Typhoid Diagnosis and Patriotic League
—It is now claimed that the germs of typhoid fever can be discovered in the blood in the incipient stage of the disease. Heretofore the difficulty with the disease has been in the fact that for several days the diagnostic symptoms do not appear, and the symptoms that do appear are common to many other diseases. It is claimed that by the recognition of the disease in its earlier stages, the worst results may be averted. The discovery is accredited to Dr. Pfeiffer, of Berlin, first assistant to Dr. Koch, the famous bacteriologist. Experiments of a satisfactory character are being made at Bellevue Hospital, New York. —The Patriotic League of America has just been organized in New York, and has issued an address, of which the following is an extract: "While the policy of the league will be pacific and conservative, its influence will be exerted to complete the Nicaraguan Canal with American capital and retain it under American control; to extend the boundaries of the Republic to embrace adjacent territory, the Hawaiian Islands and islands proximate to our coast, whenever the people of those countries shall voluntarily seek incorporation with the Union; restore our merchant marine to more than its ancient prestige, and make the flag of the Republic respected in every quarter of the globe."