Show SAYS rheumatism IS CAUSED BY A GERM discovery 1 of I chicago doctor adds nothing to store of medical know ledge says local physician A chicago says aya he has ha discovered that rheumatism is cluied by a germ the associated AMoc prom has sent cent out the follow following 1119 which has ba been printed in ers er the country that caused by ft a boom was wa announced recently by dr edward C rosenow Roc enow DOW of the rush bush medical college who also ajio ted he has baa discovered the identity of the hitherto tolt herto unknown boLc terla dr rosenow made known his big discovery for the tint first time to the staff of the chicago tuberculosis institute to which be ascribed arl bed abla research aroh work Ile Ilo eald said it has been carried on by experiments with rabbits in tu to which he bo injected kerma gems taken from buman being dr rosenow found the tojiu tonsils of several everal fi patients pat lenta were inflamed he injected lacter ls from tonsils into and the identical symptoms developed 1 there to la nothing to indicate the disease way may be transmitted through air dr rosenow said aid and it Is bw be llever the germs lurk in and I 1 first lodge in tho the dr Roie nowa will be the bials baaij tor for experimental work in search of a cure ot at rheumatism in discussing the question dr oar gar county physician of county says nothing now new him has batu added to the store bore of medical knowledge it his ha been for or years year s that acute rheama cism alim li is caused ty a gonn germ though that germ gem lb baa nover neer yet been esolat ud ed as far as ai she he knows know if bt br rosenow has baa succeeded in that particular then he be will be able to contribute something now new and abid valuable to suffering buffering humanity thero there la in a difference between acuto acute and chronic rheumatism the aube 0 the latter according to the county physician phy aklan ahas AB never yet been il uncovered lovered fully ninety per cent of all the people to in the ashley valley are ro affected affect more or less with chronic rheumatism and dill milligent igent research has failed to fovall the cause some time ago the county medical association request ed the management of the rockefeller institute to send fiend 86 tormenta live out here tomake to make investigations the reply canne came back that cause la unknown and that it would be useless to attempt the investigation many rheumatic treatments have been tried somo some of them with favor I 1 able results dr martin la Is said to have been greatly by the treatment |