no pain but on palpation one could make out some resistance and the wall of the stomach seemed to be thicker than normal over an area of two or three inches. No vomiting or acid regurgitation. His teeth are good and he thoroughly masticates his- food. His complexion is straw-coloured and the ankles swell at night. Nothing abnormal could be made out on auscultation of the lungs. A slight murmur was audible at the base of the heart propagated along the carotid. A similar murmur was audible in the femoral artery just below the Poupart’s ligament. On the least exertion the patient gets out of breath and is obliged to sit down. He not unfrequently bleeds from the nose. The microscopic examination of the blood showed the red corpus- cles to oe fewer than normal and slightly deformed. It occurred to me that this might possibly be due to his habit of heating his room by a cast iron stove. He took the principal reconstituents — iron, kola, the glyce- rophosphates, etc., for a time without any benefit and his poverty pre- vented his taking any of them regularly. While I was attending him I was also attending a lady to whom I was giving inhalations of oxygen. This patient having died I took advantage of what remained of the oxy- gen to give it to my first patient. It seemed to do him good but of course — 27 - we could not go on with it, oxygen being very expensive and not being easy to get in the country. I then gave him the bottle of Histogenol that M. Naline had kindly placed at my disposal and when he had taken it the patient felt slightly but distinctly better. He slept better and sleep was less troubled disturbed by dreams, his appetite improved and what particularly pleased him was that he no longer felt that weight on the stomach although he was eating more. Histogenol, he assured me, was, with oxygen, what had done him most good. I advised him to go on taking it and I ordered two bottles so that he might continue the treatment for some time. At the end of the second bottle the swelling of the ankles no longer took place, digestion was easier, his strength seemed to be retur- ning and he could walk three or four miles without fatigue. He sleeps well and feels so well that as he says, he thinks he could almost return to his ordinary occupations. Nevertheless he proposes to continue the treatment and I did not examine the blood again until he had finished his third bottle. It proved to be normal, the red corpuscles had more than doubled in number and the patient, with his bright jovial face, said to me « Now that I have resuscitated I shall take bold of my wandering jew’s stick for T feel coming over me the desire to tramp the country once again ». Seeing him so well I allowed him to resume his wandering lifie and to peddle mantillas to young and charmng Spanish girls. Histogenol has done this man the greatest good and he will certainly recommend it to many others. Dr P. F. Sir, You were good enough some time since to send me two sample bottles of Histogenol. I gave one of my patients the benefit thereof and the results appear to me to have been quite satisfactory. The patient in question, a young man 24 years of age, was frankly tuberculous and presented extensive lesions in both lungs. He had quite lost his appetite, was unable to tolerate cod liver oil and refused injec- tions of the cacodylate on account of the disagreeable odour they caused. Sleep was disturbed by a frequent troublesome cough and he was gra- dually losing ground. I tried all the bitters and sedatives I could think of but the anorexia persisted whereupon I gave him a bottle of granular Histogenol. Within five or six days the appetite began to return and at present he takes a fair amount of food. With the return of the appetite he has gained in strength, the cough is less troublesome — effects unquestionably due to the Histogenol. In presence of these results I propose giving your product a trial in other cases. Meanwhile I must congratulate you on having brought about the temporary resurrection — if I may say so — of my unfortunate patient. Yours faithfully, Dr R u jul. — 28 — Sir, I have tried the sample of Histogenol you sent me last October and have been astonished by the result obtained. In a case of prse-tuberculous anaemia two bottles sufficed to effect a complete cure. In the other case the patient was in the second stage of tuberculosis and he promptly recovered appetite and strength, the night sweats soon subsided, the cough diminished and he gradually put on a notable increase of weight. I should like to continue my observations with Histojenol and the- refore beg you to be good enough to let me have a further supply, prefe- rably in the form of the Emulsion, since this seems to me to be the best and the most readily borne. In order that my patients may have no difficulty in procuring your product I have requested my chemist to order a few bottles. I shall thus be enabled to continue my experiments on a large scale. Yours faithfully, D' V. Mortagne-du-Nofl, Feby 7 1905. Sir, I have employed your excellent preparation hypodermically in four cases of anaemia and pronounced general debility. The first patients treated by Histogenol were two young chlorotic girls who had previously taken numerous preparations of iron and arsenic. Under the influence of your product their strength was rapidly restored, the appetite returned and my patients, who belonged to the working classes, were enabled to return to work. The third case was that of a young man, age 20, anaemic and neurasthenic, who had had to relinquish his studies and had tried many methods of treatment without benefit. Your preparation put him on his feet in 25 days. The fourth case was that of a patient at the change of life. She is still under treatment but she already feels much better. You are at liberty to publish these notes. Yours faithfully, Dr Henneton. — 29 — Sir, I thank you very much for the samples you have been good enough to send me. They have enabled me to give Histogenol a trial and to appreciate its high therapeutical value. It would be difficult for ne to supply you with properly taken notes of the cases for this is an almost impossible task in a country practice. I may however refer to the case of a tuberculous subject, 40 years of age, who, after a copious haemoptysis, lost weight considerably. I gave him Histogenol Emulsion and in the course of a fortnight he had gained over three pounds in weight and his general state had notably improved to the extent of allowing him to go out for walks. I also gave Histogenol (granulated) to a child of 14 who was suffering from very pronounced malarial cachexia that was refractory to sulphate of quinine. Under the influence of your preparation the child regained strength, increased in size and no longer suffers from his attacks. Yours faithfully, D. Sir, Mancliecourt ( Loiret ), Feby 19 1905. 1 am pleased to be able to communicate to you the following rotes of a case which is typical of several others. A person 35 years of age presented himself with several cold tuber- culous abscesses which had been operated several times leaving chronic suppuration that had reduced him to a state of cachexia. He had under- gone ordinary antiscrofulous treatment but did not improve until he took Histogenol. This is the best proof I can give of the therapeutical value of Histogenol. I authorise your making any use you please ~of this communication and shall always be pleased to receive your