Fat v. Germs

"We are announcing our results at this time to get the help of other researcher and doctors. . . ." With that cautious preamble, Homeopaths Garth Wilkinsor Boericke & William Wallace Young of Philadelphia last week announced a novel method of treating pneumonia, rheumatic fever, influenza and childbed fever with injections of emulsified fat.

To explain the logic of their treatment Dr. Young explained: "Ordinarily there are 80,000,000 fat particles in each cubic centimetre of blood. The body uses them as shock troops against disease. We found that in severe cases of bronchial diseases the fat in the blood dropped to zero. That lack must be filled."

Any fat introduced into the blood stream to replace such natural protection had to be a stable emulsion. The Philadelphia men achieved that by mixing water, fat and 5% sugar under intense heat. An injection of this into a patient's vein or under his skin "blots up" toxins produced by microorganisms. Said Dr. Boericke: "The longest time it takes the fluid to work is twelve hours. In pneumonia cases we have noted improvements within a minute after injection."

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