Spahlinger's Progress

French and English finance and medicine, in the persons of Baron Henri de Rothschild, Major General Sir Frederick B. Maurice, Sir Stanley Birkin and other famous doctors and philanthropists, have come to the aid of Henri Spahlinger, Swiss discoverer of the promising Spahlinger tuberculosis treatment ( TIME, April 28, June 25). They will try to raise $500,000 to make the treatment available anywhere in the British Commonwealth. Baron Rothschild, himself a physician, has determined that the serum be saved for mankind. Spahlinger has already spent his entire fortune of $500,000 in the work, and Sir Stanley Birkin gave $100,000. Spahlinger refuses to exploit the treatment commercially. His serum is obtained from inoculated horses by an expensive process, 50 of the best-bred dark Irish horses (costing $400 each) being required for its production. Even with the new support, it will take two years more to prepare the serum for public use. It is not a quick cure, but takes a year or more in advanced cases.