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Show When the army of germ fighters, which the organism of the horse have sent coursing through the blood, are returning re-turning from the war, man takes'this victorious force, which is carried in the watery fluid of the blood, known as the scrum, and injects the horse's germ fighters into the system of the child. Nature in the child tries to prepare germ fighters, but too often the germs are too powerful to be ren- dercd harmless until reinforcements, carried In tho serum of the horse, Join in the onslaught. In that manner many diseases thought to be Incurable are being cured. The stronger animals Jaro serving to .conquer disease In the human hu-man family. With anti-pneumococcus, the process pro-cess is one of devitalizing the germs as in vaccine virus. The day Is coming when the practice prac-tice of medicine will be radically changed by these discoveries of ser- j urns and viruses. There will be little left to materia medlca as taught twenty twen-ty years ago, and when that time arrives, ar-rives, the human family will have tho progressive medical profession to thank. FRED J. KIESEL'S STRUGGLE WITH PNEUMONIA." There Is marked Improvement in the condition of Hon. Fred J. Klesel and the news from the sickroom Is encouraging. Mr. Klesel has spent the best part i of his CS years in this community. He has helped to build this city and has been a mighty factor in Utah's growth, ns well as in the development of the entire west. Ho is an exceptionally bright man whose mental strength has been given to good purpose. Ogden cannot spare a citizen of his ability and energy, and the statement that the chances are now somewhat favorable fav-orable for his recovery will 1 received re-ceived with general thankfulness. The anti-pneumococcus serum has been used in this case with what seems to be excellent results. Mr. Klesel Is a fleshy man and the disease had attacked both lungs before the serum was applied. In such esses the danger dan-ger is great, but soon after the serum was injected the temperature dropped and the pulso improved. At noon today to-day tho temperature had been reduced re-duced from 103 to 101 1-2, and the portions of the lungs from which the air had been excluded showed activity. activ-ity. The prediction Is made that eventually eventu-ally all diseases will be treated by serums or other similar aids to nature. Diphtheria, a disease which onco meant death to children. nas been conquered con-quered by Hiitl-toxlne. The horse Is inoculated with the disease, and the j animal's powerful vitality is called up-on' up-on' to resist the invasion of germs. |