Show new antibiotic shows promise a has cured 19 different diseases BOSTON the new medicine tried on persons person S lias has cured 19 different diseases this record was reported to the american Americ nn college of 0 physicians by dr chester S keeter keefer boston it was compiled from records of doctors in various parts of 0 the country is the newest of the antibiotics penicillin was the fir first epst the newest Is a relative of str streptomycin to cind it comes from a thread shaped fungus in the first tests this new antibiotic seems to cover a wider range of diseases than penicillin the 19 diseases are not all tor for which looks good on the other hand it is possible that the good record will not hold for all 10 19 when many cases h have ave been treated kill killa some types of germs which are resistant to penicillin it kills equally well among the two great classes clashes of germs the gram negative and the gram positive it kil some virus vi too this new remedy was good for primary atypical pneumonia a disease which has not been highly fatal but tor for which there was no medicine this T h I 1 s pneumonia made people too weak to work has quickly cured relapsing teer fever this Is a widespread disease tor for which there was no medicine until the were comb combined ned with other medicines in a one two punch |