Show tuberculosis experiments ten children used in trials will determine source of contagion in consumption cases which threatens this country washington D C oct 3 ten children from 31 to 10 years old patients already affected with incipient tuberculosis hive have been inoculated aith germs of human and bovine tuberculosis to determine the value of the method of din diagnosis advanced by dr lassios detre professor of bacteriology of the university of buda pest the experiment is being watched with the kenet k e nest interest the primary object ob act is is to determine whether the original infection is aiom human or bovine sources in view of the fact that the children are already infected the doctors declare that the experiment is not inhuman dr detre says my method consists of inoculation of the patients arm at three points at the same time first with koch ercoline tub second with filter ate of brother culture of human bacillus third with filtrate of broth of bovine bacillus within twenty four hours or a little more the results of the three reactions may be noticed it can be read instantly which type 0 of bacilli caused the reaction whether ti tie te t e infection awakened was one or a recent contraction whether the human organism can resist the attack in short all biological properties 0 of th infected organism six of the most distinguished delegates will pass upon the results result of the tonight seven hours after the inoculations dr burke resident physician at the hospital said some effects were already discernable discernible discern able ile he said the cases of nine reactions showed positively the form of human tuberculosis the case of one child puncture where the bovine is was injected showed slight traces of inflammation |