The discovery by a Russian physician, Dr. Bessedka, attached to the Pasteur Institute in Paris, of a new method of preventing cholerd, was revealed yesterday by Cly. S. Furstenberg, of Shanghai. This is Jo. new method of preventive treat ment against not only cholera, but also typhoid and dysentery. It consists of taking certain pills three days in succession and, without harmful reaction or further ineonvenience, the human system rendered immune against these diseases. The pills are not the same, but differ, according to the disease against which the antidote is pre-
Dr. Furstenberg declared that the new method was as effective as the injection antidote system, but was much more simple and had less harniful after-effects, The substance and process used is known as the "Bill Vaccine," because of the use of certain elements of bile in its com position. Dr. Furstenberg told press representatives that the prescription could be made up by any qualified chemist and could be taken anywhere, One or two pills, taken for three consecutive da; Patient immune for a year. pressed surprise that the medical faculty in Japan did not know of this new Lreatment, which was discovered two or three years ago, In reply to a question regarding the alleged prevalence of Cholera in China and the fears of the Japanese authorities that the plague might spread to this country, Dr, Furstenberg declared that, in' so far as Shanghai was concerned, the International Settlement wan practically free from plague this year, and he considerable amount of the new, immunity from cholera and other contagious diseases to the discovery of Dr. Bessedka,
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