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Show TAKES GREAT RISK. Trench Physician Inoculates Himself With Tubercular Matter. rnrls, July 21 M Carnnult, who on June 17, Inoculated himself with matter mat-ter taken from a consumptive cow In ord-r to disprove Prof. Koch's theory I that It Is Impoislblo for human beings to catch tuberculosis from cuttle, has , wtltten to the Temps announcing that the Inoculation has produced tuberculosis tuberculo-sis tumors. He sajs this proves, that . mnn Is qulto as susceptible lo bovine tuberculosis ns any other animal He again Inoculated himself July 15. i by Inserting under Ihe Bkln of his left arm a fragment of tuberculosis matter I from the llvor of a diseased cow The I eecond Inoculation was performed be- ' cause ho feared that tubercular tumors tum-ors coining from tho first Inoculation wero too long superficial The second form of Inoculation when performed on I a guinea pie Inevitably causes ith within eight weeks. This will give, an Idea of tho risks Dr. Carnnult Is run-nlm. |